12-letter words containing b, o, d, i
- radio beacon — a radio station that sends a characteristic signal so as to enable ships or airplanes to determine their position or bearing by means of a radio compass.
- radio-carbon — Also called carbon 14. a radioactive isotope of carbon with mass number 14 and a half-life of about 5730 years: widely used in the dating of organic materials.
- radiobiology — the branch of biology dealing with the effects of radiation on living matter.
- ragged robin — a plant, Lychnis flos-cuculi, of the pink family, having pink or white flowers with dissected petals.
- rainbow bird — an Australian bee-eater, Merops ornatus, with brightly coloured plumage. It feeds in flight and nests in sandy burrows
- re-embroider — to embroider again
- reading book — a book for people who are learning to read, to help them become accustomed to looking at and understanding written words
- reproducible — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
- review board — panel appointed to reconsider a matter
- ride a hobby — to be excessively devoted to one's favorite pastime or subject
- riding boots — long boots worn for horse-riding
- roller blind — a blind consisting of a length of fabric rolled around a pole and fitted to the top of a window
- running bond — a brickwork bond having successive courses of overlapping stretchers.
- sailboarding — windsurfing.
- samurai bond — a bond issued in Japan and denominated in yen, available for purchase by nonresidents of Japan
- savings bond — a U.S. government bond with principal amounts up to $10,000.
- scrieveboard — the drawing board of a shipbuilder
- scrive board — a floorlike construction on which the lines of a vessel can be drawn or scribed at full size.
- second birth — spiritual rebirth.
- serial bonds — Serial bonds are bonds that are issued at the same time but have staggered maturity dates.
- shut-out bid — a pre-emptive bid
- signal board — a board for displaying electrically transmitted signals and indicating their source.
- six-yard box — On a football pitch, the six-yard box is the rectangular area marked in front of the goal.
- snowboarding — a board for gliding on snow, resembling a wide ski, to which both feet are secured and that one rides in an upright position.
- sober-minded — rational; sensible.
- soda biscuit — a biscuit having soda and sour milk or buttermilk as leavening agents.
- soldier crab — a small blue Australian estuarine crab of the Mictyris genus usually found in large numbers
- speedboating — the act, practice, or sport of traveling in a speedboat.
- spiral-bound — having a spiral binding.
- spun-bonding — a process for forming nonwoven fabrics, usually of limited durability, by bonding continuous-filament synthetic fibers immediately after extrusion.
- sticky blood — a condition of the blood, particularly associated with Hughes syndrome, in which antibodies tend to adhere to platelets and glue them together, leading to an increased likelihood of clotting
- 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.
- subabdominal — below or beneath the abdomen
- subarachnoid — of, relating to, or situated below the arachnoid membrane.
- subdelirious — having the symptoms of subdelirium; suffering from subdelirium
- subdiaconate — the office or dignity of a subdeacon.
- subeditorial — of or relating to a subeditor, the work of a subeditor or a subeditorship
- subintroduce — to introduce subtly
- subordinated — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- subordinator — a conjunction introducing a subordinate clause, as when in They were glad when I finished.
- surfboarding — a long, narrow board on which a person stands or lies prone in surfboarding.
- table tripod — a low mount or stand for a camera.
- takeover bid — offer to buy a company
- 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.
- the old bill — policemen collectively or in general
- thirdborough — an under constable of a township
- timberdoodle — the American woodcock, Philohela minor.
- trombidiasis — infestation with mites of the family Trombiculidae
- undoubtingly — in an undoubting manner
- unforeboding — a prediction; portent.