13-letter words containing l, d
- boundary line — a line marking one of the edges of a playing area
- brace molding — keel1 (def 6).
- brachydactyly — abnormal shortness of the fingers and toes.
- brand loyalty — the tendency of consumers to continue buying a particular brand instead of trying a different one
- breech-loader — a firearm that is loaded at the breech
- breechloading — loaded at the breech.
- 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.
- brilliantined — treated with brilliantine
- bristol board — a heavy smooth cardboard of fine quality, used for printing and drawing
- broadly based — Something that is broadly based involves many different kinds of things or people.
- bûche de noël — a French Christmas cake made from a thin layer of spongecake that is rolled up and frosted so as to resemble a decorative Yule log
- bucket ladder — a series of buckets that move in a continuous chain, used to dredge riverbeds, etc, or to excavate land
- 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
- building land — land on which construction can take place
- building line — the boundary line along a street beyond which buildings must not project
- building plot — a piece of land on which a house can be built
- building site — A building site is an area of land on which a building or a group of buildings is in the process of being built or altered.
- bulkhead deck — the uppermost continuous deck in the hull of a vessel, forming watertight compartments with the main transverse bulkheads.
- bullet-headed — with a head shaped like a bullet
- bullhead rail — a rail having a cross section with a bulbous top and bottom, the top being larger
- bumble around — When someone bumbles around or bumbles about, they behave in a confused, disorganized way, making mistakes and usually not achieving anything.
- bundle of his — atrioventricular bundle.
- bundle sheath — a layer of cells in plant leaves and stems that surrounds a vascular bundle.
- burial ground — A burial ground is a place where bodies are buried, especially an ancient place.
- busheled iron — heterogeneous iron made from scrap iron and steel.
- bustard quail — button quail.
- bustard-quail — any of several birds of the family Turnicidae, of warmer parts of the Old World, resembling but not related to the true quail. Also called bustard quail, hemipode.
- butyraldehyde — a colourless flammable pungent liquid used in the manufacture of resins. Formula: CH3(CH2)2CHO
- by (all) odds — by far; unquestionably
- cable molding — a molding in the form of a rope.
- cacodyl group — the univalent group (CH 3) 2 As−, derived from arsine.
- cactus dahlia — a double-flowered variety of dahlia
- caiman lizard — a crocodilelike lizard, Dracaena guianensis, of South America, having powerful jaws for crushing the snails and mussels upon which it feeds.
- cakes and ale — the good things of life; worldly pleasures
- 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.
- calendar year — A calendar year is a period of twelve months from January 1 to December 31. Calendar year is often used in business to compare with the financial year.
- call it a day — If you call it a day, you decide to stop what you are doing because you are tired of it or because it is not successful.
- call to order — to request to be quiet, as to start (a meeting)
- called strike — a pitch not swung at by a batter but ruled a strike by the umpire.
- 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
- canada balsam — a yellow transparent resin obtained from the balsam fir. Because its refractive index is similar to that of glass, it is used as an adhesive in optical devices and as a mounting medium for microscope specimens
- 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)
- canaliculated — Canaliculate.
- candle grease — the wax which is used in the manufacture of candles