12-letter words containing b, o, n, d, i
- bodyboarding — the sport of surfing using a bodyboard
- bodybuilding — Bodybuilding is the activity of doing special exercises regularly in order to make your muscles grow bigger.
- boil down to — If you say that a situation or problem boils down to a particular thing or can be boiled down to a particular thing, you mean that this is the most important or the most basic aspect of it.
- bond washing — a series of deals in bonds made with the intention of avoiding taxation
- bonding wire — A bonding wire is a wire connecting two pieces of equipment, often for hazard prevention.
- bone density — the degree of compactness of bone
- born-digital — relating to or noting documents, images, etc., that are created and managed in electronic form: electronic preservation of born-digital content; a born-digital e-book that will not be available in print.
- bosom friend — an intimate friend
- bottled wine — wine that has been transferred from barrel to bottle
- boudin blanc — a boiled sausage made with light-colored meat, as veal or chicken, and without blood
- bowdlerizing — to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
- 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.
- bring around — If you bring someone around when they are unconscious, you make them become conscious again.
- broad-minded — If you describe someone as broad-minded, you approve of them because they are willing to accept types of behaviour which other people consider immoral.
- broadcasting — Broadcasting is the making and sending out of television and radio programmes.
- 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
- bud mutation — a variation produced by a genetic alteration in the bud such that the seeds produced by the resulting growth perpetuate the change in succeeding generations.
- buoyancy aid — a type of usually foam-filled lifejacket designed for use in sports such as canoeing
- burial mound — a barrow
- buying order — an order to buy a certain security
- cannabinoids — Plural form of cannabinoid.
- carbonadoing — Present participle of carbonado.
- chimneyboard — a partition or a cover to shut off a fireplace
- 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.
- 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.
- crossbanding — a veneer border, as on furniture, with its grain at right angles to the grain of the adjacent wood
- daniel boone — Daniel, 1734–1820, American pioneer, especially in Kentucky.
- debilitation — to make weak or feeble; enfeeble: The siege of pneumonia debilitated her completely.
- debonairness — The state or quality of being debonair.
- decarbonized — Simple past tense and past participle of decarbonize.
- decarbonizer — One who, or that which, decarbonizes a substance.
- deliberation — Deliberation is the long and careful consideration of a subject.
- demibastions — Plural form of demibastion.
- demobilizing — Present participle of demobilize.
- dermabrasion — a procedure in cosmetic surgery in which rough facial skin is removed by scrubbing
- detonability — the quality of being detonable
- diabetogenic — causing or producing diabetes
- 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
- dirty blonde — woman's hair colour: dark blonde
- discountable — That can be discounted (in all senses).
- disembodying — Present participle of disembody.
- dishonorable — showing lack of honor or integrity; ignoble; base; disgraceful; shameful: Cheating is dishonorable.
- dishonorably — In a dishonorable manner.
- disinhibitor — Something that causes a reduction in one's inhibitions; that makes people, or animals act more impulsively.
- disobedience — lack of obedience or refusal to comply; disregard or transgression.