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12-letter words containing b, o, m, d

  • malibu board — a lightweight, fiberglass-covered surfboard, usually about 10 feet (3 meters) long with a rounded nose and tail and a convex bottom for increased maneuverability.
  • mantelboards — Plural form of mantelboard.
  • mastoid bone — a large, bony prominence on the base of the skull behind the ear, containing air spaces that connect with the middle ear cavity.
  • medicine box — a small box used to hold medicines
  • messageboard — Alternative spelling of message board.
  • microbicidal — a substance or preparation for killing microbes.
  • middlebrowed — midway between highbrow and lowbrow
  • middy blouse — any of various loose blouses with a sailor collar, often extending below the waistline to terminate in a broad band or fold, as worn by sailors, women, or children.
  • mind-blowing — overwhelming; astounding: Spending a week in the jungle was a mind-blowing experience.
  • mindboggling — That causes the mind to boggle; that is beyond one's ability to understand or figure out; bewildering; mystifying.
  • mockingbirds — Plural form of mockingbird.
  • mockingboard — (hardware)   A sound and speech board for the Apple II computer, on sale in 1978. See also zxnrbl.
  • molybdenosis — a disease of ruminants, especially cattle, caused by dietary intake of excessive molybdenum with resultant copper deficiency, characterized by persistent diarrhea and, especially around the eyes, a fading of coat pigment.
  • monkey bread — the gourdlike fruit of the baobab, eaten by monkeys.
  • mortar board — A mortar board is a stiff black cap which has a flat square top with a bunch of threads attached to it. In Britain, mortar boards are sometimes worn on formal occasions by university students and teachers. In the United States, mortar boards are worn by students at graduation ceremonies at high schools, colleges, and universities.
  • mortarboards — Plural form of mortarboard.
  • motherboards — Plural form of motherboard.
  • mouldability — a hollow form or matrix for giving a particular shape to something in a molten or plastic state.
  • mountebanked — Simple past tense and past participle of mountebank.
  • mouthbreeder — any of several fishes of the genera Tilapia and Haplochromis, that hatch and care for their young in the mouth.
  • mouthbrooder — A freshwater cichlid fish that protects its eggs (and in some cases its young) by carrying them in its mouth.
  • much obliged — expressions used when one wants to indicate that one is very grateful for something
  • muscle-bound — having enlarged and inelastic muscles, as from excessive exercise.
  • muttonbirder — a person who hunts muttonbirds
  • noble-minded — characterized by morally admirable thought or motives; righteous; worthy.
  • obcompressed — compressed or flattened in a way opposite to the usual, as back to front instead of side to side.
  • oboe d'amore — a type of oboe pitched a minor third lower than the oboe itself. It is used chiefly in the performance of baroque music
  • oboe d'amour — an oboe with a bulb-shaped bell that is pitched a minor third below the range of the conventional oboe and was much used in music of the Baroque period.
  • ombudsperson — ombudsman (def 2).
  • one-man band — A one-man band is a street entertainer who wears and plays a lot of different instruments at the same time.
  • order number — a number associated with a purchase or merchandise order
  • ormond beach — a town in NE Florida.
  • paedobaptism — the baptism of infants
  • payment bond — See under contract bond.
  • platform bed — a bed, originating in Scandinavia in the 1930s, consisting of a simple shallow box for holding a mattress situated on a slightly recessed pedestal.
  • premium bond — In Britain, premium bonds are numbered tickets that are sold by the government. Each month, a computer selects several numbers, and the people whose tickets have those numbers win money.
  • re-embroider — to embroider again
  • redoublement — the act of redoubling
  • rhombohedral — a solid bounded by six rhombic planes.
  • rhombohedron — a solid bounded by six rhombic planes.
  • samurai bond — a bond issued in Japan and denominated in yen, available for purchase by nonresidents of Japan
  • sober-minded — rational; sensible.
  • 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
  • timberdoodle — the American woodcock, Philohela minor.
  • 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.
  • trombidiasis — infestation with mites of the family Trombiculidae
  • unburdensome — oppressively heavy; onerous.
  • unformidable — causing fear, apprehension, or dread: a formidable opponent.
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