12-letter words containing a, b, o, d, e
- load-bearing — bearing the weight that is carried by a structure
- lord's table — the, communion table.
- louver board — one of a series of overlapping, sloping boards used as louvers in an opening, so arranged as to admit air but to exclude rain or cut off visibility from the outside.
- male bonding — the process by which two or more men or boys become emotionally attached to each another
- mantelboards — Plural form of mantelboard.
- 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.
- messageboard — Alternative spelling of message board.
- monkey bread — the gourdlike fruit of the baobab, eaten by monkeys.
- motherboards — Plural form of motherboard.
- mountebanked — Simple past tense and past participle of mountebank.
- 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.
- nondelegable — Not delegable.
- 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.
- oboe d'amore — a type of oboe pitched a minor third lower than the oboe itself. It is used chiefly in the performance of baroque music
- oboe d'amour — an oboe with a bulb-shaped bell that is pitched a minor third below the range of the conventional oboe and was much used in music of the Baroque period.
- 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.
- paedobaptism — the baptism of infants
- paedobaptist — a person who baptizes infants
- parole board — panel who evaluate prisoners for release
- payment bond — See under contract bond.
- peabody bird — the white-throated sparrow.
- 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.
- plasterboard — a material used for insulating or covering walls, or as a lath, consisting of paper-covered sheets of gypsum and felt.
- platform bed — a bed, originating in Scandinavia in the 1930s, consisting of a simple shallow box for holding a mattress situated on a slightly recessed pedestal.
- port de bras — (used with a singular verb) the technique of moving the arms properly.
- poster board — a thick, fairly stiff cardboard composed of layers of paper or paper pulp compressed together and typically used to support displays.
- preset board — a control board for setting up theatrical lighting switches and dimmer readings in advance so that during a performance the lights can be automatically operated for one or several scenes.
- proboscidate — having a proboscis.
- proboscidean — pertaining to or resembling a proboscis.
- pseudorabies — a highly contagious, usually fatal disease of cattle, sheep, and other animals, caused by the herpesvirus Herpes suis, and characterized by severe pruritus and progressive central nervous system involvement sometimes including an aggressive excitement phase.
- 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.
- ragged robin — a plant, Lychnis flos-cuculi, of the pink family, having pink or white flowers with dissected petals.
- reading book — a book for people who are learning to read, to help them become accustomed to looking at and understanding written words
- record label — recorded music production company
- review board — panel appointed to reconsider a matter
- rhabdosphere — a minute sphere made up of rhabdoliths
- rhombohedral — a solid bounded by six rhombic planes.
- ride a hobby — to be excessively devoted to one's favorite pastime or subject
- rollaway bed — a bed on castors