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

  • sebacic acid — a crystalline, slightly water-soluble, dibasic acid, C 1 0 H 1 8 O 4 , usually obtained from castor oil: used chiefly in the manufacture of plasticizers and resins.
  • second birth — spiritual rebirth.
  • sedimentable — capable of forming sediment
  • self-blinded — unable to see; lacking the sense of sight; sightless: a blind man.
  • serial bonds — Serial bonds are bonds that are issued at the same time but have staggered maturity dates.
  • sewn binding — a style of binding where the backs of the gathered sections are sewn together before being inserted into a cover
  • side by side — one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
  • single blind — of or relating to an experiment or clinical trial in which the researchers but not the subjects know which subjects are receiving the active medication or treatment and which are not: a technique for eliminating subjective bias, as the placebo effect, from the test results.
  • single-blind — of or relating to an experiment or clinical trial in which the researchers but not the subjects know which subjects are receiving the active medication or treatment and which are not: a technique for eliminating subjective bias, as the placebo effect, from the test results.
  • sir bedivere — (in Arthurian legend) a knight who took the dying King Arthur to the barge in which he was carried to Avalon
  • sliced bread — bread: sold pre-sliced
  • sober-minded — rational; sensible.
  • soldier crab — a small blue Australian estuarine crab of the Mictyris genus usually found in large numbers
  • speedballing — the practice of taking cocaine and heroin together intravenously
  • speedboating — the act, practice, or sport of traveling in a speedboat.
  • spellbinding — to hold or bind by or as if by a spell; enchant; entrance; fascinate.
  • spider's web — a mesh of fine tough scleroprotein threads built by a spider from a liquid secreted from its spinnerets and used to trap insects
  • straightbred — (of animals) purebred; having parents of the same breed
  • striped bass — an important American game fish, Morone saxatilis, having blackish stripes along each side.
  • sub-additive — something that is added, as one substance to another, to alter or improve the general quality or to counteract undesirable properties: an additive that thins paint.
  • sub-mediocre — of only ordinary or moderate quality; neither good nor bad; barely adequate: The car gets only mediocre mileage, but it's fun to drive. Synonyms: undistinguished, commonplace, pedestrian, everyday; run-of-the-mill. Antonyms: extraordinary, superior, uncommon, incomparable.
  • subcivilized — not quite civilized
  • subdelirious — having the symptoms of subdelirium; suffering from subdelirium
  • subdiaconate — the office or dignity of a subdeacon.
  • subdividable — to divide (that which has already been divided) into smaller parts; divide again after a first division.
  • subduplicate — of the square root of ratios
  • subeditorial — of or relating to a subeditor, the work of a subeditor or a subeditorship
  • subepidermal — just below the epidermis or skin
  • suberic acid — a crystalline dibasic acid, C 8 H 1 4 O 4 , obtained especially from suberin, castor oil, and cork: used chiefly in the preparation of plastics and plasticizers.
  • subinfeudate — to grant (lands) by subinfeudation
  • subintroduce — to introduce subtly
  • subjectified — to make subjective.
  • subordinated — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
  • swim bladder — air bladder (def 2).
  • swing bridge — a bridge that can open by pivoting on a central pier to let vessels pass.
  • the dingbats — delirium tremens
  • the disabled — those who are physically or mentally disabled; the handicapped
  • the hebrides — a group of over 500 islands off the W coast of Scotland: separated by the North Minch, Little Minch, and the Sea of the Hebrides: the chief islands are Skye, Raasay, Rum, Eigg, Coll, Tiree, Mull, Jura, Colonsay, and Islay (Inner Hebrides), and Lewis with Harris, North Uist, Benbecula, South Uist, and Barra (Outer Hebrides)
  • truss bridge — a bridge in which the loads are supported by trusses.
  • un-furbished — to restore to freshness of appearance or good condition (often followed by up): to furbish a run-down neighborhood; to furbish up one's command of a foreign language.
  • unbesmirched — to soil; tarnish; discolor.
  • undefensible — capable of being defended against assault or injury: The troops were bivouacked in a defensible position.
  • undigestible — indigestible.
  • undisputable — capable of being disputed; debatable; questionable.
  • undissembled — to give a false or misleading appearance to; conceal the truth or real nature of: to dissemble one's incompetence in business.
  • unprescribed — to lay down, in writing or otherwise, as a rule or a course of action to be followed; appoint, ordain, or enjoin.
  • unreimbursed — to make repayment to for expense or loss incurred: The insurance company reimbursed him for his losses in the fire.
  • unstabilized — to make or hold stable, firm, or steadfast.
  • unsublimated — Psychology. to divert the energy of (a sexual or other biological impulse) from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
  • unsubscribed — not subscribed
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