12-letter words containing d, e, b, r
- 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.
- breadwinning — a person who earns a livelihood, especially one who also supports dependents.
- break ground — to do something that has not been done before
- break of day — dawn; daybreak.
- breakdancing — a type of vigorous dance
- breaker card — the first card in the carding process, used to open the raw stock and to convert it into sliver form.
- 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
- breechloader — any gun loaded at the breech
- breed of cat — type; sort; variety: The new airplane is a completely different breed of cat from any that has been designed before.
- 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 jumper — a participant in the long jump.
- broad-leaved — denoting trees other than conifers, most of which have broad rather than needle-shaped leaves
- 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.
- brush border — a layer of tightly packed minute finger-like protuberances on cells that line absorptive surfaces, such as those of the intestine and kidney
- 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.
- bumper guard — either of two vertical crosspieces attached to a bumper of a motor vehicle to prevent it from locking bumpers with another vehicle.
- burmese jade — jadeite of the finest quality: a true jade.
- 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.
- cadet branch — the family or family branch of a younger son
- caked breast — a painful hardening of one or more lobules of a lactating breast, caused by stagnation of milk in the secreting ducts and accumulation of blood in the expanded veins; stagnation mastitis.
- captive-bred — bred in captivity
- carbohydrase — a digestive enzyme that breaks down carbohydrates through hydrolysis
- carbohydrate — Carbohydrates are substances, found in certain kinds of food, that provide you with energy. Foods such as sugar and bread that contain these substances can also be referred to as carbohydrates.
- carboxylated — Simple past tense and past participle of carboxylate.
- carpetbagged — Simple past tense and past participle of carpetbag.
- carrick bend — type of knot
- catbird seat — an enviable position, as of power
- centerboards — Plural form of centerboard.
- cerebrosides — Plural form of cerebroside.
- chambermaids — Plural form of chambermaid.
- checkerboard — A checkerboard is a square board with 64 black and white squares that is used for playing checkers or chess.
- cheese board — A cheese board is a board from which cheese is served at a meal.