12-letter words containing b, r, o, n, d
- overbuilding — Present participle of overbuild.
- overburdened — Excessively burdened.
- 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.
- proboscidean — pertaining to or resembling a proboscis.
- 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.
- radio-carbon — Also called carbon 14. a radioactive isotope of carbon with mass number 14 and a half-life of about 5730 years: widely used in the dating of organic materials.
- ragged robin — a plant, Lychnis flos-cuculi, of the pink family, having pink or white flowers with dissected petals.
- rainbow bird — an Australian bee-eater, Merops ornatus, with brightly coloured plumage. It feeds in flight and nests in sandy burrows
- reading book — a book for people who are learning to read, to help them become accustomed to looking at and understanding written words
- redoublement — the act of redoubling
- revenue bond — a bond issued, as by a municipal utility, to finance a specific project, the income from which will be used for repaying the bond.
- reynoldsburg — a town in central Ohio.
- rhombohedron — a solid bounded by six rhombic planes.
- riding boots — long boots worn for horse-riding
- roller blind — a blind consisting of a length of fabric rolled around a pole and fitted to the top of a window
- round barrow — a funerary barrow having a bell, disk, saucer, or pond shape, primarily of the Bronze Age and containing the cremated remains of corpses along with grave artifacts.
- roundaboutly — in a roundabout manner
- running bond — a brickwork bond having successive courses of overlapping stretchers.
- sailboarding — windsurfing.
- samurai bond — a bond issued in Japan and denominated in yen, available for purchase by nonresidents of Japan
- 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.
- second birth — spiritual rebirth.
- serial bonds — Serial bonds are bonds that are issued at the same time but have staggered maturity dates.
- signal board — a board for displaying electrically transmitted signals and indicating their source.
- snowboarding — a board for gliding on snow, resembling a wide ski, to which both feet are secured and that one rides in an upright position.
- sober-minded — rational; sensible.
- spiral-bound — having a spiral binding.
- subarachnoid — of, relating to, or situated below the arachnoid membrane.
- subintroduce — to introduce subtly
- subordinated — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- subordinator — a conjunction introducing a subordinate clause, as when in They were glad when I finished.
- support band — a band, pop group, rock group, etc not topping the bill
- surfboarding — a long, narrow board on which a person stands or lies prone in surfboarding.
- 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.
- unaffordable — that can be afforded; believed to be within one's financial means: attractive new cars at affordable prices.
- unburdensome — oppressively heavy; onerous.
- unelaborated — not elaborated
- unforeboding — a prediction; portent.
- unformidable — causing fear, apprehension, or dread: a formidable opponent.
- unobservedly — without having been observed; in an unobserved manner
- unobstructed — to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
- 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?
- unpardonably — in a manner that is not excusable; disgracefully
- unprohibited — to forbid (an action, activity, etc.) by authority or law: Smoking is prohibited here.
- unrecordable — to set down in writing or the like, as for the purpose of preserving evidence.
- untroubledly — in an untroubled manner
- wakeboarding — (sports) A water sport where a rider on a small board is towed by a motor boat, and attached by a cable.
- weatherbound — (often nautical) Delayed or prevented by bad weather from doing something, such as travelling.