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12-letter words containing b, o, d

  • comber board — (in weaving) a wooden frame pierced with a series of small holes through which the harness cords are threaded, used to regulate the cords and determine the texture and width of a repeat in a fabric.
  • compoundable — That can be compounded.
  • confabulated — Simple past tense and past participle of confabulate.
  • considerable — Considerable means great in amount or degree.
  • considerably — to a noteworthy or marked extent; much; noticeably; substantially; amply.
  • corroborated — to make more certain; confirm: He corroborated my account of the accident.
  • country-bred — brought up in the country
  • county board — the governing body of a U.S. county consisting usually of three or more elected members.
  • cradleboards — Plural form of cradleboard.
  • cross-bedded — having irregular laminations, as strata of sandstone, inclining in various directions not coincident with the general stratification.
  • cross-border — Cross-border trade occurs between companies in different countries.
  • crossbanding — a veneer border, as on furniture, with its grain at right angles to the grain of the adjacent wood
  • custom-build — to make according to the specifications of an individual buyer
  • cyber monday — the Monday after Thanksgiving, one of the busiest online shopping days.
  • daily double — a single bet on the winners of two named races in any one day's racing
  • dak bungalow — (in India, formerly) a house where travellers on a dak route could be accommodated
  • daniel booneDaniel, 1734–1820, American pioneer, especially in Kentucky.
  • dasher block — a block at the end of a yard or gaff for supporting a signal or ensign halyard.
  • day labourer — an unskilled worker hired and paid by the day
  • dead-end job — a job that has no prospects and will mean that one does the same kind of (low-grade) work for ever
  • deambulatory — a place for walking often with a covering overhead
  • debaucherous — tending toward or involving debauchery, or excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures: a night of debaucherous fun.
  • 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.
  • debonairness — The state or quality of being debonair.
  • debrouillard — (one who is) skilled or resourceful at handling any difficulty
  • decarbonated — Simple past tense and past participle of decarbonate.
  • decarbonized — Simple past tense and past participle of decarbonize.
  • decarbonizer — One who, or that which, decarbonizes a substance.
  • decomposable — to separate or resolve into constituent parts or elements; disintegrate: The bacteria decomposed the milk into its solid and liquid elements.
  • deformed bar — a rod for reinforcing concrete, having surface irregularities, as transverse ridges, to improve the bond.
  • 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
  • demibastions — Plural form of demibastion.
  • demobilizing — Present participle of demobilize.
  • demonstrable — A demonstrable fact or quality can be shown to be true or to exist.
  • demonstrably — capable of being demonstrated or proved.
  • dermabrasion — a procedure in cosmetic surgery in which rough facial skin is removed by scrubbing
  • desert boots — ankle-high suede boots with laces and soft soles, worn informally by men and women
  • dessert bowl — A dessert bowl is a bowl in which a dessert is served.
  • detonability — the quality of being detonable
  • diabetogenic — causing or producing diabetes
  • 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
  • diamond bird — any small insectivorous Australian songbird of the genus Pardalotus, having a diamond-patterned plumage
  • diamondbacks — Plural form of diamondback.
  • dibenzofuran — an organic compound (C12H8O) composed of two benzene rings fused to a central furan ring
  • 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".
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