12-letter words containing a, c, d, i
- bactericides — Plural form of bactericide.
- bacteriocide — Alternative form of bactericide.
- barn dancing — the act of performing a progressive round country dance
- barodynamics — the branch of mechanics concerned with heavy structures
- basidiocarps — Plural form of basidiocarp.
- battery acid — acid used in batteries, esp car batteries
- beaconsfield — a town in SE England, in Buckinghamshire. Pop: 12 292 (2001)
- behenic acid — a crystalline, saturated fatty acid, C 22 H 44 O 2 , obtained from plant sources, used chiefly in the manufacture of cosmetics, waxes, and plasticizers.
- beneficiated — to treat (ore) to make more suitable for smelting.
- benzoic acid — a white crystalline solid occurring in many natural resins, used in the manufacture of benzoates, plasticizers, and dyes and as a food preservative (E210). Formula: C6H5COOH
- bid defiance — to resist boldly
- bidialectism — proficient in or using two dialects of the same language.
- bill and coo — the parts of a bird's jaws that are covered with a horny or leathery sheath; beak.
- billiard cue — a long cue used for playing billiards
- bird fancier — a person who keeps, breeds, or sells birds
- bird watcher — a person who identifies and observes birds in their natural habitat as a recreation.
- bird-watcher — A bird-watcher is a person whose hobby is watching and studying wild birds in their natural surroundings.
- black friday — the day after the US Thanksgiving Day in late November, regarded as the start of the Christmas shopping season
- black medick — a small European leguminous plant, Medicago lupulina, with trifoliate leaves, small yellow flowers, and black pods
- blackbirding — a common European thrush, Turdus merula, the male of which is black with a yellow bill.
- blind casing — (in a box window frame) a rough framework to which the trim is secured.
- block island — an island off the coast of and a part of Rhode Island, at the E entrance to Long Island Sound.
- body fascism — intolerance of those whose bodies do not conform to a particular view of what is desirable
- boletic acid — fumaric acid.
- boudin blanc — a boiled sausage made with light-colored meat, as veal or chicken, and without blood
- bradykinetic — slowness of movement, as found, for example, in Parkinson's disease.
- braggadocios — empty boasting; bragging.
- breakdancing — a type of vigorous dance
- brevicaudate — having a short tail.
- bridge chair — a lightweight folding chair, often part of a set of matching chairs and bridge table.
- broadcasting — Broadcasting is the making and sending out of television and radio programmes.
- buoyancy aid — a type of usually foam-filled lifejacket designed for use in sports such as canoeing
- butyric acid — type of acid
- cacodaemonic — Daemonic.
- cadmium cell — a photocell with a cadmium electrode that is especially sensitive to ultraviolet radiation
- caesalpinoid — of, relating to, or belonging to the Caesalpinoideae, a mainly tropical subfamily of leguminous plants that have irregular flowers: includes carob, senna, brazil, cassia, and poinciana
- calendar api — Calendar Application Programming Interface
- call to mind — to remember or cause to be remembered
- calligraphed — Simple past tense and past participle of calligraph.
- calling card — A calling card is a small card with personal information about you on it, such as your name and address, which you can give to people when you go to visit them.
- calycoideous — calycoid
- camaraderies — comradeship; good-fellowship.
- campodeiform — resembling insects of the genus Campodea
- campshedding — to line (the bank of a river) with campshot.
- candied peel — fruit skin which has been impregnated or encrusted with sugar or syrup, esp that of citrus fruits
- candlefishes — Plural form of candlefish.
- candlesticks — Plural form of candlestick.
- candy stripe — a pattern of bright stripes of one color against a plain background, used chiefly in fabrics.
- cannabinoids — Plural form of cannabinoid.
- cannibalised — Simple past tense and past participle of cannibalise.