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

  • 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.
  • beurre fondu — melted butter.
  • bewilderment — Bewilderment is the feeling of being bewildered.
  • beyond price — invaluable or priceless
  • beyond reach — inaccessible
  • binder twine — a strong, coarse twine, as of sisal, used especially in binding sheaves of grain and bales of hay.
  • 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).
  • 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
  • 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.
  • blood orange — a variety of orange all or part of the pulp of which is dark red when ripe
  • 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.
  • bonding wire — A bonding wire is a wire connecting two pieces of equipment, often for hazard prevention.
  • bosom friend — an intimate friend
  • bound charge — any electric charge that is bound to an atom or molecule (opposed to free charge).
  • 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 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.
  • 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.
  • cackermander — a friend
  • cadet branch — the family or family branch of a younger son
  • calendar api — Calendar Application Programming Interface
  • calendar art — a type of sentimental, picturesque, or sexually titillating picture used on some calendars.
  • calendar day — the period from one midnight to the following midnight.
  • campo grande — a city in SW Brazil, capital of Mato Grosso do Sul state on the São Paulo–Corumbá railway: market centre. Pop: 746 000 (2005 est)
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