12-letter words containing a, b, d, n
- blind casing — (in a box window frame) a rough framework to which the trim is secured.
- blind flange — a disk for closing the end of a pipe, having holes for bolting it to a flange.
- block island — an island off the coast of and a part of Rhode Island, at the E entrance to Long Island Sound.
- blood orange — a variety of orange all or part of the pulp of which is dark red when ripe
- blood spavin — a disease of the hock joint of horses in which enlargement occurs because of collected fluids (bog spavin) bony growth (bone spavin) or distention of the veins (blood spavin)
- bloodstained — Someone or something that is bloodstained is covered with blood.
- bloomingdale — a town in NE Illinois.
- blotting-pad — an object to one side of which a piece of blotting paper is attached for blotting text handwritten in ink
- boarding out — the local-authority practice of placing a client in a foster family or voluntary establishment and paying for it
- boardsailing — windsurfing
- boatbuilding — Boatbuilding is the craft or industry of making boats.
- body scanner — a machine using X-rays and a computer, used in medicine to look for signs of disease, or in security operations to look for drugs, weapons, etc
- bodyboarding — the sport of surfing using a bodyboard
- bog-standard — If you describe something as bog-standard you mean that is an ordinary example of its kind, with no exciting or interesting features.
- bond servant — a person who serves in bondage; slave.
- bond washing — a series of deals in bonds made with the intention of avoiding taxation
- born-digital — relating to or noting documents, images, etc., that are created and managed in electronic form: electronic preservation of born-digital content; a born-digital e-book that will not be available in print.
- boudin blanc — a boiled sausage made with light-colored meat, as veal or chicken, and without blood
- bound charge — any electric charge that is bound to an atom or molecule (opposed to free charge).
- bradmanesque — (of a batsman or innings) reminiscent of Sir Don Bradman in terms of dominance over the opposing bowlers
- bradykinesia — abnormal slowness of physical movement, esp as an effect of Parkinson's disease
- bradykinetic — slowness of movement, as found, for example, in Parkinson's disease.
- brain damage — If someone suffers brain damage, their brain is damaged by an illness or injury so that they cannot function normally.
- branch depot — one of a several depots receiving stock from the same central supplier
- brand leader — The brand leader of a particular product is the brand of it that most people choose to buy.
- brassfounder — a person who makes things from brass
- brazen-faced — shameless or impudent
- breadwinning — a person who earns a livelihood, especially one who also supports dependents.
- break ground — to do something that has not been done before
- breakdancing — a type of vigorous dance
- bring around — If you bring someone around when they are unconscious, you make them become conscious again.
- broad-minded — If you describe someone as broad-minded, you approve of them because they are willing to accept types of behaviour which other people consider immoral.
- broadcasting — Broadcasting is the making and sending out of television and radio programmes.
- bronze medal — A bronze medal is a medal made of bronze or bronze-coloured metal that is given as a prize to the person who comes third in a competition, especially a sports contest.
- bubble dance — a solo dance by a nude or nearly nude woman, as in a burlesque show, using one or more balloons for covering.
- bud mutation — a variation produced by a genetic alteration in the bud such that the seeds produced by the resulting growth perpetuate the change in succeeding generations.
- buoyancy aid — a type of usually foam-filled lifejacket designed for use in sports such as canoeing
- burial mound — a barrow
- burnt almond — a sweet consisting of an almond enclosed in burnt sugar
- by and large — You use by and large to indicate that a statement is mostly but not completely true.
- cadet branch — the family or family branch of a younger son
- call-by-need — (reduction) A reduction strategy which delays evaluation of function arguments until their values are needed. A value is needed if it is an argument to a primitive function or it is the condition in a conditional. Call-by-need is one aspect of lazy evaluation. The term first appears in Chris Wadsworth's thesis "Semantics and Pragmatics of the Lambda calculus" (Oxford, 1971, p. 183). It was used later, by J. Vuillemin in his thesis (Stanford, 1973).
- cannabinoids — Plural form of cannabinoid.
- cannibalised — Simple past tense and past participle of cannibalise.
- cannibalized — Simple past tense and past participle of cannibalize.
- cannonballed — Simple past tense and past participle of cannonball.
- carbonadoing — Present participle of carbonado.
- cardigan bay — an inlet of St George's Channel, on the W coast of Wales
- carrick bend — type of knot
- centerboards — Plural form of centerboard.