12-letter words containing d, e, b, n
- bloodstained — Someone or something that is bloodstained is covered with blood.
- bloomingdale — a town in NE Illinois.
- body english — a follow-through motion of the body, as after bowling a ball, in a semi-involuntary or joking effort to control the ball's movement
- body scanner — a machine using X-rays and a computer, used in medicine to look for signs of disease, or in security operations to look for drugs, weapons, etc
- body-centred — (of a crystal) having a lattice point at the centre of each unit cell as well as at the corners
- bond servant — a person who serves in bondage; slave.
- bonded goods — goods which have been deposited in a bonded warehouse
- bonding wire — A bonding wire is a wire connecting two pieces of equipment, often for hazard prevention.
- bone density — the degree of compactness of bone
- bosom friend — an intimate friend
- bottled wine — wine that has been transferred from barrel to bottle
- bound charge — any electric charge that is bound to an atom or molecule (opposed to free charge).
- bounden duty — duty one has a moral obligation to perform
- bowdlerizing — to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
- bradmanesque — (of a batsman or innings) reminiscent of Sir Don Bradman in terms of dominance over the opposing bowlers
- bradykinesia — abnormal slowness of physical movement, esp as an effect of Parkinson's disease
- bradykinetic — slowness of movement, as found, for example, in Parkinson's disease.
- brain damage — If someone suffers brain damage, their brain is damaged by an illness or injury so that they cannot function normally.
- branch depot — one of a several depots receiving stock from the same central supplier
- brand leader — The brand leader of a particular product is the brand of it that most people choose to buy.
- brassfounder — a person who makes things from brass
- brazen-faced — shameless or impudent
- breadwinning — a person who earns a livelihood, especially one who also supports dependents.
- break ground — to do something that has not been done before
- breakdancing — a type of vigorous dance
- breckinridge — John Cabell1821-75; vice president of the U.S. (1857-61); Confederate general
- bridle joint — a heading joint in which the end of one member, notched to form two parallel tenons, is fitted into two gains cut into the edges of a second member.
- broad-minded — If you describe someone as broad-minded, you approve of them because they are willing to accept types of behaviour which other people consider immoral.
- broken chord — a chord played as an arpeggio
- broken-field — of or having to do with running in which the ball carrier zigzags so as to go past defenders and avoid being tackled by them
- bronze medal — A bronze medal is a medal made of bronze or bronze-coloured metal that is given as a prize to the person who comes third in a competition, especially a sports contest.
- bubble dance — a solo dance by a nude or nearly nude woman, as in a burlesque show, using one or more balloons for covering.
- bubble under — to remain just beneath a particular level
- buckle under — If you buckle under to a person or a situation, you do what they want you to do, even though you do not want to do it.
- bullet wound — a wound made by a bullet
- bundle buggy — a shopping cart, usually one owned by the shopper rather than one provided by the store.
- business end — The business end of a tool or weapon is the end of it which does the work or causes damage rather than the end that you hold.
- buying order — an order to buy a certain security
- by and large — You use by and large to indicate that a statement is mostly but not completely true.
- by the dozen — in large quantities
- cadet branch — the family or family branch of a younger son
- call-by-need — (reduction) A reduction strategy which delays evaluation of function arguments until their values are needed. A value is needed if it is an argument to a primitive function or it is the condition in a conditional. Call-by-need is one aspect of lazy evaluation. The term first appears in Chris Wadsworth's thesis "Semantics and Pragmatics of the Lambda calculus" (Oxford, 1971, p. 183). It was used later, by J. Vuillemin in his thesis (Stanford, 1973).
- cannibalised — Simple past tense and past participle of cannibalise.
- cannibalized — Simple past tense and past participle of cannibalize.
- cannonballed — Simple past tense and past participle of cannonball.
- carrick bend — type of knot
- centerboards — Plural form of centerboard.
- childbearing — Childbearing is the process of giving birth to babies.
- chimneyboard — a partition or a cover to shut off a fireplace
- cinder block — A cinder block is a large grey brick made from coal cinders and cement which is used for building.