12-letter words containing b, o, d, i, l
- bowdlerizing — to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
- bridge cloth — a tablecloth for a bridge table.
- bridle joint — a heading joint in which the end of one member, notched to form two parallel tenons, is fitted into two gains cut into the edges of a second member.
- broken-field — of or having to do with running in which the ball carrier zigzags so as to go past defenders and avoid being tackled by them
- buffalo bird — a cowbird, Molothrus ater, of North America.
- bulldog clip — A bulldog clip is a metal clip with a spring lever that opens and closes two flat pieces of metal. It is used for holding papers together.
- bur marigold — any plant of the genus Bidens that has yellow flowers and pointed fruits that cling to fur and clothing: family Asteraceae (composites)
- burial mound — a barrow
- child labour — the full-time employment of children below a minimum age laid down by statute
- ciliary body — the part of the vascular tunic of the eye that connects the choroid with the iris
- cinder block — A cinder block is a large grey brick made from coal cinders and cement which is used for building.
- clapboarding — Present participle of clapboard.
- cloudberries — Plural form of cloudberry.
- coachbuilder — (historical) A builder of horse-drawn coaches.
- colour-blind — Someone who is colour-blind cannot see the difference between colours, especially between red and green.
- considerable — Considerable means great in amount or degree.
- considerably — to a noteworthy or marked extent; much; noticeably; substantially; amply.
- custom-build — to make according to the specifications of an individual buyer
- daily double — a single bet on the winners of two named races in any one day's racing
- daniel boone — Daniel, 1734–1820, American pioneer, especially in Kentucky.
- debilitation — to make weak or feeble; enfeeble: The siege of pneumonia debilitated her completely.
- debit policy — a policy for industrial life insurance sold door to door by an agent who collects the premiums.
- debrouillard — (one who is) skilled or resourceful at handling any difficulty
- deliberation — Deliberation is the long and careful consideration of a subject.
- delivery boy — a boy or youth who delivers merchandise for a store, as to the homes or offices of customers.
- della robbia — ˈLu‧ca (ˈlukɑ ) ; lo̅oˈkä) 1400?-82; Florentine sculptor & worker in enameled terra cotta: member of a family of artists
- demobilizing — Present participle of demobilize.
- detonability — the quality of being detonable
- diabolically — having the qualities of a devil; devilish; fiendish; outrageously wicked: a diabolic plot.
- dialogue box — a window that may appear on a VDU display to prompt the user to enter further information or select an option
- dicarboxylic — containing two carboxyl groups in the molecule
- die horribly — (jargon) The software equivalent of crash and burn, and the preferred emphatic form of die. "The converter choked on an FF in its input and died horribly".
- diploblastic — having two germ layers, the ectoderm and endoderm, as the embryos of sponges and coelenterates.
- direct labor — labor performed, as by workers on a production line, and considered in computing costs per unit of production.
- dirty blonde — woman's hair colour: dark blonde
- disallowable — to refuse to allow; reject; veto: to disallow a claim for compensation.
- discountable — That can be discounted (in all senses).
- discoverable — to see, get knowledge of, learn of, find, or find out; gain sight or knowledge of (something previously unseen or unknown): to discover America; to discover electricity. Synonyms: detect, espy, descry, discern, ascertain, unearth, ferret out, notice.
- disemboweled — to remove the bowels or entrails from; eviscerate.
- disembroiled — Simple past tense and past participle of disembroil.
- dishonorable — showing lack of honor or integrity; ignoble; base; disgraceful; shameful: Cheating is dishonorable.
- dishonorably — In a dishonorable manner.
- domesticable — to convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; tame.
- double drift — a method of calculating wind direction and velocity by observing the direction of drift of an aircraft on two or more headings.
- double first — a first in two subjects.
- double helix — the spiral arrangement of the two complementary strands of DNA.
- double hitch — a Blackwall hitch with an extra upper loop passed around the hook.
- double piece — a piece of plate armor for reinforcing or replacing a piece ordinarily used in a suit.
- double-blind — of or relating to an experiment or clinical trial in which neither the subjects nor the researchers know which subjects are receiving the active medication, treatment, etc., and which are not: a technique for eliminating subjective bias from the test results.
- double-click — to click a mouse button twice in rapid succession, as to open a program or select a file: Double-click on the desktop icon.