12-letter words containing d, e, t, o
- appropriated — suitable or fitting for a particular purpose, person, occasion, etc.: an appropriate example; an appropriate dress.
- approximated — near or approaching a certain state, condition, goal, or standard.
- arfvedsonite — a type of hornblende with the composition Na3(Fe,Mg)4FeSi8O22(OH)2
- armor-plated — An armor-plated vehicle or building has a hard metal covering in order to protect it from gunfire and other missiles.
- art director — a person responsible for the sets and costumes in a film
- artiodactyle — (zoology) One of the Artiodactyla, a group of ungulates.
- assortedness — the position of being sorted, grouped or harmonized with, well or badly, or provided with a good or bad assortment or mixture
- auctioneered — Simple past tense and past participle of auctioneer.
- audio system — integrated equipment for producing amplified sound, as in a hi-fi or a mobile disco, or as a public-address system on stage
- autodestruct — likely to or possessing the power to destroy or obliterate itself or its possessor
- autodiallers — Plural form of autodialler.
- back-stopped — a wall, wire screen, or the like, serving to prevent a ball from going too far beyond the normal playing area.
- bacteriocide — Alternative form of bactericide.
- baked potato — a large potato baked in its skin
- bandoneonist — One who plays the bandoneon.
- bank deposit — money placed in a bank account
- basset hound — A basset hound is a dog with short strong legs, a long body, and long ears. It is kept as a pet or used for hunting.
- batter board — (at a building site) one of a number of boards set horizontally to support strings for outlining the foundation plan of a building.
- battleground — A battleground is the same as a battlefield.
- be done with — to end relations with
- beardtongues — Plural form of beardtongue.
- besottedness — the state of being besotted
- betws-y-coed — a village in N Wales, in Conwy county borough, on the River Conwy: noted for its scenery. Pop: 534 (2001)
- beyond doubt — You say that something is beyond doubt or beyond reasonable doubt when you are certain that it is true and it cannot be contradicted or disproved.
- biodiversity — Biodiversity is the existence of a wide variety of plant and animal species living in their natural environment.
- biopesticide — a naturally occurring or derived substance or an organism that controls pests by nontoxic means
- bird-spotter — a bird-watcher
- black-coated — (esp formerly) (of a worker) clerical or professional, as distinguished from commercial or industrial
- blood sister — a sister by birth
- bloodletting — Bloodletting is violence or killing between groups of people, especially between rival armies.
- bloodstained — Someone or something that is bloodstained is covered with blood.
- body bolster — the lower transverse member of a car body to which the body center plate is attached.
- body-centred — (of a crystal) having a lattice point at the centre of each unit cell as well as at the corners
- boiled shirt — a dress shirt with a stiff front
- boiled sweet — Boiled sweets are hard sweets that are made from boiled sugar.
- boletic acid — fumaric acid.
- bond servant — a person who serves in bondage; slave.
- bone density — the degree of compactness of bone
- boobytrapped — to set with or as if with a booby trap; attach a booby trap to or in.
- booch method — (programming) A widely used object-oriented analysis and object-oriented design method.
- booster dose — a supplementary injection of a vaccine given to maintain the immunization provided by an earlier dose
- border light — a striplight hung upstage of a border, for lighting the stage.
- border state — a state adjacent to a border
- border taxes — taxes payable on goods taken across a border
- bottle gourd — an Old World cucurbitaceous climbing plant, Lagenaria siceraria, having large hard-shelled gourds as fruits
- bottled beer — beer in a bottle, rather than from a barrel
- bottled wine — wine that has been transferred from barrel to bottle
- bottomfeeder — (networking) An RSS aggregator.
- bounden duty — duty one has a moral obligation to perform
- branch depot — one of a several depots receiving stock from the same central supplier