12-letter words containing d, e, b, r, i
- bird-spotter — a bird-watcher
- bird-watcher — A bird-watcher is a person whose hobby is watching and studying wild birds in their natural surroundings.
- birth defect — an inherited disease or condition that a baby is born with
- bitter-ender — a person who persists in a hopeless cause; one who will not give in
- bleeder tile — a terra-cotta pipe for conveying water from a drainage tile to a sewer or drain.
- blind corner — a corner where the view of the road ahead is completely obscured or very restricted
- blind roller — a long ocean swell that rises almost to breaking as it passes over shoals.
- blitzkrieged — blitz (defs 1, 2, 5).
- blood sister — a sister by birth
- body repairs — repairs to the bodywork of cars
- boiled shirt — a dress shirt with a stiff front
- bois de rose — a grayish red or dark purplish red color.
- bonding wire — A bonding wire is a wire connecting two pieces of equipment, often for hazard prevention.
- boogie board — a small, flexible plastic surfboard, ridden lying down.
- border light — a striplight hung upstage of a border, for lighting the stage.
- bosom friend — an intimate friend
- boulevardier — (originally in Paris) a fashionable man, esp one who frequents public places
- bowdlerizing — to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
- 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.
- breadwinning — a person who earns a livelihood, especially one who also supports dependents.
- breakdancing — a type of vigorous dance
- breast drill — a geared drill that can be braced against the chest for additional leverage.
- breckinridge — John Cabell1821-75; vice president of the U.S. (1857-61); Confederate general
- breed's hill — a hill in E Massachusetts, adjoining Bunker Hill: the true site of the Battle of Bunker Hill (1775)
- brevicaudate — having a short tail.
- brickfielder — a hot wind in parts of Australia, originally applied to a wind which blew over Sydney carrying dust from the neighbouring Brickfields sand hills
- bridal suite — a room or set of rooms in a hotel for newly married couples
- bridge a gap — to remedy a deficiency
- bridge chair — a lightweight folding chair, often part of a set of matching chairs and bridge table.
- bridge cloth — a tablecloth for a bridge table.
- bridge house — a deckhouse including a bridge or bridges for navigation.
- bridge party — a gathering for the purpose of playing bridge
- bridge table — a square card table with folding legs.
- 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.
- bright-field — of or relating to the illuminated region about the object of a microscope.
- 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-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
- buying order — an order to buy a certain security
- captive-bred — bred in captivity
- carrick bend — type of knot
- catbird seat — an enviable position, as of power
- cerebrosides — Plural form of cerebroside.
- chambermaids — Plural form of chambermaid.
- child abuser — someone who abuses a child, esp someone convicted of this
- 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.
- cloudberries — Plural form of cloudberry.