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13-letter words containing u, n, a, b, d

  • coachbuilding — the manufacture of bodies for cars, buses, and coaches
  • cost a bundle — If you say that something costs a bundle, or costs someone a bundle, you are emphasizing that it is expensive.
  • cutting board — A cutting board is a wooden or plastic board that you chop meat and vegetables on.
  • dabbling duck — any of numerous shallow-water ducks, especially of the genus Anas, that typically feed by upending and dabbling (contrasted with diving duck).
  • danseur noble — a male dancer suited for certain heroic, or noble, roles by virtue of his exceptional grace, technique, and strength
  • deaf-and-dumb — unable to hear or speak
  • deattribution — a switch in the attribution of a work of art to another artist, usually a lesser one.
  • debauchedness — The state or quality of being debauched.
  • debit account — a bank account which allows you to buy goods or services with money that you have put into the account
  • decarburizing — Present participle of decarburize.
  • desublimation — (physics) deposition (transformation of gas into solid without an intermediate liquid phase).
  • dinoturbation — the effect or process of trampling and major disturbance to sedimentary rock layers caused by the movement of dinosaurs
  • dishonourable — showing lack of honor or integrity; ignoble; base; disgraceful; shameful: Cheating is dishonorable.
  • dishonourably — (British) alternative spelling of dishonorably.
  • double batten — two wooden battens screwed together for holding the edge of a drop between them.
  • double magnum — Jeroboam (def 2).
  • double-acting — (of a reciprocating engine, pump, etc.) having pistons accomplishing work in both directions, fluid being admitted alternately to opposite ends of the cylinders. Compare single-acting.
  • double-action — (of a firearm) requiring only one pull of the trigger to cock and fire it.
  • drainage tube — a tube that drains fluid from an incision or body cavity during surgery
  • dumb terminal — (hardware)   A type of terminal that consists of a keyboard and a display screen that can be used to enter and transmit data to, or display data from, a computer to which it is connected. A dumb terminal, in contrast to an intelligent terminal, has no independent processing capability or auxiliary storage and thus cannot function as a stand-alone device. The dumbest kind of terminal is a glass tty. The next step up has a minimally addressable cursor but no on-screen editing or other features normally supported by an intelligent terminal. Once upon a time, when glass ttys were common and addressable cursors were something special, what is now called a dumb terminal could pass for a smart terminal.
  • durban poison — a particularly potent variety of cannabis grown in Natal
  • dzibilchaltun — a large, ancient Mayan ceremonial and commercial center near Mérida, Mexico, founded perhaps as early as 3000 b.c. and in continuous use until the 16th century.
  • endurableness — (rare) The state of being endurable; endurability.
  • garden suburb — a suburb of a large established town or city, planned along the lines of a garden city
  • groundbreaker — a person who is an originator, innovator, or pioneer in a particular activity.
  • harold burton — Harold Hitz [hits] /hɪts/ (Show IPA), 1888–1964, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1945–58.
  • honey buzzard — a long-tailed Old World hawk, Pernis apivorus, that feeds on the larvae of bees as well as on small rodents, reptiles, and insects.
  • househusbands — Plural form of househusband.
  • hub-and-spoke — of or designating a system of air transportation by which local flights carry passengers to one major regional airport where they can board long-distance or other local flights for their final destinations.
  • inconcludable — Impossible to conclude; unfinishable.
  • indissuadable — incapable of being dissuaded
  • indissuadably — in an indissuadable way
  • indisturbance — Freedom from disturbance; calmness; repose.
  • ineducability — Inability to be educated.
  • infundibulate — Shaped like a funnel; infundibulated or infundibular.
  • insubordinate — not submitting to authority; disobedient: an insubordinate soldier.
  • lavender-blue — coloured between blue and pale or light bluish-purple to a very pale violet colour
  • mandibuliform — Having the form of a mandible; - said especially of the maxill\u00e6 of an insect when hard and adapted for biting.
  • mountainboard — a type of skateboard specially designed for rough terrain and steep slopes, having four large wheels linked by a suspension system
  • mourning band — a piece of black material, esp an armband, worn to indicate that the wearer is in mourning
  • multibranched — Having more than one branch.
  • neurofeedback — The presentation of realtime feedback on brainwave activity, as measured by sensors on the scalp, sometimes offered as a means of therapy.
  • non-budgetary — an estimate, often itemized, of expected income and expense for a given period in the future.
  • nonrefundable — an amount refunded.
  • nubian desert — an arid region in the NE Sudan.
  • old bulgarian — the Bulgarian language of the Middle Ages.
  • ombudsmanship — The position or office of an ombudsman.
  • onus probandi — the burden of proof.
  • organ-builder — a maker of organs
  • out and about — busy, active outside the home
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