11-letter words containing b, m, d
- dismissible — to direct (an assembly of persons) to disperse or go: I dismissed the class early.
- disremember — to fail to remember; forget.
- disselbooms — Plural form of disselboom.
- dissembleth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dissemble.
- dissembling — to give a false or misleading appearance to; conceal the truth or real nature of: to dissemble one's incompetence in business.
- disyllabism — the state of being disyllabic.
- dithyrambic — of, relating to, or of the nature of a dithyramb, or an impassioned oration.
- dive bomber — an airplane of the fighter-bomber type that drops its bombs while diving at the enemy.
- diytterbium — (chemistry, especially in combination) Two ytterbium atoms in a molecule.
- dolabriform — shaped like an ax or a cleaver.
- dorsolumbar — of, relating to, or affecting the back in the region of the lumbar vertebrae.
- double demy — a size of printing paper, 22½ × 35 inches (57 × 89 cm).
- double dome — an intellectual; egghead.
- double jump — Chess. the advance of a pawn, in its original move only, from its initial position on the second rank to the fourth without stopping at the intervening square.
- double room — double (def 13).
- double time — a doubled wage rate, paid for working on public holidays, etc
- double-dome — an intellectual; egghead.
- double-team — to defend against or block (an opposing player) by using two players, as in football or basketball: By double-teaming the end the safety men left the other receiver in the open.
- double-time — to cause to move in double time: Double-time the troops to the mess hall.
- dragon beam — dragging piece.
- dromophobia — an irrational fear of crossing roads
- drum'n'bass — a type of electronic dance music using mainly bass guitar and drum sounds
- drum-beater — a person who vigorously proclaims or publicizes the merits of a product, idea, movie, etc.; press agent.
- drumbeating — That to beat on drums.
- drummer boy — a young boy who in earlier times played a drum in the army and on the battlefield
- dual number — a grammatical number category referring to exactly two persons or things
- dumb barter — a form of barter practiced among some peoples, in which the goods for exchange are left at and taken from a preselected spot without the exchanging parties ever coming face-to-face.
- dumb sheave — a block having no sheave or other part rolling with the movement of a line.
- dumb waiter — A dumb waiter is a lift used to carry food and dishes from one floor of a building to another.
- dumbed down — (jargon) Simplified, with a strong connotation of *over*simplified. Often, a marketroid will insist that the interfaces and documentation of software be dumbed down after the designer has burned untold gallons of midnight oil making it smart. This creates friction. See user-friendly.
- dumbfounded — to make speechless with amazement; astonish.
- dumbwaiters — Plural form of dumbwaiter.
- dummy block — a freely moving cylinder for transmitting the pressure of a ram to a piece being extruded.
- dustbin man — (in British English) a man that is employed to collect domestic refuse
- embarcadero — (rare) A quay; a wharf.
- embarrassed — Feeling or showing embarrassment.
- embellished — Simple past tense and past participle of embellish.
- embodiments — Plural form of embodiment.
- emboldening — Present participle of embolden.
- embroidered — Decorate (cloth) by sewing patterns on it with thread.
- embroiderer — A person who embroiders.
- embryonated — Containing an embryo.
- emery board — abrasive tool for shaping fingernails
- foam-backed — having a backing made of foam rubber
- from abroad — from a foreign land or lands
- gob-smacked — utterly astounded; astonished.
- ground beam — a reinforced concrete beam for supporting walls, joists, etc., at or near ground level, itself either resting directly upon the ground or supported at both ends by piers.
- hebdomadary — Roman Catholic Church. a member of a church or monastery appointed for one week to sing the chapter Mass and lead in the recitation of the breviary.
- homebuilder — a person whose occupation is homebuilding.
- honeycombed — Having a perforated structure, resembling a honeycomb.