12-letter words containing b, a, n, d, s
- massaranduba — any of various evergreen trees of the genus Manilkara of the family Sapotaceae that are native to the tropics
- mastoid bone — a large, bony prominence on the base of the skull behind the ear, containing air spaces that connect with the middle ear cavity.
- 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.
- nonbroadcast — not broadcast to a wide audience, supplied on a hidden or private network
- noticeboards — Plural form of noticeboard.
- obdurateness — The characteristic of being obdurate; stubbornness.
- odontoblasts — Plural form of odontoblast.
- on shipboard — on board a ship
- proboscidean — pertaining to or resembling a proboscis.
- raisin bread — dough baked with dried grapes
- red bandfish — a fish, Cepola haastii, found on the inner continental shelf around New Zealand: family Cepolidae
- sailboarding — windsurfing.
- salad burnet — a plant, Poterium sanguisorba, of the rose family, native to Eurasia, having rounded heads of small, greenish flowers in short spikes and edible leaves.
- samurai bond — a bond issued in Japan and denominated in yen, available for purchase by nonresidents of Japan
- san bernardo — a city in central Chile, S of Santiago.
- sand verbena — any of several low, mostly trailing plants of the genus Abronia, of the western U.S., having showy, verbenalike flowers.
- sand-blasted — a blast of air or steam laden with sand, used to clean, grind, cut, or decorate hard surfaces, as of glass, stone, or metal.
- sandblasting — the act or process of using a sandblast to clean, grind, or decorate a surface
- sandbox tree — a tropical American tree, Hura crepitans, of the spurge family, bearing a furrowed, roundish fruit about the size of an orange that when ripe and dry bursts with a sharp report and scatters the seeds.
- sandwich bar — a place where sandwiches are sold
- sandy blight — trachoma.
- savings bond — a U.S. government bond with principal amounts up to $10,000.
- scuba diving — deep-sea swimming
- sea bindweed — a species of bindweed, Calystegia soldanella, which grows on beaches in E North America, Europe, and Asia
- seam binding — a narrow strip of fabric attached to the unfinished edge of a seam or hem to keep it from raveling.
- secunderabad — a city in N Andhra Pradesh, in central India, part of Hyderabad: a former British military cantonment.
- sedimentable — capable of forming sediment
- serial bonds — Serial bonds are bonds that are issued at the same time but have staggered maturity dates.
- shadow bands — slow-moving waves of light and dark observed to move across light-coloured surfaces on the earth just before and after totality in a solar eclipse. They are thought to originate from the effects of irregular atmospheric refraction
- signal board — a board for displaying electrically transmitted signals and indicating their source.
- sikandarabad — Secunderabad.
- slab dashing — the act or process of covering an exterior wall with roughcast.
- snowboarding — a board for gliding on snow, resembling a wide ski, to which both feet are secured and that one rides in an upright position.
- speedballing — the practice of taking cocaine and heroin together intravenously
- speedboating — the act, practice, or sport of traveling in a speedboat.
- spina bifida — a congenital neural tube defect in which part of the meninges or spinal cord protrudes through the spinal column, often resulting in neurological impairment.
- spiral-bound — having a spiral binding.
- spud-bashing — the task of peeling potatoes, given as a punishment
- standardbred — one of an American breed of trotting and pacing horses used chiefly for harness racing.
- sub-standard — A sub-standard service or product is unacceptable because it is below a required standard.
- subabdominal — below or beneath the abdomen
- subarachnoid — of, relating to, or situated below the arachnoid membrane.
- subdeaconate — subdiaconate.
- subdebutante — a young woman who has not yet made her debut into society.
- subdiaconate — the office or dignity of a subdeacon.
- subinfeudate — to grant (lands) by subinfeudation
- subordinated — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- subordinator — a conjunction introducing a subordinate clause, as when in They were glad when I finished.
- support band — a band, pop group, rock group, etc not topping the bill