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13-letter words containing b, u, i, l, d

  • double wicket — cricket in which two wickets are used, being the usual form of the game.
  • double window — a window with two panes of glass
  • 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.
  • double-dipper — Informal. to earn a salary from one position while collecting a pension from the same employer or organization, especially to be a wage earner on the federal payroll while receiving a military retiree's pension.
  • double-figure — double-digit.
  • double-minded — wavering or undecided in mind.
  • double-nickel — the national speed limit of 55 miles per hour as established in 1974 on U.S. highways.
  • double-ripper — bobsled (def 2).
  • double-tailed — (of a lion) represented with two tails joined together next to the body.
  • 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.
  • duplicability — The quality of being duplicable.
  • 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.
  • edinburgh sml — (EdML) Implementation of the Core language of SML. Byte-code interpreter in C. Ported to Amiga, Atari, Archimedes and IBM PC. Version: 0.44. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
  • excludability — The ability to be excluded.
  • extrudability — the quality of being extrudable
  • fluidized bed — a bed of fluidized solids used as a heat exchanger or mass transfer medium
  • housebuilding — The trade or activity of building houses.
  • hubli-dharwad — a city in Karnataka, SW India: the union of two cities, Hubli and Dharwar.
  • hubli-dharwar — city in SW India: pop. 648,000
  • i'll be bound — I am sure (something) is true
  • ile du diable — French name of Devil's Island.
  • inbounds line — one of two broken lines, parallel to the sidelines and running the length of the field, to which the ball is brought when it goes beyond the sidelines.
  • inconcludable — Impossible to conclude; unfinishable.
  • indiscussible — unsuitable for or not subject or open to discussion; not negotiable.
  • indissuadable — incapable of being dissuaded
  • indissuadably — in an indissuadable way
  • indolebutyric — as in indolebutyric acid, a synthetic plant growth regulator
  • ineducability — Inability to be educated.
  • infundibulate — Shaped like a funnel; infundibulated or infundibular.
  • insolubilized — Made insoluble.
  • loft building — a building of several floors with large areas of unobstructed space, originally rented out for light industrial purposes and now frequently converted to residential occupancy.
  • mandibuliform — Having the form of a mandible; - said especially of the maxill\u00e6 of an insect when hard and adapted for biting.
  • middleborough — a town in SE Massachusetts.
  • middlesbrough — a seaport in NE England, on the Tees estuary.
  • midnight blue — Something that is midnight blue is a very dark blue colour, almost black.
  • midriff bulge — a roll of fat around your midriff
  • midterm blues — the tendency of electorate to grow disillusioned with government around halfway through its term of office
  • millau bridge — a road bridge, the highest in the world, crossing the River Tarn in the Massif Central in SW France; designed by Sir Norman Foster and opened in 2004
  • mixed doubles — (in tennis) a doubles match with a man and a woman on each side.
  • mobile studio — a van, truck, etc equipped as a recording, broadcasting etc studio
  • mound builder — a member of one of the various American Indian tribes who, in prehistoric and early historic times, erected the burial mounds and other earthworks of the Mississippi drainage basin and southeastern U.S.
  • mound-builder — a member of one of the various American Indian tribes who, in prehistoric and early historic times, erected the burial mounds and other earthworks of the Mississippi drainage basin and southeastern U.S.
  • multibranched — Having more than one branch.
  • multibuilding — involving multiple buildings
  • non-reducible — capable of being reduced.
  • nondeductible — Not allowable as a deduction from income for the calculation of taxes.
  • nondiffusible — not diffusible
  • oeil-de-boeuf — a comparatively small round or oval window, as in a frieze.
  • oil-based mud — Oil-based mud is a drilling fluid that is an emulsion containing oil as the base fluid.
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