12-letter words containing b, e, d, o, n
- payment bond — See under contract bond.
- peptide bond — a covalent bond formed by joining the carboxyl group of one amino acid to the amino group of another, with the removal of a molecule of water.
- 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.
- pigeon blood — dark red.
- premium bond — In Britain, premium bonds are numbered tickets that are sold by the government. Each month, a computer selects several numbers, and the people whose tickets have those numbers win money.
- proboscidean — pertaining to or resembling a proboscis.
- radar beacon — a radar device at a fixed location that, on receiving a radar signal, automatically transmits a particular radar signal in reply, identifying itself and enabling navigators of ships and aircraft to determine their distance and direction from it.
- radio beacon — a radio station that sends a characteristic signal so as to enable ships or airplanes to determine their position or bearing by means of a radio compass.
- ragged robin — a plant, Lychnis flos-cuculi, of the pink family, having pink or white flowers with dissected petals.
- reading book — a book for people who are learning to read, to help them become accustomed to looking at and understanding written words
- redoublement — the act of redoubling
- revenue bond — a bond issued, as by a municipal utility, to finance a specific project, the income from which will be used for repaying the bond.
- reynoldsburg — a town in central Ohio.
- rhombohedron — a solid bounded by six rhombic planes.
- roller blind — a blind consisting of a length of fabric rolled around a pole and fitted to the top of a window
- san bernardo — a city in central Chile, S of Santiago.
- 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.
- second birth — spiritual rebirth.
- serial bonds — Serial bonds are bonds that are issued at the same time but have staggered maturity dates.
- sober-minded — rational; sensible.
- speedboating — the act, practice, or sport of traveling in a speedboat.
- student body — all the students enrolled at an educational institution.
- stunt double — someone who performs dangerous stunts in a film in place of an actor
- subdeaconate — subdiaconate.
- subdiaconate — the office or dignity of a subdeacon.
- subintroduce — to introduce subtly
- subordinated — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- technobandit — a person who steals technological secrets, as from the government or a place of employment, and sells them to agents of foreign governments or to competing firms.
- tombstone ad — a boxed advertisement without artwork or illustrations, especially one announcing an issue of a stock or bond.
- tongue-blade — a broad, thin piece of wood used by doctors to hold down the patient's tongue during an examination of the mouth and throat.
- tornado belt — the part of the U.S. in which tornadoes occur most frequently, roughly the area within a 500-mile (805-km) radius of southern Missouri.
- unaffordable — that can be afforded; believed to be within one's financial means: attractive new cars at affordable prices.
- unburdensome — oppressively heavy; onerous.
- unelaborated — not elaborated
- unforeboding — a prediction; portent.
- unformidable — causing fear, apprehension, or dread: a formidable opponent.
- unmodifiable — incapable of being modified
- unobfuscated — to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
- unobservedly — without having been observed; in an unobserved manner
- unobstructed — to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
- unoffendable — to err in conduct; commit a sin, crime, or fault.
- unpardonable — kind indulgence, as in forgiveness of an offense or discourtesy or in tolerance of a distraction or inconvenience: I beg your pardon, but which way is Spruce Street?
- unprohibited — to forbid (an action, activity, etc.) by authority or law: Smoking is prohibited here.
- unrecordable — to set down in writing or the like, as for the purpose of preserving evidence.
- unshadowable — not able to be shadowed
- untroubledly — in an untroubled manner
- velo binding — a technique for binding books or documents that uses a narrow plastic strip along the length of the front and back binding edges and plastic pegs to attach the strips through holes punched in the pages.
- wakeboarding — (sports) A water sport where a rider on a small board is towed by a motor boat, and attached by a cable.
- weatherbound — (often nautical) Delayed or prevented by bad weather from doing something, such as travelling.