12-letter words containing d, a, r, t
- bacteria bed — a layer of sand or gravel used to expose sewage effluent, in its final stages, to air and the action of microorganisms
- bactericidal — any substance capable of killing bacteria.
- bactericides — Plural form of bactericide.
- bacteriocide — Alternative form of bactericide.
- bad scran to — bad luck to
- bad-tempered — Someone who is bad-tempered is not very cheerful and gets angry easily.
- badger state — any of various burrowing, carnivorous mammals of the family Mustelidae, as Taxidea taxus, of North America, and Meles meles, of Europe and Asia.
- ballad metre — the metre of a ballad stanza
- bandersnatch — a fictional creature created by Lewis Carroll in his poem Jabberwocky, and appearing also in The Hunting of the Snark and Through the Looking-Glass
- barbados nut — an ornamental, tropical American tree, Jatropha curcas, of the spurge family, having ivylike leaves, small, yellow or greenish-yellow flowers, and olive-shaped fruit yielding a purgative, poisonous oil.
- bardolatrous — relating to or characterized by bardolatry
- bastard file — a file of the commercial grade of coarseness between coarse and second-cut.
- bastard wing — a tuft of feathers attached to the first digit of a bird, distinct from the wing feathers attached to the other digits and the ulna
- bastardizing — Present participle of bastardize.
- bastardsword — Alternative spelling of bastard sword.
- bated breath — to moderate or restrain: unable to bate our enthusiasm.
- batter board — (at a building site) one of a number of boards set horizontally to support strings for outlining the foundation plan of a building.
- batter bread — spoon bread.
- battery acid — acid used in batteries, esp car batteries
- battle dress — military field uniform and accouterments, generally camouflaged and stripped of all ornamentation.
- battleground — A battleground is the same as a battlefield.
- beardtongues — Plural form of beardtongue.
- beth midrash — a place where Jews gather to study the Talmud and other religious writings; a small synagogue.
- binary digit — either of the two digits 0 or 1, used in binary notation
- bird watcher — a person who identifies and observes birds in their natural habitat as a recreation.
- bird-watcher — A bird-watcher is a person whose hobby is watching and studying wild birds in their natural surroundings.
- birthday boy — the boy or man whose birthday is being celebrated
- blackhearted — wicked; evil
- board shorts — shorts with longer legs, originally meant to protect a surfer's legs against the surfboard
- boarding out — the local-authority practice of placing a client in a foster family or voluntary establishment and paying for it
- bog-standard — If you describe something as bog-standard you mean that is an ordinary example of its kind, with no exciting or interesting features.
- bond servant — a person who serves in bondage; slave.
- boobytrapped — to set with or as if with a booby trap; attach a booby trap to or in.
- border state — a state adjacent to a border
- border taxes — taxes payable on goods taken across a border
- born-digital — relating to or noting documents, images, etc., that are created and managed in electronic form: electronic preservation of born-digital content; a born-digital e-book that will not be available in print.
- bradykinetic — slowness of movement, as found, for example, in Parkinson's disease.
- branch depot — one of a several depots receiving stock from the same central supplier
- bread basket — If an area or region is described as the bread basket of a country, it provides a lot of the food for that country because crops grow very easily there. It therefore produces wealth for the country.
- bread-basket — a basket or similar container for bread or rolls.
- breast drill — a geared drill that can be braced against the chest for additional leverage.
- breed of cat — type; sort; variety: The new airplane is a completely different breed of cat from any that has been designed before.
- brevicaudate — having a short tail.
- bridal party — the people who accompany the bride as she comes to her wedding
- bridal suite — a room or set of rooms in a hotel for newly married couples
- bridge party — a gathering for the purpose of playing bridge
- bridge table — a square card table with folding legs.
- broadcasting — Broadcasting is the making and sending out of television and radio programmes.
- burnt almond — a sweet consisting of an almond enclosed in burnt sugar
- butyric acid — type of acid