12-letter words containing b, o, r
- 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.
- diamond bird — any small insectivorous Australian songbird of the genus Pardalotus, having a diamond-patterned plumage
- 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".
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- disinhibitor — Something that causes a reduction in one's inhibitions; that makes people, or animals act more impulsively.
- distribution — an act or instance of distributing.
- distributors — Plural form of distributor.
- diving board — a springboard.
- dole bludger — a person who collects unemployment benefits but makes no serious effort to get work.
- donkey derby — a race in which contestants ride donkeys, esp at a rural fête
- double altar — an altar on which the Eucharist may be celebrated from either the liturgical east or the liturgical west side.
- double cream — (in France) a fresh, soft cheese with at least 60 percent fat, made from cow's milk enriched with cream.
- double crown — a size of printing paper, 20 × 30 inches (51 × 76 cm).
- double doors — set of 2 doors side by side
- 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 ender — a double-ended vessel.
- double entry — a method in which each transaction is entered twice in the ledger, once to the debit of one account, and once to the credit of another.
- double first — a first in two subjects.
- double major — a major with concentration in two separate fields of study
- double rhyme — a rhyme either of two syllables of which the second is unstressed (double rhyme) as in motion, notion, or of three syllables of which the second and third are unstressed (triple rhyme) as in fortunate, importunate.
- double sharp — a symbol (× or ) that raises by two semitones the pitch of the following note.
- double sugar — disaccharide.
- double track — two railways side by side, typically for traffic in two directions
- double truck — Typesetting. a chase for holding the type for a center spread, especially for a newspaper.
- double-cross — to prove treacherous to; betray or swindle, as by a double cross.
- doubledecker — Alternative spelling of double-decker.
- doubleganger — doppelgänger.
- doubleheader — Sports. two games, as of baseball, between the same teams on the same day in immediate succession. two games, as of basketball, between two different pairs of teams on the same day in immediate succession.
- draughtboard — checkerboard (def 1).
- drop a brick — a block of clay hardened by drying in the sun or burning in a kiln, and used for building, paving, etc.: traditionally, in the U.S., a rectangle 2.25 × 3.75 × 8 inches (5.7 × 9.5 × 20.3 cm), red, brown, or yellow in color.
- drop biscuit — a biscuit made by dropping baking powder biscuit dough from a spoon onto a pan for baking.
- dry-bone ore — a porous variety of smithsonite found near the surface of the earth.
- dutch borneo — the former name of the southern and larger part of the island of Borneo: now part of Indonesia.
- dutch harbor — a U.S. naval base on Unalaska Island, in the Aleutian Islands.
- dyer's-broom — woadwaxen.
- e-thrombosis — a clot in the bloodstream caused by long periods spent being physically inactive at a computer
- ebracteolate — having no bractlets
- ebulliometer — a device used to determine the boiling point of a solution
- echo chamber — a room or studio with resonant walls for broadcasting or recording echoes or hollow sound effects.
- elaborations — Plural form of elaboration.