12-letter words containing b, e, g, o, d
- fingerboards — Plural form of fingerboard.
- float bridge — a bridge, as from a pier to a boat, floating at one end and hinged at the other to permit loading and unloading at any level of water.
- forebodingly — a prediction; portent.
- forebuilding — (architecture,historical) An outer defense work of a castle used to protect the entrance to the keep.
- foreign body — object lodged where it does not belong
- gable window — a window in or under a gable.
- gideon bible — a Bible purchased by members of a Christian organization (Gideons International) and placed in a hotel room, hospital ward, etc
- global index — (filename extension) (gid) The filename extension of a Windows 95 "global index" file. .gid files are created by the help browser internal to Windows 95 (also available for other Windows versions) for WinHelp files (hlp), as well as for storing user preferences, such as window position.
- glyndebourne — an estate in SE England, in East Sussex: site of a famous annual festival of opera founded in 1934 by John Christie
- go overboard — over the side of a ship or boat, especially into or in the water: to fall overboard.
- gobbledegook — language characterized by circumlocution and jargon, usually hard to understand: the gobbledegook of government reports.
- gobbledygook — language characterized by circumlocution and jargon, usually hard to understand: the gobbledegook of government reports.
- god-botherer — an over-zealous Christian
- gold-beating — the art or process of beating out gold into gold leaf.
- golden bough — a branch of mistletoe, sacred to Proserpina, that served Aeneas as a pass to the underworld.
- golden-brown — of brown with a golden tinge
- ground cable — a heavy chain for securing permanent floating moorings, as a number of mooring buoys.
- herringboned — Simple past tense and past participle of herringbone.
- homebuilding — the designing or constructing of houses.
- honey badger — ratel.
- kiss goodbye — to kiss in taking leave
- kiteboarding — A sport in which participants ride a form of wakeboard or surfboard harnessed to a large kite which is controlled by the rider.
- knowledgable — possessing or exhibiting knowledge, insight, or understanding; intelligent; well-informed; discerning; perceptive.
- ledger board — a horizontal board, as in a fence.
- load-bearing — bearing the weight that is carried by a structure
- male bonding — the process by which two or more men or boys become emotionally attached to each another
- messageboard — Alternative spelling of message board.
- much obliged — expressions used when one wants to indicate that one is very grateful for something
- neighborhood — the area or region around or near some place or thing; vicinity: the kids of the neighborhood; located in the neighborhood of Jackson and Vine streets.
- nondelegable — Not delegable.
- nosebleeding — bleeding emanating from the nose
- overbuilding — Present participle of overbuild.
- pigeon blood — dark red.
- 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
- reynoldsburg — a town in central Ohio.
- rubber goods — contraceptives; condoms
- shoulder bag — a handbag with shoulder strap attached.
- shoulder-bag — A shoulder-bag is a bag that has a long strap so that it can be carried on a person's shoulder.
- speedboating — the act, practice, or sport of traveling in a speedboat.
- thoroughbred — of pure or unmixed breed, stock, or lineage, as a horse or other animal; bred from the purest and best blood.
- 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.
- turbocharged — with additional power from turbine
- unforeboding — a prediction; portent.
- 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.