11-letter words containing b, a, l, d
- dispensably — in a dispensable manner
- displayable — Capable of being displayed.
- disposables — Plural form of disposable.
- disprovable — to prove (an assertion, claim, etc.) to be false or wrong; refute; invalidate: I disproved his claim.
- disruptable — Capable of being disrupted.
- dissociable — capable of being dissociated; separable: Worthy and unworthy motives are often not dissociable.
- dissolvable — to make a solution of, as by mixing with a liquid; pass into solution: to dissolve salt in water.
- dissuadable — That can be dissuaded.
- dissyllable — disyllable.
- distillable — Capable of being distilled, especially capably of being distilled without chemical decomposition.
- disyllabism — the state of being disyllabic.
- disyllabize — to make disyllabic.
- disyllables — Plural form of disyllable.
- dolabriform — shaped like an ax or a cleaver.
- dollar bill — a piece of paper money worth one dollar
- dorsolumbar — of, relating to, or affecting the back in the region of the lumbar vertebrae.
- douay bible — an English translation of the Bible, prepared by Roman Catholic scholars from the Vulgate. The New Testament was published at Rheims in 1582 and the Old Testament was published at Douai in 1609–10.
- double back — twice as large, heavy, strong, etc.; twofold in size, amount, number, extent, etc.: a double portion; a new house double the size of the old one.
- double bass — the largest instrument of the violin family, having three or, usually, four strings, rested vertically on the floor when played.
- double coat — an outer coat of hair on a dog serving as protection against underbrush and resistant to weather, combined with an undercoat of softer hair for warmth and waterproofing.
- double date — two couples meeting socially
- double flat — a symbol () that lowers the pitch of the note following it by two semitones.
- double ikat — a method of printing woven fabric by tie-dyeing the warp yarns (warp ikat) the weft yarns (weft ikat) or both (double ikat) before weaving.
- double play — a play in which two putouts are made.
- double salt — a salt that crystallizes as a single substance but ionizes as two distinct salts when dissolved, as carnallite, KMgCl 3 ⋅6H 2 O.
- double star — two stars that appear as one if not viewed through a telescope with adequate magnification, such as two stars that are separated by a great distance but are nearly in line with each other and an observer (optical double star) or those that are relatively close together and comprise a single physical system (physical double star)
- double take — a rapid or surprised second look, either literal or figurative, at a person or situation whose significance had not been completely grasped at first: His friends did a double take when they saw how much weight he had lost.
- double talk — speech using nonsense syllables along with words in a rapid patter.
- double tape — a ribbon of material, usually with a plastic base, coated on one side (single tape) or both sides (double tape) with a substance containing iron oxide, to make it sensitive to impulses from an electromagnet: used to record sound, images, data, etc.
- double-bank — to have two rowers pull (each of a number of oars).
- double-date — to take part in a double date.
- double-deal — to practice double-dealing.
- double-park — If someone double-parks their car or their car double-parks, they park in a road by the side of another parked car.
- double-take — a rapid or surprised second look, either literal or figurative, at a person or situation whose significance had not been completely grasped at first: His friends did a double take when they saw how much weight he had lost.
- double-talk — speech using nonsense syllables along with words in a rapid patter.
- double-team — to defend against or block (an opposing player) by using two players, as in football or basketball: By double-teaming the end the safety men left the other receiver in the open.
- doublespeak — evasive, ambiguous language that is intended to deceive or confuse.
- douglas bag — an airtight bag used to collect expired air for analysis of oxygen consumption.
- douglas sbd — dauntless (def 2).
- down-ballot — relating to or noting a candidate or political contest that is relatively low-profile and local compared to one listed in a higher place on the ballot: Very popular presidential nominees often cause down-ballot candidates to win.
- drapability — to cover or hang with cloth or other fabric, especially in graceful folds; adorn with drapery.
- drawability — the degree to which a metal can be drawn.
- drivability — the degree of smoothness and steadiness of acceleration of an automotive vehicle: The automatic transmission has been improved to give the new model better drivability.
- dual number — a grammatical number category referring to exactly two persons or things
- durableness — Durability.
- edible crab — a species of crab, Cancer pagurus, found in the Mediterranean Sea, the North Sea, and the North Atlantic
- educability — capable of being educated.
- established — (of a custom, belief, practice, or institution) Having been in existence for a long time and therefore recognized and generally accepted.
- expandables — Plural form of expandable.
- expendables — Plural form of expendable.