12-letter words containing b, r, e, d
- homebuilders — Plural form of homebuilder.
- honey badger — ratel.
- housebuilder — One who builds houses, particularly one who does so professionally.
- hydrobromate — (chemistry) hydrobromide.
- hydrobromide — a salt formed by the direct union of hydrobromic acid and an organic base, especially an alkaloid, usually more soluble than the base.
- hydrolysable — Alternative spelling of hydrolyzable.
- hydrolyzable — Able to be hydrolyzed.
- hyperbolised — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
- hyperbolized — Simple past tense and past participle of hyperbolize.
- hyperboloids — Plural form of hyperboloid.
- icbm address — (networking, humour) (Or "missile address") The form used to register a site with the Usenet mapping project includes a space for longitude and latitude, preferably to seconds-of-arc accuracy. This is actually used for generating geographically-correct maps of Usenet links on a plotter; however, it has become traditional to refer to this as one's "ICBM address" or "missile address", and many people include it in their sig block with that name. (A real missile address would include target altitude.)
- impardonable — (obsolete) unpardonable.
- imponderable — not ponderable; that cannot be precisely determined, measured, or evaluated.
- incorrodible — incapable of being corroded; not corrodible
- increditable — (rare) Incapable of being believed; not creditable.
- incrossbreed — to breed (animals) by crossbreeding inbred parents, whether of the same or of different breeds
- indeliberate — done without care; special planning or deliberation; unintentional.
- index number — a quantity whose variation over a period of time measures the change in some phenomenon.
- india rubber — rubber1 (def 1).
- indian bread — corn bread.
- indivertible — incapable of being diverted or turned aside
- ineradicable — not eradicable; not capable of being eradicated, rooted out, or completely removed.
- ineradicably — not eradicable; not capable of being eradicated, rooted out, or completely removed.
- informidable — (obsolete) Not formidable; not to be feared or dreaded.
- interbedding — interstratification
- irish bridge — a paved ford.
- irredeemable — not redeemable; incapable of being bought back or paid off.
- irredeemably — not redeemable; incapable of being bought back or paid off.
- irremediable — not admitting of remedy, cure, or repair: irremediable conduct.
- irremediably — not admitting of remedy, cure, or repair: irremediable conduct.
- iskander bey — Scanderbeg.
- jitterbugged — Simple past tense and past participle of jitterbug.
- jodrell bank — site of a radio astronomy observatory (Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories) in NE Cheshire, England, that operates a 250-foot (76-meter) radio telescope.
- keyboardists — Plural form of keyboardist.
- kiteboarding — A sport in which participants ride a form of wakeboard or surfboard harnessed to a large kite which is controlled by the rider.
- labrador tea — a North American bog shrub, Ledum groenlandicum, of the heath family, having evergreen leaves and rounded clusters of white flowers.
- land-grabber — a person who seizes land illegally or underhandedly.
- landgrabbers — Plural form of landgrabber.
- landlubberly — Like a landlubber.
- lavender bag — a small fabric bag filled with dried lavender flowers and placed amongst clothes or linen to scent them
- leader block — Nautical. lead block.
- leader board — a board on which the scores of the leading competitors are displayed, as in a golf tournament.
- leader cable — a submarine cable laid along a channel and emitting signals that a vessel can follow when visibility is poor.
- leaderboards — Plural form of leaderboard.
- leatherbound — Bound in leather.
- ledger board — a horizontal board, as in a fence.
- left-brained — having the left brain dominant, therefore being more adept at logic, calculation, language, and other thought processes or skills usually associated with the left brain.
- liberty bond — a single Liberty loan bond.
- light bridge — a structure spanning and providing passage over a river, chasm, road, or the like.
- linebreeding — a form of inbreeding directed toward keeping the offspring closely related to a superior ancestor.