13-letter words containing t, o, a, d
- bat-eared fox — a fox, Vulpes chama, inhabiting dry areas of southern Africa and having large pointed ears, silvery gray coat, and a bushy tail with a black tip.
- batting order — the sequence in which hitters will bat in a given game, determined in advance by the team manager.
- battlegrounds — Plural form of battleground.
- be wild about — If you are wild about someone or something, you like them very much.
- beauty editor — the person in charge of a section of newspaper or magazine devoted to cosmetics, etc
- benedictional — a book of benedictions or blessings
- biconditional — (of a proposition) asserting that the existence or occurrence of one thing or event depends on, and is dependent on, the existence or occurrence of another, as “A if and only if B.”.
- bidirectional — (of a printhead) capable of printing from left to right and from right to left
- bits and bobs — Bits and bobs are small objects or parts of something.
- bitter almond — a variety of almond whose bitter seeds yield hydrocyanic acid upon hydrolysis
- blood-stained — stained with blood: a bloodstained knife.
- board meeting — a meeting of the board of a company or other organization
- body snatcher — (formerly) a person who robbed graves and sold the corpses for dissection
- booby-trapped — (of a building, vehicle, etc) planted with a booby trap
- boom-and-bust — characteristic of a period of economic prosperity followed by a depression.
- boots and all — making every effort; with no holds barred
- border patrol — a government agency in charge of preventing terrorists, weapons, and illegal immigrants entering the country
- border states — slave states bordering on the free states before the Civil War: Mo., Ky., Va., Md., & Del.
- bottled water — water sold in bottles
- bottom drawer — a young woman's collection of clothes, linen, cutlery, etc, in anticipation of marriage
- brand loyalty — the tendency of consumers to continue buying a particular brand instead of trying a different one
- break it down — stop it
- bristol board — a heavy smooth cardboard of fine quality, used for printing and drawing
- broad hatchet — a hatchet with a broad cutting edge.
- brokenhearted — Someone who is brokenhearted is very sad and upset because they have had a serious disappointment.
- brown mustard — black mustard. See under mustard (def 2).
- bud variation — any variation in a bud due to changes in either its genetic composition or environment or both such that the resulting flower, fruit, or shoot differs from others of the same plant or species.
- butanoic acid — kind of acid
- call to order — to request to be quiet, as to start (a meeting)
- capital goods — Capital goods are used to make other products. Compare consumer goods.
- carbohydrates — foods which contain carbohydrate
- carbon credit — Carbon credits are an allowance that certain companies have, permitting them to burn a certain amount of fossil fuels.
- carbon dating — Carbon dating is a system of calculating the age of a very old object by measuring the amount of radioactive carbon it contains.
- card clothing — a very sturdy fabric with a leather or rubber fillet imbedded with wire teeth for disentangling and cleaning textile fibers, used to cover the rollers or flats of a carding machine.
- cardiologists — Plural form of cardiologist.
- cardiopathies — Plural form of cardiopathy.
- carotid sinus — specialized nerve end organs producing a slight dilatation of the carotid artery where it branches into the external and internal carotid arteries, responding to changes in blood pressure by mediating changes in the heartbeat rate.
- carrot-topped — having red hair
- carte du jour — a menu listing dishes available on a particular day
- cased edition — a hardback book sold in a protective box that is open at one edge so that you can see the spine of the book
- casement door — a door having glass panes throughout or nearly throughout its length.
- cash discount — a discount granted to a purchaser who pays before a stipulated date
- castle howard — a mansion near York in Yorkshire: designed in 1700 by Sir John Vanbrugh and Nicholas Hawksmoor; the grounds include the Temple of the Four Winds and a mausoleum
- cat and mouse — Also called cat and rat. a children's game in which players in a circle keep a player from moving into or out of the circle and permit a second player to move into or out of the circle to escape the pursuing first player.
- cat-and-mouse — denoting a fight or contest in which participants attempt to confuse or deceive each other in a cruel or teasing way, esp before a final act of cruelty or unkindness
- catch hold of — to take; seize; grasp
- cathodography — the process or practice of taking photographs using cathode rays
- center around — to have as a central point, focus of attention, etc.
- chondromatous — a benign cartilaginous tumor or growth.
- chopped steak — ground, cooked beef, usually served as a main course.