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12-letter words containing d, e, b, n

  • bechuanaland — former British territory (1884-1966) in S Africa: now the country of Botswana
  • bed moulding — a moulding in an entablature between the corona and the frieze
  • bed of nails — a situation or position of extreme difficulty
  • bed-blocking — the use of hospital beds by elderly patients who cannot leave hospital because they have no place in a residential care home
  • bedazzlement — to impress forcefully, especially so as to make oblivious to faults or shortcomings: Audiences were bedazzled by her charm.
  • beer drinker — a person who drinks beer
  • befuddlement — to confuse, as with glib statements or arguments: politicians befuddling the public with campaign promises.
  • begrudgingly — If you do something begrudgingly, you do it unwillingly.
  • behenic acid — a crystalline, saturated fatty acid, C 22 H 44 O 2 , obtained from plant sources, used chiefly in the manufacture of cosmetics, waxes, and plasticizers.
  • beijing duck — a roasted duck prized for its crisp skin, prepared by forcing air between skin and meat, brushing with sugar water, and hanging up to dry before final cooking.
  • bell gardens — a town in SW California, near Los Angeles.
  • belly dancer — A belly dancer is a woman who performs a Middle Eastern dance in which she moves her hips and abdomen about.
  • below ground — If something is below ground or below the ground, it is in the ground.
  • bendix drive — A Bendix drive is a drive consisting of a pinion wheel (= a gear with a small number of teeth) carried on a shaft. The shaft rotates, causing the pinion to move.
  • benedict iii — died a.d. 858, pope 855–58.
  • benedict vii — died a.d. 983, pope 974–83.
  • benedict xii — (Jacques Fournier) died 1342, French ecclesiastic: pope 1334–42.
  • benedict xiv — (Prospero Lambertini) 1675–1758, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1740–58; scholar and patron of the arts.
  • benedict xvi — original name Joseph Alois Ratzinger. born 1927 in Germany, pope (2005–2013): the first pope to resign since Gregory XII in 1415: on retirement he was accorded the title pope emeritus
  • beneficiated — to treat (ore) to make more suitable for smelting.
  • benumbedness — the condition of being benumbed
  • benzaldehyde — a yellowish fragrant volatile oil occurring in almond kernels and used in the manufacture of dyes, perfumes, and flavourings and as a solvent for oils and resins. Formula: C6H5CHO
  • benzoic acid — a white crystalline solid occurring in many natural resins, used in the manufacture of benzoates, plasticizers, and dyes and as a food preservative (E210). Formula: C6H5COOH
  • besottedness — the state of being besotted
  • between-deck — 'tween deck.
  • beurre fondu — melted butter.
  • bevel siding — siding composed of tapered pieces, as clapboards, laid with the thicker lower edge of any piece overlapping the thinner upper edge of the piece below it.
  • bewilderment — Bewilderment is the feeling of being bewildered.
  • beyond doubt — You say that something is beyond doubt or beyond reasonable doubt when you are certain that it is true and it cannot be contradicted or disproved.
  • beyond price — invaluable or priceless
  • beyond reach — inaccessible
  • bid defiance — to resist boldly
  • bien entendu — certainly; to be sure
  • binder twine — a strong, coarse twine, as of sisal, used especially in binding sheaves of grain and bales of hay.
  • bindle stiff — a hobo.
  • bird colonel — a full colonel in the US Army
  • bird fancier — a person who keeps, breeds, or sells birds
  • bird nesting — the activity of searching for birds' nests as a hobby
  • bird-brained — silly; stupid
  • bird-s--nest — nest (def 1).
  • biting midge — any small fragile dipterous fly of the family Ceratopogonidae, most of which suck the blood of mammals, birds, or other insects
  • bitter-ender — a person who persists in a hopeless cause; one who will not give in
  • bladder fern — a small fern, Cystoperis fragilis, with graceful lanceolate leaves, typically growing on limestone rocks and walls
  • blandishment — the act of blandishing; cajolery
  • blind corner — a corner where the view of the road ahead is completely obscured or very restricted
  • blind flange — a disk for closing the end of a pipe, having holes for bolting it to a flange.
  • blind roller — a long ocean swell that rises almost to breaking as it passes over shoals.
  • blind-emboss — blind-stamp.
  • blood orange — a variety of orange all or part of the pulp of which is dark red when ripe
  • bloodletting — Bloodletting is violence or killing between groups of people, especially between rival armies.
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