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12-letter words containing b, e, l, t, d

  • labrador tea — a North American bog shrub, Ledum groenlandicum, of the heath family, having evergreen leaves and rounded clusters of white flowers.
  • leatherbound — Bound in leather.
  • left-brained — having the left brain dominant, therefore being more adept at logic, calculation, language, and other thought processes or skills usually associated with the left brain.
  • liberty bond — a single Liberty loan bond.
  • light bridge — a structure spanning and providing passage over a river, chasm, road, or the like.
  • lord's table — the, communion table.
  • mandibulated — Provided with mandibles adapted for biting; mandibulate.
  • mantelboards — Plural form of mantelboard.
  • matabeleland — a region in Zimbabwe, formerly a province of Rhodesia, home to the Ndebele (Matabele).
  • middlebuster — Southern U.S. lister1 (def 1).
  • non-dutiable — subject to customs duty, as imported goods.
  • plasterboard — a material used for insulating or covering walls, or as a lath, consisting of paper-covered sheets of gypsum and felt.
  • platform bed — a bed, originating in Scandinavia in the 1930s, consisting of a simple shallow box for holding a mattress situated on a slightly recessed pedestal.
  • recalibrated — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
  • redoublement — the act of redoubling
  • reducibility — capable of being reduced.
  • rehydratable — capable of being rehydrated
  • safety blade — a blade, as on a knife, razor, etc, with a guard to reduce the risk of accidental cutting
  • salad basket — a basket in which washed salad greens are swung or spun to remove excess water.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • sedimentable — capable of forming sediment
  • sell-by date — the last date on which perishable food should be sold, usually established with some allowance for home storage under refrigeration. Compare shelf life.
  • straddleback — astride, on horseback
  • stunt double — someone who performs dangerous stunts in a film in place of an actor
  • subduplicate — of the square root of ratios
  • subeditorial — of or relating to a subeditor, the work of a subeditor or a subeditorship
  • subthreshold — (of a stimulus) too weak to produce a response.
  • table d'hote — a meal of preselected courses served at a fixed time and price to the guests at a hotel or restaurant.
  • table tripod — a low mount or stand for a camera.
  • the bushveld — an area of low altitude in N South Africa, having scrub vegetation
  • the disabled — those who are physically or mentally disabled; the handicapped
  • the old bill — policemen collectively or in general
  • timberdoodle — the American woodcock, Philohela minor.
  • tom o'bedlam — a roving beggar afflicted with or feigning madness.
  • 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.
  • trabeculated — having trabeculae, transversely barred
  • tuberculated — bearing tubercles, knobbly projections or excrescences
  • tuberculosed — tuberculous
  • tumble dryer — A tumble dryer is an electric machine which dries washing by turning it over and over and blowing warm air onto it.
  • tyndall beam — the visible path of light produced by the scattering action (Tyndall effect) of the particles in a colloidal solution on a beam of light passed through it.
  • un-liberated — to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
  • unadjustable — capable of being adjusted: adjustable seat belts.
  • uncalibrated — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
  • uncelebrated — not celebrated or marked by festivities; unremarked
  • uncreditable — of ignoble character
  • undeductible — capable of being deducted.
  • undelectable — delightful; highly pleasing; enjoyable: a delectable witticism.
  • undeliberate — carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional: a deliberate lie.
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