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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.
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