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12-letter words containing b, e, s, i, d

  • hospital bed — a bed having side rails that can be raised or lowered and a mattress base in three jointed sections so that the head, foot, or middle may be raised by a crank or motor, allowing a patient to lie in various positions, as a therapeutic aid or for comfort.
  • housebuilder — One who builds houses, particularly one who does so professionally.
  • hyperbolised — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
  • hyperboloids — Plural form of hyperboloid.
  • icbm address — (networking, humour)   (Or "missile address") The form used to register a site with the Usenet mapping project includes a space for longitude and latitude, preferably to seconds-of-arc accuracy. This is actually used for generating geographically-correct maps of Usenet links on a plotter; however, it has become traditional to refer to this as one's "ICBM address" or "missile address", and many people include it in their sig block with that name. (A real missile address would include target altitude.)
  • inadmissible — not admissible; not allowable: Such evidence would be inadmissible in any court.
  • incrossbreed — to breed (animals) by crossbreeding inbred parents, whether of the same or of different breeds
  • indebtedness — the state of being indebted.
  • indefeasible — not defeasible; not to be annulled or made void; not forfeitable.
  • indefeasibly — In an indefeasible manner.
  • indefensible — not justifiable; inexcusable: indefensible behavior.
  • indefensibly — In an indefensible manner.
  • indefinables — Plural form of indefinable.
  • indigestible — not digestible; not easily digested.
  • indisposable — Not disposable.
  • indisputable — not disputable or deniable; uncontestable. indisputable evidence.
  • indissoluble — not dissoluble; incapable of being dissolved, decomposed, undone, or destroyed.
  • irish bridge — a paved ford.
  • iskander bey — Scanderbeg.
  • keyboardists — Plural form of keyboardist.
  • kiss goodbye — to kiss in taking leave
  • loose-limbed — having supple arms and legs: a loose-limbed athlete.
  • 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.
  • middlebuster — Southern U.S. lister1 (def 1).
  • middy blouse — any of various loose blouses with a sailor collar, often extending below the waistline to terminate in a broad band or fold, as worn by sailors, women, or children.
  • molybdenosis — a disease of ruminants, especially cattle, caused by dietary intake of excessive molybdenum with resultant copper deficiency, characterized by persistent diarrhea and, especially around the eyes, a fading of coat pigment.
  • 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).
  • new hebrides — former name of Vanuatu.
  • non-disabled — physically or mentally impaired, injured, or incapacitated.
  • nosebleeding — bleeding emanating from the nose
  • noticeboards — Plural form of noticeboard.
  • on sb's side — If you are on someone's side, you are supporting them in an argument or a war.
  • paedobaptism — the baptism of infants
  • paedobaptist — a person who baptizes infants
  • prepublished — to publish in advance of a scheduled date.
  • proboscidate — having a proboscis.
  • proboscidean — pertaining to or resembling a proboscis.
  • pseudorabies — a highly contagious, usually fatal disease of cattle, sheep, and other animals, caused by the herpesvirus Herpes suis, and characterized by severe pruritus and progressive central nervous system involvement sometimes including an aggressive excitement phase.
  • purblindness — the state of being purblind
  • raised beach — a wave-cut platform raised above the shoreline by a relative fall in the water level
  • raisin bread — dough baked with dried grapes
  • re-submitted — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
  • red bandfish — a fish, Cepola haastii, found on the inner continental shelf around New Zealand: family Cepolidae
  • red brigades — an extreme leftist terrorist organization in Italy.
  • redistribute — to distribute again or anew: The corporation will redistribute its share of the profits to its stockholders.
  • sb's insides — the internal organs of the body, esp the stomach and bowels
  • scrieveboard — the drawing board of a shipbuilder
  • scrive board — a floorlike construction on which the lines of a vessel can be drawn or scribed at full size.
  • 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.
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