12-letter words containing b, a, d, i
- carotid body — a small mass of cells and nerve endings adjacent to the carotid sinus that, in response to chemical changes in the blood, adjusts the respiratory rate.
- carrick bend — type of knot
- catbird seat — an enviable position, as of power
- chambermaids — Plural form of chambermaid.
- child abuser — someone who abuses a child, esp someone convicted of this
- child labour — the full-time employment of children below a minimum age laid down by statute
- childbearing — Childbearing is the process of giving birth to babies.
- chimneyboard — a partition or a cover to shut off a fireplace
- ciliary body — the part of the vascular tunic of the eye that connects the choroid with the iris
- clapboarding — Present participle of clapboard.
- clean-limbed — having well-proportioned limbs
- coachbuilder — (historical) A builder of horse-drawn coaches.
- considerable — Considerable means great in amount or degree.
- considerably — to a noteworthy or marked extent; much; noticeably; substantially; amply.
- crackbrained — insane, idiotic, or crazy
- crossbanding — a veneer border, as on furniture, with its grain at right angles to the grain of the adjacent wood
- daily double — a single bet on the winners of two named races in any one day's racing
- daniel boone — Daniel, 1734–1820, American pioneer, especially in Kentucky.
- danube river — a river in central and SE Europe, flowing E from southern Germany to the Black Sea. 1725 miles (2775 km) long.
- de-stabilise — to make unstable; rid of stabilizing attributes: conflicts that tend to destabilize world peace.
- debaucheries — Plural form of debauchery.
- debilitating — tending to weaken or enfeeble
- debilitation — to make weak or feeble; enfeeble: The siege of pneumonia debilitated her completely.
- debilitative — producing or bringing about a weakened state
- debonairness — The state or quality of being debonair.
- debrouillard — (one who is) skilled or resourceful at handling any difficulty
- decarbonized — Simple past tense and past participle of decarbonize.
- decarbonizer — One who, or that which, decarbonizes a substance.
- decarburized — Simple past tense and past participle of decarburize.
- decasyllabic — having ten syllables: a decasyllabic verse.
- decidability — the capability of being decided
- decipherable — to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note.
- defibrillate — to stop fibrillation of (the heart), as by the use of electric current
- definability — The quality of being definable.
- deliberately — carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional: a deliberate lie.
- deliberating — carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional: a deliberate lie.
- deliberation — Deliberation is the long and careful consideration of a subject.
- deliberative — A deliberative institution or procedure has the power or the right to make important decisions.
- deliverables — items named in a contract, course, or project that must be delivered for its successful completion
- della robbia — ˈLu‧ca (ˈlukɑ ) ; lo̅oˈkä) 1400?-82; Florentine sculptor & worker in enameled terra cotta: member of a family of artists
- demibastions — Plural form of demibastion.
- derivability — The condition of being derivable.
- dermabrasion — a procedure in cosmetic surgery in which rough facial skin is removed by scrubbing
- desirability — worth having or wanting; pleasing, excellent, or fine: a desirable apartment.
- destabilised — Simple past tense and past participle of destabilise.
- destabilises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of destabilise.
- destabilized — to make unstable; rid of stabilizing attributes: conflicts that tend to destabilize world peace.
- destabilizer — a person who or a thing that destabilizes
- destabilizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of destabilize.
- desublimated — Psychology. to divert the energy of (a sexual or other biological impulse) from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.