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

  • subordinated — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
  • subsaturated — soaked, impregnated, or imbued thoroughly; charged thoroughly or completely; brought to a state of saturation.
  • 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.
  • takeover bid — offer to buy a company
  • teacher bird — the ovenbird, Seiurus aurocapillus, a songbird that builds a nest shaped like a dome.
  • technobandit — a person who steals technological secrets, as from the government or a place of employment, and sells them to agents of foreign governments or to competing firms.
  • terebic acid — an acid, C 7 H 10 O 4 , formed by the oxidation of certain terpenes and historically important in the discovery of the structures of many terpenes.
  • the bereaved — the survivors of a person who has died recently
  • the bushveld — an area of low altitude in N South Africa, having scrub vegetation
  • 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)
  • the old bill — policemen collectively or in general
  • the-firebird — a ballet (1910) with music by Stravinsky.
  • thoroughbred — of pure or unmixed breed, stock, or lineage, as a horse or other animal; bred from the purest and best blood.
  • timberdoodle — the American woodcock, Philohela minor.
  • time-binding — the distinctively human attribute of preserving memories and records of experiences for the use of subsequent generations.
  • tom o'bedlam — a roving beggar afflicted with or feigning madness.
  • tombstone ad — a boxed advertisement without artwork or illustrations, especially one announcing an issue of a stock or bond.
  • 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.
  • torpedo boat — a small, fast, highly maneuverable boat used for torpedoing enemy shipping.
  • torpedo tube — a tube through which a self-propelled torpedo is launched, usually by the explosion of a charge of powder.
  • torres bodet — Jaime [hahy-me] /ˈhaɪ mɛ/ (Show IPA), 1902–74, Mexican poet, statesman, and diplomat.
  • trabeculated — having trabeculae, transversely barred
  • tribute band — A tribute band is a pop group that plays the music and copies the style of another, much more famous, pop group.
  • truss bridge — a bridge in which the loads are supported by trusses.
  • 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.
  • turbidimeter — a device for measuring the turbidity of water or other liquids.
  • turbidimetry — a device for measuring the turbidity of water or other liquids.
  • turbocharged — with additional power from turbine
  • 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.
  • unattributed — to regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually followed by to): She attributed his bad temper to ill health.
  • unbenefitted — something that is advantageous or good; an advantage: He explained the benefits of public ownership of the postal system.
  • 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.
  • under-butler — the chief male servant of a household, usually in charge of serving food, the care of silverware, etc.
  • underblanket — a blanket placed under a bottom sheet
  • undertakable — able to be undertaken
  • undetectable — to discover or catch (a person) in the performance of some act: to detect someone cheating.
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