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12-letter words containing b, r, o, a, d, e

  • port de bras — (used with a singular verb) the technique of moving the arms properly.
  • poster board — a thick, fairly stiff cardboard composed of layers of paper or paper pulp compressed together and typically used to support displays.
  • preset board — a control board for setting up theatrical lighting switches and dimmer readings in advance so that during a performance the lights can be automatically operated for one or several scenes.
  • proboscidate — having a proboscis.
  • proboscidean — pertaining to or resembling a proboscis.
  • pseudorabies — a highly contagious, usually fatal disease of cattle, sheep, and other animals, caused by the herpesvirus Herpes suis, and characterized by severe pruritus and progressive central nervous system involvement sometimes including an aggressive excitement phase.
  • radar beacon — a radar device at a fixed location that, on receiving a radar signal, automatically transmits a particular radar signal in reply, identifying itself and enabling navigators of ships and aircraft to determine their distance and direction from it.
  • radio beacon — a radio station that sends a characteristic signal so as to enable ships or airplanes to determine their position or bearing by means of a radio compass.
  • ragged robin — a plant, Lychnis flos-cuculi, of the pink family, having pink or white flowers with dissected petals.
  • reading book — a book for people who are learning to read, to help them become accustomed to looking at and understanding written words
  • record label — recorded music production company
  • review board — panel appointed to reconsider a matter
  • rhabdosphere — a minute sphere made up of rhabdoliths
  • rhombohedral — a solid bounded by six rhombic planes.
  • ride a hobby — to be excessively devoted to one's favorite pastime or subject
  • rollaway bed — a bed on castors
  • rollerblader — someone who skates using Rollerblades
  • san bernardo — a city in central Chile, S of Santiago.
  • sandbox tree — a tropical American tree, Hura crepitans, of the spurge family, bearing a furrowed, roundish fruit about the size of an orange that when ripe and dry bursts with a sharp report and scatters the seeds.
  • scraperboard — scratchboard.
  • scrieveboard — the drawing board of a shipbuilder
  • scrive board — a floorlike construction on which the lines of a vessel can be drawn or scribed at full size.
  • serial bonds — Serial bonds are bonds that are issued at the same time but have staggered maturity dates.
  • shoulder bag — a handbag with shoulder strap attached.
  • shoulder-bag — A shoulder-bag is a bag that has a long strap so that it can be carried on a person's shoulder.
  • shuffleboard — a game in which standing players shove or push wooden or plastic disks with a long cue toward numbered scoring sections marked on a floor or deck.
  • skateboarder — person who rides skateboard
  • sleeve board — a small-scale ironing board for pressing sleeves, especially a narrow board that fits inside a coat sleeve.
  • sober-headed — characterized by clear, logical thinking; not fanciful or capricious.
  • soldier crab — a small blue Australian estuarine crab of the Mictyris genus usually found in large numbers
  • subeditorial — of or relating to a subeditor, the work of a subeditor or a subeditorship
  • subfeudatory — of or relating to subfeu
  • subordinated — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
  • sword-bearer — an official who carries the sword of state on ceremonial occasions, as before the sovereign, a magistrate, or the like.
  • table tripod — a low mount or stand for a camera.
  • takeover bid — offer to buy a company
  • tornado belt — the part of the U.S. in which tornadoes occur most frequently, roughly the area within a 500-mile (805-km) radius of southern Missouri.
  • torpedo boat — a small, fast, highly maneuverable boat used for torpedoing enemy shipping.
  • turbocharged — with additional power from turbine
  • unaffordable — that can be afforded; believed to be within one's financial means: attractive new cars at affordable prices.
  • unelaborated — not elaborated
  • unformidable — causing fear, apprehension, or dread: a formidable opponent.
  • unpardonable — kind indulgence, as in forgiveness of an offense or discourtesy or in tolerance of a distraction or inconvenience: I beg your pardon, but which way is Spruce Street?
  • unrecordable — to set down in writing or the like, as for the purpose of preserving evidence.
  • vocabularied — having a vocabulary as specified
  • wakeboarding — (sports) A water sport where a rider on a small board is towed by a motor boat, and attached by a cable.
  • warm-blooded — Also, endothermic. designating or pertaining to animals, as mammals and birds, whose blood ranges in temperatures from about 98° to 112°F (37° to 44°C) and remains relatively constant, irrespective of the temperature of the surrounding medium; homoiothermal.
  • waterboarded — Simple past tense and past participle of waterboard.
  • weatherboard — an early type of board used as a siding for a building.
  • weatherbound — (often nautical) Delayed or prevented by bad weather from doing something, such as travelling.
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