12-letter words containing a, d, b
- mortarboards — Plural form of mortarboard.
- motherboards — Plural form of motherboard.
- mouldability — a hollow form or matrix for giving a particular shape to something in a molten or plastic state.
- mountebanked — Simple past tense and past participle of mountebank.
- murderabilia — objects that are regarded as valuable because of their connection with murders or other notorious crimes
- mustard bath — a supposed cure for aches, tired muscles, colds and fevers, consisting of bathing in hot water infused with mustard seeds
- namib desert — a desert region in SW Africa, extending along the coast from SW Angola to W South Africa. 1200 miles (1930 km) long, 30–100 miles (48–160 km) wide; 50,000 sq. mi. (129,500 sq. km).
- 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.
- nonadiabatic — (of a physical reaction) not adiabatic or not occurring without heat loss or gain
- nonbroadcast — not broadcast to a wide audience, supplied on a hidden or private network
- nondelegable — Not delegable.
- noordbrabant — North Brabant
- not half bad — very good
- 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.
- oda nobunaga — 1534–82, Japanese general and feudal leader, who unified much of Japan under his control: assassinated
- odontoblasts — Plural form of odontoblast.
- odontophobia — an unnatural dread or terror of teeth
- off broadway — experimental or avant-garde drama produced in New York City, in small theaters, halls, churches, etc.
- off-broadway — experimental or avant-garde drama produced in New York City, in small theaters, halls, churches, etc.
- olivary body — one of two oval bodies or prominences composed of nerve tissue, one on each side of the anterior surface of the medulla oblongata.
- on shipboard — on board a ship
- one-man band — A one-man band is a street entertainer who wears and plays a lot of different instruments at the same time.
- orbital road — a highway that circles a metropolitan area; ring road
- orchard bush — open savanna country with occasional trees and scrub, as found north of the W African forest belt
- 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
- paint bridge — a structure spanning and providing passage over a river, chasm, road, or the like.
- parole board — panel who evaluate prisoners for release
- pastry board — a flat board on which pastry is rolled
- payment bond — See under contract bond.
- peabody bird — the white-throated sparrow.
- peach brandy — brandy distilled from the fermented juice of peaches.
- pebbledashed — covered with a finish for external walls consisting of small stones embedded in plaster
- 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.