11-letter words containing b, e, t, d
- bedclothing — bedclothes; bedding.
- bedding out — the process of planting out young flowering plants in beds
- bedevilment — to torment or harass maliciously or diabolically, as with doubts, distractions, or worries.
- bedizenment — That which bedizens.
- bedroom tax — a reduction in housing benefit for occupants of council housing who have more rooms than they are deemed to require
- behind post — one of the smaller outer posts inside which the ball must be kicked to score a behind
- behind time — late
- belatedness — coming or being after the customary, useful, or expected time: belated birthday greetings.
- bellmouthed — having a flaring mouth or opening like that of a bell
- belt sander — a sander that uses an endless abrasive belt driven by an electric motor.
- belted tire — a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- bend dexter — the ordinary bend, extending from the dexter chief to the sinister base.
- bendy straw — a drinking straw which is bent towards the top end
- benedict ii — Saint, died a.d. 685, pope 684–85.
- benedict iv — died a.d. 903, pope 900–03.
- benedict ix — died 1056? pope 1032–44; 1045; 1047–48.
- benedict vi — died a.d. 974, pope 973–74.
- benedict xi — (Niccolò Boccasini) 1240–1304, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1303–04.
- benedict xv — original name Giacomo della Chiesa. 1854–1922, pope (1914–22); noted for his repeated attempts to end World War I and for his organization of war relief
- benedictine — A Benedictine is a monk or nun who is a member of a Christian religious community that follows the rule of St. Benedict.
- benediction — A benediction is a kind of Christian prayer.
- benedictive — relating to a benediction or blessing
- benedictory — of, giving, or expressing benediction.
- bent double — If someone is bent double, the top part of their body is leaning forward towards their legs, usually because they are in great pain or because they are laughing a lot. In American English, you can also say that someone is bent over double.
- bertrandite — a mineral, hydrous beryllium silicate, Be 4 Si 2 O 7 (OH) 2 , colorless or pale yellow, with a vitreous luster, occurring as tabular or prismatic crystals in pegmatites and hydrothermal veins.
- best friend — a dearest friend
- bestridable — capable of being bestridden
- bidialectal — fluent in two dialects of a language
- big-hearted — If you describe someone as big-hearted, you think they are kind and generous, and always willing to help people.
- billet-doux — a love letter
- bindheimite — a mineral, hydrous antimonate of lead, resulting from the alteration of lead antimony ores.
- bindlestiff — a migratory worker; hobo
- binucleated — having two nuclei
- bird strike — a collision of an aircraft with a bird
- bird's nest — the nest of a bird
- bird's-nest — nest (def 1).
- bitter dock — any of various weedy plants belonging to the genus Rumex, of the buckwheat family, as R. obtusifolius (bitter dock) or R. acetosa (sour dock) having long taproots.
- bitterender — a person who persists until the bitter end without compromising or yielding; diehard.
- black death — a deadly disease, probably bubonic plague, which devastated Europe and Asia in the 14th cent.
- bladderwort — any aquatic plant of the genus Utricularia, some of whose leaves are modified as small bladders to trap minute aquatic animals: family Lentibulariaceae
- blanketweed — a type of filamentous pond algae
- bleed white — to deprive slowly of resources
- blind tiger — speak-easy
- blindstorey — a storey without windows, such as a gallery in a Gothic church
- bloatedness — the state of being swollen, as with a liquid, air, or wind
- block trade — the purchase and sale of blocks of securities through brokers, sometimes not members of an exchange, who negotiate between buyers and sellers.
- bloodletter — someone or something which lets blood
- bloodsprent — spattered or stained with blood
- bloodstream — Your bloodstream is the blood that flows around your body.
- boat-shaped — shaped like a boat