12-letter words containing a, b, o, r
- corroborates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of corroborate.
- corroborator — to make more certain; confirm: He corroborated my account of the accident.
- coulrophobia — an abnormal fear of clowns.
- counterblast — A counterblast is a strong angry reply to something that has been said, written, or done.
- counterbrace — a rope on the leeward side of a ship, controlling the position of the fore-topsail
- county board — the governing body of a U.S. county consisting usually of three or more elected members.
- crack a book — to break without complete separation of parts; become fissured: The plate cracked when I dropped it, but it was still usable.
- cradleboards — Plural form of cradleboard.
- cristobalite — a white microcrystalline mineral consisting of silica and occurring in volcanic rocks. Formula: SiO2
- cross-bearer — a person who carries or holds a cross, especially in a religious procession.
- crossability — the quality of being crossable
- crossbanding — a veneer border, as on furniture, with its grain at right angles to the grain of the adjacent wood
- crossbarring — stripes, esp those of an animal
- cyber monday — the Monday after Thanksgiving, one of the busiest online shopping days.
- cyberloafing — (informal) The use of computers by employees for purposes unrelated to work.
- cytomembrane — a membrane around a cell that encloses cytoplasm and acts as a semi-permeable barrier
- 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
- deambulatory — a place for walking often with a covering overhead
- debaucherous — tending toward or involving debauchery, or excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures: a night of debaucherous fun.
- 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.
- decarbonized — Simple past tense and past participle of decarbonize.
- decarbonizer — One who, or that which, decarbonizes a substance.
- deformed bar — a rod for reinforcing concrete, having surface irregularities, as transverse ridges, to improve the bond.
- deliberation — Deliberation is the long and careful consideration of a subject.
- della robbia — ˈLu‧ca (ˈlukɑ ) ; lo̅oˈkä) 1400?-82; Florentine sculptor & worker in enameled terra cotta: member of a family of artists
- demonstrable — A demonstrable fact or quality can be shown to be true or to exist.
- demonstrably — capable of being demonstrated or proved.
- dermabrasion — a procedure in cosmetic surgery in which rough facial skin is removed by scrubbing
- diamond bird — any small insectivorous Australian songbird of the genus Pardalotus, having a diamond-patterned plumage
- dibenzofuran — an organic compound (C12H8O) composed of two benzene rings fused to a central furan ring
- dicarboxylic — containing two carboxyl groups in the molecule
- direct labor — labor performed, as by workers on a production line, and considered in computing costs per unit of production.
- discoverable — to see, get knowledge of, learn of, find, or find out; gain sight or knowledge of (something previously unseen or unknown): to discover America; to discover electricity. Synonyms: detect, espy, descry, discern, ascertain, unearth, ferret out, notice.
- dishonorable — showing lack of honor or integrity; ignoble; base; disgraceful; shameful: Cheating is dishonorable.
- dishonorably — In a dishonorable manner.
- diving board — a springboard.
- double altar — an altar on which the Eucharist may be celebrated from either the liturgical east or the liturgical west side.
- double cream — (in France) a fresh, soft cheese with at least 60 percent fat, made from cow's milk enriched with cream.
- double major — a major with concentration in two separate fields of study
- double sharp — a symbol (× or ) that raises by two semitones the pitch of the following note.
- double sugar — disaccharide.
- double track — two railways side by side, typically for traffic in two directions
- doubleganger — doppelgänger.
- doubleheader — Sports. two games, as of baseball, between the same teams on the same day in immediate succession. two games, as of basketball, between two different pairs of teams on the same day in immediate succession.
- draughtboard — checkerboard (def 1).
- drop a brick — a block of clay hardened by drying in the sun or burning in a kiln, and used for building, paving, etc.: traditionally, in the U.S., a rectangle 2.25 × 3.75 × 8 inches (5.7 × 9.5 × 20.3 cm), red, brown, or yellow in color.
- dutch harbor — a U.S. naval base on Unalaska Island, in the Aleutian Islands.