12-letter words containing d, e, b, y
- endurability — The state or quality of being endurable.
- ferry bridge — transporter bridge.
- forebodingly — a prediction; portent.
- foreign body — object lodged where it does not belong
- fully booked — having no vacancies or spaces
- gingerbready — Resembling or characteristic of gingerbread.
- glyndebourne — an estate in SE England, in East Sussex: site of a famous annual festival of opera founded in 1934 by John Christie
- gobbledygook — language characterized by circumlocution and jargon, usually hard to understand: the gobbledegook of government reports.
- gradeability — a measure of a truck's pulling power expressed as the steepest grade the truck can climb with a full load.
- haberdashery — a haberdasher's shop.
- hard done by — If you feel hard done by, you feel that you have not been treated fairly.
- hebdomadally — taking place, coming together, or published once every seven days; weekly: hebdomadal meetings; hebdomadal groups; hebdomadal journals.
- herbicidally — from a herbicidal point of view
- hideaway bed — a sofa, loveseat, etc., that can be converted into a bed, usually by folding out a concealed mattress and springs.
- hobbledehoys — Plural form of hobbledehoy.
- honey badger — ratel.
- hydrobromate — (chemistry) hydrobromide.
- hydrobromide — a salt formed by the direct union of hydrobromic acid and an organic base, especially an alkaloid, usually more soluble than the base.
- hydrolysable — Alternative spelling of hydrolyzable.
- hydrolyzable — Able to be hydrolyzed.
- hyperbolised — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
- hyperbolized — Simple past tense and past participle of hyperbolize.
- hyperboloids — Plural form of hyperboloid.
- identifiably — In a manner or state that is capable of being distinguished or named.
- indefeasibly — In an indefeasible manner.
- indefectibly — In an indefectible manner.
- indefensibly — In an indefensible manner.
- indelibility — making marks that cannot be erased, removed, or the like: indelible ink.
- ineradicably — not eradicable; not capable of being eradicated, rooted out, or completely removed.
- inobediently — disobediently
- irredeemably — not redeemable; incapable of being bought back or paid off.
- irremediably — not admitting of remedy, cure, or repair: irremediable conduct.
- iskander bey — Scanderbeg.
- keyboardists — Plural form of keyboardist.
- kiss goodbye — to kiss in taking leave
- landlubberly — Like a landlubber.
- liberty bond — a single Liberty loan bond.
- lloyd webber — (Sir) Andrew, born 1948, English composer of musical theater.
- may-december — of or designating a marriage or romantic relationship between a young person and a person who is considerably older
- middy blouse — any of various loose blouses with a sailor collar, often extending below the waistline to terminate in a broad band or fold, as worn by sailors, women, or children.
- molybdenosis — a disease of ruminants, especially cattle, caused by dietary intake of excessive molybdenum with resultant copper deficiency, characterized by persistent diarrhea and, especially around the eyes, a fading of coat pigment.
- monkey bread — the gourdlike fruit of the baobab, eaten by monkeys.
- obedientiary — The holder of a monastic rank or office below that of superior.
- payment bond — See under contract bond.
- peabody bird — the white-throated sparrow.
- peach brandy — brandy distilled from the fermented juice of peaches.
- pidyon haben — the rite of relieving the first male child born to parents not descended from Aaron or Levi of certain religious obligations by redeeming him from a member of the priestly class, celebrated 30 days after the child's birth.
- possessed by — spurred or moved by a strong feeling, madness, or a supernatural power (often followed by by, of, or with): The army fought as if possessed. The village believed her to be possessed of the devil.
- prayer beads — the beads of the rosary
- red mulberry — See under mulberry (def 2).