12-letter words containing a, b, e, d
- captive-bred — bred in captivity
- carbohydrase — a digestive enzyme that breaks down carbohydrates through hydrolysis
- carbohydrate — Carbohydrates are substances, found in certain kinds of food, that provide you with energy. Foods such as sugar and bread that contain these substances can also be referred to as carbohydrates.
- carboxylated — Simple past tense and past participle of carboxylate.
- carpetbagged — Simple past tense and past participle of carpetbag.
- carrick bend — type of knot
- catbird seat — an enviable position, as of power
- centerboards — Plural form of centerboard.
- chambermaids — Plural form of chambermaid.
- checkerboard — A checkerboard is a square board with 64 black and white squares that is used for playing checkers or chess.
- cheese board — A cheese board is a board from which cheese is served at a meal.
- cheeseboards — Plural form of cheeseboard.
- chequerboard — Alternative spelling of checkerboard.
- child abuser — someone who abuses a child, esp someone convicted of this
- childbearing — Childbearing is the process of giving birth to babies.
- chimneyboard — a partition or a cover to shut off a fireplace
- clapperboard — A clapperboard consists of two pieces of wood that are connected by a hinge and hit together before each scene when making a film, to make it easier to match the sound and pictures of different scenes.
- clean bowled — bowled by a ball that breaks the wicket without hitting the batsman or his bat
- clean-limbed — having well-proportioned limbs
- cloud banner — banner cloud.
- coachbuilder — (historical) A builder of horse-drawn coaches.
- collaborated — to work, one with another; cooperate, as on a literary work: They collaborated on a novel.
- combat-ready — ready for combat
- comber board — (in weaving) a wooden frame pierced with a series of small holes through which the harness cords are threaded, used to regulate the cords and determine the texture and width of a repeat in a fabric.
- compoundable — That can be compounded.
- confabulated — Simple past tense and past participle of confabulate.
- considerable — Considerable means great in amount or degree.
- considerably — to a noteworthy or marked extent; much; noticeably; substantially; amply.
- corroborated — to make more certain; confirm: He corroborated my account of the accident.
- crackbrained — insane, idiotic, or crazy
- cradleboards — Plural form of cradleboard.
- cyber monday — the Monday after Thanksgiving, one of the busiest online shopping days.
- daily double — a single bet on the winners of two named races in any one day's racing
- damnableness — The state or quality of being damnable.
- daniel boone — Daniel, 1734–1820, American pioneer, especially in Kentucky.
- danube river — a river in central and SE Europe, flowing E from southern Germany to the Black Sea. 1725 miles (2775 km) long.
- dasher block — a block at the end of a yard or gaff for supporting a signal or ensign halyard.
- day labourer — an unskilled worker hired and paid by the day
- de-stabilise — to make unstable; rid of stabilizing attributes: conflicts that tend to destabilize world peace.
- dead-end job — a job that has no prospects and will mean that one does the same kind of (low-grade) work for ever
- deadbeat dad — a father who neglects his responsibilities as a parent, esp. one who does not pay child support to his estranged wife.
- deambulatory — a place for walking often with a covering overhead
- debaucheries — Plural form of debauchery.
- debaucherous — tending toward or involving debauchery, or excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures: a night of debaucherous fun.
- debilitating — tending to weaken or enfeeble
- debilitation — to make weak or feeble; enfeeble: The siege of pneumonia debilitated her completely.
- debilitative — producing or bringing about a weakened state
- debonairness — The state or quality of being debonair.
- debrouillard — (one who is) skilled or resourceful at handling any difficulty
- decarbonated — Simple past tense and past participle of decarbonate.