12-letter words containing b, r, o, d, m
- informidable — (obsolete) Not formidable; not to be feared or dreaded.
- 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.
- messageboard — Alternative spelling of message board.
- microbicidal — a substance or preparation for killing microbes.
- middlebrowed — midway between highbrow and lowbrow
- mockingbirds — Plural form of mockingbird.
- mockingboard — (hardware) A sound and speech board for the Apple II computer, on sale in 1978. See also zxnrbl.
- 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.
- 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.
- muttonbirder — a person who hunts muttonbirds
- 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).
- order number — a number associated with a purchase or merchandise order
- ormond beach — a town in NE Florida.
- 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.
- timberdoodle — the American woodcock, Philohela minor.
- trombidiasis — infestation with mites of the family Trombiculidae
- unburdensome — oppressively heavy; onerous.
- unformidable — causing fear, apprehension, or dread: a formidable opponent.
- 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.