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11-letter words containing b, r, o, d

  • decarbonate — to remove carbon dioxide from (a solution, substance, etc)
  • decarbonize — to remove carbon from (the walls of the combustion chamber of an internal-combustion engine)
  • deliberator — carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional: a deliberate lie.
  • delibration — (obsolete, uncountable) The act of stripping off bark.
  • denver boot — A Denver boot is a large metal device which is fitted to the wheel of an illegally parked car or other vehicle in order to prevent it from being driven away. The driver has to pay to have the device removed.
  • deobstruent — a drug which removes obstructions in the body by aiding the opening of ducts
  • deoxyribose — a pentose sugar obtained by the hydrolysis of DNA. Formula: C5H10O4
  • desk jobber — a wholesaler or distributor who conducts business in drop shipments.
  • destroyable — Able to be destroyed.
  • diamond bar — a city in SW California.
  • disprovable — to prove (an assertion, claim, etc.) to be false or wrong; refute; invalidate: I disproved his claim.
  • distributor — a person or thing that distributes.
  • dive bomber — an airplane of the fighter-bomber type that drops its bombs while diving at the enemy.
  • do sb proud — If someone does you proud, they treat you very well, for example by welcoming you and giving you good food and entertainment.
  • do up brown — to do completely or perfectly
  • do your bit — contribute
  • dobbs ferry — a town in SE New York.
  • dobos torte — a rich cake having many thin layers of sponge cake with creamy mocha filling and a caramel glaze on top
  • dog breeder — a person who breeds canines
  • dogger bank — a shoal in the North Sea, between N England and Denmark: fishing grounds; naval battle 1915.
  • dolabriform — shaped like an ax or a cleaver.
  • dollar bill — a piece of paper money worth one dollar
  • doner kebab — a fast-food dish comprising grilled meat and salad served in pitta bread with chilli sauce
  • donnybrooks — Plural form of donnybrook.
  • doorbusters — Plural form of doorbuster.
  • dorsolumbar — of, relating to, or affecting the back in the region of the lumbar vertebrae.
  • double room — double (def 13).
  • double star — two stars that appear as one if not viewed through a telescope with adequate magnification, such as two stars that are separated by a great distance but are nearly in line with each other and an observer (optical double star) or those that are relatively close together and comprise a single physical system (physical double star)
  • double-crop — to raise two consecutive crops on the same land within a single growing season.
  • double-park — If someone double-parks their car or their car double-parks, they park in a road by the side of another parked car.
  • double-reed — of or relating to wind instruments producing sounds through two reeds fastened and beating together, as the oboe.
  • double-ring — being or pertaining to a marriage ceremony in which the partners give rings to one another.
  • doublecross — To betray someone by leading them into trap after having gained their trust and led them to believe that they were actually being aided.
  • doubletrees — Plural form of doubletree.
  • doxorubicin — a cytotoxic antibiotic, C 27 H 29 NO 11 , derived from a variety of the bacterium Streptomyces peucetius and used in the treatment of sarcoma, malignant lymphoma, acute leukemia, and other cancers.
  • draft board — a board of civilians charged with registering, classifying, and selecting persons for U.S. military service.
  • dragon beam — dragging piece.
  • dragon book — (publication)   The classic text "Compilers: Principles, Techniques and Tools", by Alfred V. Aho, Ravi Sethi, and Jeffrey D. Ullman (Addison-Wesley 1986; ISBN 0-201-10088-6). So called because of the cover design featuring a dragon labelled "complexity of compiler design" and a knight bearing the lance "LALR parser generator" among his other trappings. This one is more specifically known as the "Red Dragon Book" (1986); an earlier edition, sans Sethi and titled "Principles Of Compiler Design" (Alfred V. Aho and Jeffrey D. Ullman; Addison-Wesley, 1977; ISBN 0-201-00022-9), was the "Green Dragon Book" (1977). (Also "New Dragon Book", "Old Dragon Book".) The horsed knight and the Green Dragon were warily eying each other at a distance; now the knight is typing (wearing gauntlets!) at a terminal showing a video-game representation of the Red Dragon's head while the rest of the beast extends back in normal space. See also book titles.
  • drainboards — Plural form of drainboard.
  • dromophobia — an irrational fear of crossing roads
  • drop behind — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
  • drummer boy — a young boy who in earlier times played a drum in the army and on the battlefield
  • dust bowler — a person who is a native or resident of a dust bowl region.
  • embarcadero — (rare) A quay; a wharf.
  • embroidered — Decorate (cloth) by sewing patterns on it with thread.
  • embroiderer — A person who embroiders.
  • embryonated — Containing an embryo.
  • emery board — abrasive tool for shaping fingernails
  • erodibility — the ability to erode
  • exboyfriend — Alternative form of ex-boyfriend.
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