13-letter words containing l, r, a, d, i
- bildungsroman — a novel concerned with a person's formative years and development
- billiard ball — a hard ball used in billiards
- billiard room — a room in a house, club, etc., where billiards is played.
- biodegradable — Something that is biodegradable breaks down or decays naturally without any special scientific treatment, and can therefore be thrown away without causing pollution.
- birthday girl — the girl or woman whose birthday is being celebrated
- bitter almond — a variety of almond whose bitter seeds yield hydrocyanic acid upon hydrolysis
- block diagram — a diagram showing the interconnections between the parts of an industrial process
- boundary line — a line marking one of the edges of a playing area
- brace molding — keel1 (def 6).
- 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
- bullhead rail — a rail having a cross section with a bulbous top and bottom, the top being larger
- burial ground — A burial ground is a place where bodies are buried, especially an ancient place.
- 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.
- caiman lizard — a crocodilelike lizard, Dracaena guianensis, of South America, having powerful jaws for crushing the snails and mussels upon which it feeds.
- 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
- candleberries — Plural form of candleberry.
- candlelighter — a person whose task it is to light candles
- cape marigold — any composite plant of the genus Dimorphotheca, having variously colored, daisylike flowers.
- caprylic acid — a fatty acid, (CH3)(CH2)6COOH, with a rancid taste: used in the synthesis of dyes, drugs, perfumes, etc.
- carbo-loading — Informal. carbohydrate loading.
- carbolic acid — Carbolic acid or carbolic is a liquid that is used as a disinfectant and antiseptic.
- carbolic-acid — Also called carbolic acid, hydroxybenzene, oxybenzene, phenylic acid. a white, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous mass, C 6 H 5 OH, obtained from coal tar, or a hydroxyl derivative of benzene: used chiefly as a disinfectant, as an antiseptic, and in organic synthesis.
- 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.
- cardiac cycle — one complete heartbeat, consisting of one contraction and relaxation of the heart.
- cardinal fish — a small brightly coloured fish found in shallow tropical seas, of the family Apogonidae, the male of which often broods eggs in its mouth
- cardinal sign — any of the four astrological signs, Aries, Cancer, Libra, or Capricorn, that begin at the equinoxes and solstices, thus marking the beginning of the seasons: characterized by the attribute of strong initiative.
- cardinalitial — relating to a cardinal or cardinalship
- cardinalities — Plural form of cardinality.
- cardiological — the study of the heart and its functions in health and disease.
- cardiologists — Plural form of cardiologist.
- cardiomegalia — abnormal enlargement of the heart.
- casual friday — In some companies, employees are allowed to wear clothes that are more informal than usual on a Friday. This day is known as a casual Friday.
- cd-rewritable — Compact Disc Rewritable
- cedarwood oil — an aromatic oil obtained from the wood of the red cedar and used in the manufacture of soaps, perfumes, and insecticides.
- central india — a former political agency in central India uniting various native states and subordinate agencies: now incorporated into Madhya Pradesh.
- cephaloridine — a cephalosporin antibiotic often used in the treatment of bacterial infections
- child rearing — the activity of rearing children
- child welfare — social work and services aimed at insuring the welfare of children
- child-bearing — the act or process of carrying and giving birth to a child
- childrenswear — clothing for children
- chlorous acid — an unstable acid that is a strong oxidizing agent. Formula: HClO2
- cicada killer — a black or rust-colored digger wasp, Sphecius speciosis, with a yellow-banded abdomen, that preys on cicadas.