11-letter words containing t, a, b, r, d
- double star — two stars that appear as one if not viewed through a telescope with adequate magnification, such as two stars that are separated by a great distance but are nearly in line with each other and an observer (optical double star) or those that are relatively close together and comprise a single physical system (physical double star)
- draft board — a board of civilians charged with registering, classifying, and selecting persons for U.S. military service.
- drapability — to cover or hang with cloth or other fabric, especially in graceful folds; adorn with drapery.
- drawability — the degree to which a metal can be drawn.
- drivability — the degree of smoothness and steadiness of acceleration of an automotive vehicle: The automatic transmission has been improved to give the new model better drivability.
- drum-beater — a person who vigorously proclaims or publicizes the merits of a product, idea, movie, etc.; press agent.
- drumbeating — That to beat on drums.
- dry battery — a dry cell or a voltaic battery consisting of a number of dry cells.
- dumb barter — a form of barter practiced among some peoples, in which the goods for exchange are left at and taken from a preselected spot without the exchanging parties ever coming face-to-face.
- dumb waiter — A dumb waiter is a lift used to carry food and dishes from one floor of a building to another.
- dumbwaiters — Plural form of dumbwaiter.
- embryonated — Containing an embryo.
- exacerbated — Make (a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling) worse.
- feather bed — a mattress or a bed cover, as a quilt, stuffed with soft feathers.
- feather-bed — a mattress or a bed cover, as a quilt, stuffed with soft feathers.
- featherbeds — Plural form of featherbed.
- fibrillated — to cause to undergo fibrillation.
- footbreadth — a measurement equalling a breadth of a foot
- frigatebird — Any of five species of bird in the genus Fregata, the only genus in the family Fregatidae.
- goatsbeards — Plural form of goatsbeard.
- gradability — a measure of a truck's pulling power expressed as the steepest grade the truck can climb with a full load.
- ground bait — chum2 (def 1).
- hairbreadth — a very small space or distance: We escaped an accident by a hairsbreadth.
- halberstadt — a town in central Germany, in Saxony-Anhalt: industrial centre noted for its historic buildings. Pop: 40 014 (2003 est)
- handbreadth — a unit of linear measure from 2½ to 4 inches (6.4 to 10 cm).
- hard by sth — If one thing is hard by another, it is very close to it.
- hard-bitten — tough; stubborn.
- hereditable — heritable.
- hudibrastic — of, relating to, or resembling the style of Samuel Butler's Hudibras (published 1663–78), a mock-heroic poem written in tetrameter couplets.
- hydroborate — (inorganic chemistry) Any of several anions containing hydrogen bound to boron, especially the simplest one BH4-; any salt or complex containing such an anion.
- id bracelet — a bracelet, usually of metal links, having an identification plate for the name of the wearer.
- ida tarbell — Ida Minerva, 1857–1944, U.S. author.
- idiot board — a mechanical apparatus, as a projector or a continuous roll of paper, for prompting a performer during a program.
- inturbidate — to make turbid
- keyboardist — the row or set of keys on a piano, organ, or the like.
- kiteboarder — A person who participates in kiteboarding.
- labradorite — a feldspar mineral of the plagioclase group, often characterized by a brilliant change of colors, with blue and green most common.
- lateral bud — axillary bud.
- lenard tube — an early cathode-ray tube having at the end opposite the cathode a window of thin glass or metal allowing cathode rays (Lenard rays) to pass out into the atmosphere.
- light bread — white bread.
- mantelboard — mantel.
- masterbated — Misspelling of masturbated.
- masturbated — Simple past tense and past participle of masturbate.
- matchboards — Plural form of matchboard.
- merit badge — an insignia or device granted by the Boy Scouts, worn especially on a uniform to indicate special achievement.
- montbéliard — an industrial town in E France: former capital of the duchy of Burgundy. Pop: 27 570 (1999)
- mortarboard — a board, usually square, used by masons to hold mortar.
- motherboard — a rigid, slotted board upon which other boards that contain the basic circuitry of a computer or of a computer component can be mounted. Compare board (def 14).
- noticeboard — Alternative spelling of notice board.
- objet d'art — an object of artistic worth or curiosity, especially a small object.