12-letter words containing a, b, e, n, d
- raisin bread — dough baked with dried grapes
- rating badge — a badge that indicates the rank and specialty of a petty officer: worn on the upper left sleeve.
- reading book — a book for people who are learning to read, to help them become accustomed to looking at and understanding written words
- red bandfish — a fish, Cepola haastii, found on the inner continental shelf around New Zealand: family Cepolidae
- salad burnet — a plant, Poterium sanguisorba, of the rose family, native to Eurasia, having rounded heads of small, greenish flowers in short spikes and edible leaves.
- san bernardo — a city in central Chile, S of Santiago.
- sand verbena — any of several low, mostly trailing plants of the genus Abronia, of the western U.S., having showy, verbenalike flowers.
- sand-blasted — a blast of air or steam laden with sand, used to clean, grind, cut, or decorate hard surfaces, as of glass, stone, or metal.
- sandbox tree — a tropical American tree, Hura crepitans, of the spurge family, bearing a furrowed, roundish fruit about the size of an orange that when ripe and dry bursts with a sharp report and scatters the seeds.
- sea bindweed — a species of bindweed, Calystegia soldanella, which grows on beaches in E North America, Europe, and Asia
- seam binding — a narrow strip of fabric attached to the unfinished edge of a seam or hem to keep it from raveling.
- secunderabad — a city in N Andhra Pradesh, in central India, part of Hyderabad: a former British military cantonment.
- sedimentable — capable of forming sediment
- serial bonds — Serial bonds are bonds that are issued at the same time but have staggered maturity dates.
- speedballing — the practice of taking cocaine and heroin together intravenously
- speedboating — the act, practice, or sport of traveling in a speedboat.
- standardbred — one of an American breed of trotting and pacing horses used chiefly for harness racing.
- subdeaconate — subdiaconate.
- subdebutante — a young woman who has not yet made her debut into society.
- subdiaconate — the office or dignity of a subdeacon.
- subinfeudate — to grant (lands) by subinfeudation
- subordinated — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- technobandit — a person who steals technological secrets, as from the government or a place of employment, and sells them to agents of foreign governments or to competing firms.
- the dingbats — delirium tremens
- tombstone ad — a boxed advertisement without artwork or illustrations, especially one announcing an issue of a stock or bond.
- tongue-blade — a broad, thin piece of wood used by doctors to hold down the patient's tongue during an examination of the mouth and throat.
- tornado belt — the part of the U.S. in which tornadoes occur most frequently, roughly the area within a 500-mile (805-km) radius of southern Missouri.
- tribute band — A tribute band is a pop group that plays the music and copies the style of another, much more famous, pop group.
- tyndall beam — the visible path of light produced by the scattering action (Tyndall effect) of the particles in a colloidal solution on a beam of light passed through it.
- un-liberated — to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
- unadjustable — capable of being adjusted: adjustable seat belts.
- unaffordable — that can be afforded; believed to be within one's financial means: attractive new cars at affordable prices.
- unascendable — not able to be ascended or climbed
- unattributed — to regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually followed by to): She attributed his bad temper to ill health.
- unbridgeable — a structure spanning and providing passage over a river, chasm, road, or the like.
- uncalibrated — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- uncelebrated — not celebrated or marked by festivities; unremarked
- uncreditable — of ignoble character
- undefendable — to ward off attack from; guard against assault or injury (usually followed by from or against): The sentry defended the gate against sudden attack.
- undelectable — delightful; highly pleasing; enjoyable: a delectable witticism.
- undeliberate — carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional: a deliberate lie.
- undependable — capable of being depended on; worthy of trust; reliable: a dependable employee.
- underbearing — unassuming
- underblanket — a blanket placed under a bottom sheet
- undertakable — able to be undertaken
- undetectable — to discover or catch (a person) in the performance of some act: to detect someone cheating.
- undeterrable — to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding: The large dog deterred trespassers.
- undisputable — capable of being disputed; debatable; questionable.
- unelaborated — not elaborated
- unexpendable — essential; absolutely required: unexpendable resources vital to our security.