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12-letter words containing d, e, r, m, a, b

  • fibroadenoma — a benign tumor originating from glandular tissue, as in the female breast.
  • garbage dump — rubbish tip, place where refuse is disposed of
  • hall bedroom — a small bedroom off a corridor, esp. a small bedroom formed by partitioning off the end of an upstairs corridor
  • hydrobromate — (chemistry) hydrobromide.
  • icbm address — (networking, humour)   (Or "missile address") The form used to register a site with the Usenet mapping project includes a space for longitude and latitude, preferably to seconds-of-arc accuracy. This is actually used for generating geographically-correct maps of Usenet links on a plotter; however, it has become traditional to refer to this as one's "ICBM address" or "missile address", and many people include it in their sig block with that name. (A real missile address would include target altitude.)
  • impardonable — (obsolete) unpardonable.
  • imponderable — not ponderable; that cannot be precisely determined, measured, or evaluated.
  • informidable — (obsolete) Not formidable; not to be feared or dreaded.
  • irredeemable — not redeemable; incapable of being bought back or paid off.
  • irredeemably — not redeemable; incapable of being bought back or paid off.
  • irremediable — not admitting of remedy, cure, or repair: irremediable conduct.
  • irremediably — not admitting of remedy, cure, or repair: irremediable conduct.
  • mantelboards — Plural form of mantelboard.
  • marriage bed — the bed in which a married couple sleep together
  • may-december — of or designating a marriage or romantic relationship between a young person and a person who is considerably older
  • messageboard — Alternative spelling of message board.
  • monkey bread — the gourdlike fruit of the baobab, eaten by monkeys.
  • motherboards — Plural form of motherboard.
  • murderabilia — objects that are regarded as valuable because of their connection with murders or other notorious crimes
  • namib desert — a desert region in SW Africa, extending along the coast from SW Angola to W South Africa. 1200 miles (1930 km) long, 30–100 miles (48–160 km) wide; 50,000 sq. mi. (129,500 sq. km).
  • oboe d'amore — a type of oboe pitched a minor third lower than the oboe itself. It is used chiefly in the performance of baroque music
  • oboe d'amour — an oboe with a bulb-shaped bell that is pitched a minor third below the range of the conventional oboe and was much used in music of the Baroque period.
  • ormond beach — a town in NE Florida.
  • platform bed — a bed, originating in Scandinavia in the 1930s, consisting of a simple shallow box for holding a mattress situated on a slightly recessed pedestal.
  • preassembled — assembled prior to purchase
  • rhombohedral — a solid bounded by six rhombic planes.
  • slumbershade — sleep shade.
  • subepidermal — just below the epidermis or skin
  • swim bladder — air bladder (def 2).
  • unformidable — causing fear, apprehension, or dread: a formidable opponent.
  • unredeemable — capable of being redeemed.
  • unremediable — capable of being remedied.
  • warm-blooded — Also, endothermic. designating or pertaining to animals, as mammals and birds, whose blood ranges in temperatures from about 98° to 112°F (37° to 44°C) and remains relatively constant, irrespective of the temperature of the surrounding medium; homoiothermal.
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