13-letter words containing id
- aspartic acid — nonessential amino acid that is a component of proteins and acts as a neurotransmitter
- asses' bridge — pons asinorum
- assiduousness — constant; unremitting: assiduous reading.
- asteroid belt — the concentrations of asteroids that move around the sun mainly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter
- at the fiddle — engaged in an illegal or fraudulent undertaking
- aten asteroid — one of a small group of asteroids whose orbits cross that of the earth and whose semimajor axes are smaller than that of the earth.
- autodidactism — Alternative form of autodidacticism.
- autooxidation — autoxidation.
- autopolyploid — (of cells, organisms, etc) having more than two sets of haploid chromosomes inherited from a single species
- bacteriocidal — Alternative spelling of bactericidal.
- baedeker raid — one of the German air raids in 1942 on places of cultural and historical importance in England
- bailey bridge — a temporary bridge made of prefabricated steel panels that can be rapidly assembled
- banana spider — a large, yellowish, tropical crab spider (Heteropoda venatoria) occasionally found in bunches of bananas shipped to the Temperate Zones
- band-aid baby — a child conceived to strengthen a faltering relationship
- basidiomycete — any fungus of the phylum Basidiomycota (formerly class Basidiomycetes), in which the spores are produced in basidia. The group includes boletes, puffballs, smuts, and rusts
- basidiospores — Plural form of basidiospore.
- bedside table — a small table beside a bed
- benzimidazole — a crystalline growth-inhibiting compound
- bidenticulate — having two small teeth or toothlike processes.
- bidirectional — (of a printhead) capable of printing from left to right and from right to left
- billy the kid — nickname of William H. Bonney. 1859–81, US outlaw
- bit twiddling — 1. (pejorative) An exercise in tuning (see tune) in which incredible amounts of time and effort go to produce little noticeable improvement, often with the result that the code becomes incomprehensible. 2. Aimless small modification to a program, especially for some pointless goal. 3. bit bashing, especially used for the act of frobbing the device control register of a peripheral in an attempt to get it back to a known state.
- boomerang kid — a young adult who, after having lived on his or her own for a time, returns to live in the parental home, usually due to financial problems caused by unemployment or the high cost of living independently
- boroglyceride — any compound containing boric acid and glycerol, used chiefly as an antiseptic.
- boron carbide — a black extremely hard inert substance having a high capture cross section for thermal neutrons. It is used as an abrasive, refractory, and in control rods in nuclear reactors. Formula: B4C
- boron hydride — borane.
- boron nitride — a white inert crystalline solid existing both in a graphite-like form and in an extremely hard diamond-like form (borazon). It is used as a refractory, high-temperature lubricant and insulator, and heat shield. Formula: BN
- breidha fjord — an inlet of Denmark Strait on the NW coast of Iceland.
- bridal shower — a party, held for a woman before her wedding, to which her friends bring gifts
- bridal wreath — any of several N temperate rosaceous shrubs of the genus Spiraea, esp S. prunifolia, cultivated for their sprays of small white flowers
- bridge player — a person who plays the game of bridge
- bridging loan — A bridging loan is money that a bank lends you for a short time, for example so that you can buy a new house before you have sold the one you already own.
- bridging shot — a shot inserted in a film to indicate the passage of time between two scenes, as of a series of newspaper headlines or calendar pages being torn off.
- bromide paper — a type of photographic paper coated with an emulsion of silver bromide usually containing a small quantity of silver iodide
- brownie guide — a member of the Brownie Guides, one of the junior branches (aged 7–10 years) in The Guide Association
- bufadienolide — any of a family of steroid lactones, occurring in toad venom and squill, that possess cardiac-stimulating and antitumor activity.
- buffalo plaid — a plaid with large blocks formed by the intersection of two different-color yarns, typically red and black.
- build bridges — to promote reconciliation or cooperation between hostile groups or people
- buridan's ass — an example intended to show the deficiency of reason. An ass standing equidistant from two identical heaps of oats starves to death because reason provides no grounds for choosing to eat one rather than the other
- butanoic acid — kind of acid
- cabbage aphid — a small, blue aphid, Brevicoryne brassicae, that feeds on cabbage and related plants.
- calcium oxide — a white crystalline base used in the production of calcium hydroxide and bleaching powder and in the manufacture of glass, paper, and steel. Formula: CaO
- calcium-oxide — Also called burnt lime, calcium oxide, caustic lime, calx, quicklime. a white or grayish-white, odorless, lumpy, very slightly water-soluble solid, CaO, that when combined with water forms calcium hydroxide (slaked lime) obtained from calcium carbonate, limestone, or oyster shells: used chiefly in mortars, plasters, and cements, in bleaching powder, and in the manufacture of steel, paper, glass, and various chemicals of calcium.
- camera lucida — an instrument attached to a microscope, etc to enable an observer to view simultaneously the image and a drawing surface to facilitate the sketching of the image
- canal du midi — a canal in S France, extending from the River Garonne at Toulouse to the Mediterranean at Sète and providing a link between the Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts: built between 1666 and 1681. Length: 181 km (150 miles)
- candid camera — a small camera that may be used to take informal photographs of people, usually without their knowledge
- candidate key — (database) One of several possible attributes or combinations of attributes which can be used to uniquely identify a body of information (a "record"). The chosen candidate key is called the primary key.
- candidateship — candidature
- caprylic acid — a fatty acid, (CH3)(CH2)6COOH, with a rancid taste: used in the synthesis of dyes, drugs, perfumes, etc.
- capsaicinoids — Plural form of capsaicinoid.