12-letter words containing b, e, d, o
- boogie board — a small, flexible plastic surfboard, ridden lying down.
- book of odes — a collection of 305 poems compiled in the 6th century b.c. by Confucius.
- booster dose — a supplementary injection of a vaccine given to maintain the immunization provided by an earlier dose
- border guard — a guard stationed on a border between countries
- border light — a striplight hung upstage of a border, for lighting the stage.
- border state — a state adjacent to a border
- border taxes — taxes payable on goods taken across a border
- bosom friend — an intimate friend
- bottle gourd — an Old World cucurbitaceous climbing plant, Lagenaria siceraria, having large hard-shelled gourds as fruits
- bottled beer — beer in a bottle, rather than from a barrel
- bottled wine — wine that has been transferred from barrel to bottle
- bottomfeeder — (networking) An RSS aggregator.
- boulder clay — an unstratified glacial deposit consisting of fine clay, boulders, and pebbles
- boulevardier — (originally in Paris) a fashionable man, esp one who frequents public places
- bound charge — any electric charge that is bound to an atom or molecule (opposed to free charge).
- bounden duty — duty one has a moral obligation to perform
- bowdlerizing — to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
- branch depot — one of a several depots receiving stock from the same central supplier
- brassfounder — a person who makes things from brass
- break ground — to do something that has not been done before
- break of day — dawn; daybreak.
- breechloader — any gun loaded at the breech
- breed of cat — type; sort; variety: The new airplane is a completely different breed of cat from any that has been designed before.
- bridge cloth — a tablecloth for a bridge table.
- bridge house — a deckhouse including a bridge or bridges for navigation.
- bridle joint — a heading joint in which the end of one member, notched to form two parallel tenons, is fitted into two gains cut into the edges of a second member.
- broad jumper — a participant in the long jump.
- broad-leaved — denoting trees other than conifers, most of which have broad rather than needle-shaped leaves
- broad-minded — If you describe someone as broad-minded, you approve of them because they are willing to accept types of behaviour which other people consider immoral.
- broken chord — a chord played as an arpeggio
- broken-field — of or having to do with running in which the ball carrier zigzags so as to go past defenders and avoid being tackled by them
- bronze medal — A bronze medal is a medal made of bronze or bronze-coloured metal that is given as a prize to the person who comes third in a competition, especially a sports contest.
- brush border — a layer of tightly packed minute finger-like protuberances on cells that line absorptive surfaces, such as those of the intestine and kidney
- bullet wound — a wound made by a bullet
- buying order — an order to buy a certain security
- by deed poll — In Britain, if you change your name by deed poll, you change it officially and legally.
- by the dozen — in large quantities
- cannonballed — Simple past tense and past participle of cannonball.
- cape cod bay — a part of Massachusetts Bay, enclosed by the Cape Cod peninsula.
- capped elbow — a swelling of the elbow of a horse due to irritation caused by the hoof striking the elbow when lying down.
- carbohydrase — a digestive enzyme that breaks down carbohydrates through hydrolysis
- carbohydrate — Carbohydrates are substances, found in certain kinds of food, that provide you with energy. Foods such as sugar and bread that contain these substances can also be referred to as carbohydrates.
- carboxylated — Simple past tense and past participle of carboxylate.
- centerboards — Plural form of centerboard.
- cerebrosides — Plural form of cerebroside.
- checkerboard — A checkerboard is a square board with 64 black and white squares that is used for playing checkers or chess.
- cheese board — A cheese board is a board from which cheese is served at a meal.
- cheeseboards — Plural form of cheeseboard.
- chequerboard — Alternative spelling of checkerboard.
- chimneyboard — a partition or a cover to shut off a fireplace