12-letter words containing a, b, d, n
- landgrabbers — Plural form of landgrabber.
- landing beam — a radio beam transmitted from a landing field to enable aircraft to make an instrument landing
- landlubberly — Like a landlubber.
- laudableness — The quality of being laudable; praiseworthiness; commendableness.
- lavender bag — a small fabric bag filled with dried lavender flowers and placed amongst clothes or linen to scent them
- lead balloon — a total failure
- leatherbound — Bound in leather.
- leave behind — fail to bring
- left-brained — having the left brain dominant, therefore being more adept at logic, calculation, language, and other thought processes or skills usually associated with the left brain.
- load-bearing — bearing the weight that is carried by a structure
- male bonding — the process by which two or more men or boys become emotionally attached to each another
- mandibulated — Provided with mandibles adapted for biting; mandibulate.
- mantelboards — Plural form of mantelboard.
- massaranduba — any of various evergreen trees of the genus Manilkara of the family Sapotaceae that are native to the tropics
- mastoid bone — a large, bony prominence on the base of the skull behind the ear, containing air spaces that connect with the middle ear cavity.
- matabeleland — a region in Zimbabwe, formerly a province of Rhodesia, home to the Ndebele (Matabele).
- mockingboard — (hardware) A sound and speech board for the Apple II computer, on sale in 1978. See also zxnrbl.
- monkey bread — the gourdlike fruit of the baobab, eaten by monkeys.
- mountebanked — Simple past tense and past participle of mountebank.
- namib desert — a desert region in SW Africa, extending along the coast from SW Angola to W South Africa. 1200 miles (1930 km) long, 30–100 miles (48–160 km) wide; 50,000 sq. mi. (129,500 sq. km).
- non-disabled — physically or mentally impaired, injured, or incapacitated.
- non-drivable — to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
- non-dutiable — subject to customs duty, as imported goods.
- non-readable — unreadable.
- non-voidable — capable of being nullified or invalidated.
- nonadiabatic — (of a physical reaction) not adiabatic or not occurring without heat loss or gain
- nonbroadcast — not broadcast to a wide audience, supplied on a hidden or private network
- nondelegable — Not delegable.
- noordbrabant — North Brabant
- not half bad — very good
- notice board — bulletin board for displaying public messages
- noticeboards — Plural form of noticeboard.
- obdurateness — The characteristic of being obdurate; stubbornness.
- obedientiary — The holder of a monastic rank or office below that of superior.
- oda nobunaga — 1534–82, Japanese general and feudal leader, who unified much of Japan under his control: assassinated
- odontoblasts — Plural form of odontoblast.
- odontophobia — an unnatural dread or terror of teeth
- on shipboard — on board a ship
- one-man band — A one-man band is a street entertainer who wears and plays a lot of different instruments at the same time.
- ormond beach — a town in NE Florida.
- overabundant — an excessive amount or abundance; surfeit: an overabundance of sugar in the diet.
- overbalanced — Simple past tense and past participle of overbalance.
- paint bridge — a structure spanning and providing passage over a river, chasm, road, or the like.
- payment bond — See under contract bond.
- peach brandy — brandy distilled from the fermented juice of peaches.
- pidyon haben — the rite of relieving the first male child born to parents not descended from Aaron or Levi of certain religious obligations by redeeming him from a member of the priestly class, celebrated 30 days after the child's birth.
- proboscidean — pertaining to or resembling a proboscis.
- quarter bend — a 90° bend, as in a plumbing pipe.
- radar beacon — a radar device at a fixed location that, on receiving a radar signal, automatically transmits a particular radar signal in reply, identifying itself and enabling navigators of ships and aircraft to determine their distance and direction from it.
- radio beacon — a radio station that sends a characteristic signal so as to enable ships or airplanes to determine their position or bearing by means of a radio compass.