12-letter words containing d, e
- backwardness — toward the back or rear.
- backwoodsmen — Plural form of backwoodsman.
- bacteria bed — a layer of sand or gravel used to expose sewage effluent, in its final stages, to air and the action of microorganisms
- bactericidal — any substance capable of killing bacteria.
- bactericides — Plural form of bactericide.
- bacteriocide — Alternative form of bactericide.
- bad-mannered — having bad manners; impolite
- bad-tempered — Someone who is bad-tempered is not very cheerful and gets angry easily.
- baden-powell — Robert Stephenson Smyth (smɪθ, smaɪθ), 1st Baron Baden-Powell. 1857–1941, British general, noted for his defence of Mafeking (1899–1900) in the Boer War; founder of the Boy Scouts (1908) and (with his sister Agnes) the Girl Guides (1910)
- badger plane — a plane for finishing rabbets or the like.
- badger skunk — hog-nosed skunk (def 1).
- badger state — any of various burrowing, carnivorous mammals of the family Mustelidae, as Taxidea taxus, of North America, and Meles meles, of Europe and Asia.
- badger-skunk — Also called badger skunk, rooter skunk. a large, naked-muzzled skunk, Conepatus mesoleucus, common in the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having a black coat with one broad white stripe down the back and tail.
- baffle board — a plate or mechanical device designed to restrain or regulate the flow of a fluid, the emission of light or sound, or the distribution of sound, esp in a loudspeaker or microphone
- baked alaska — a dessert consisting of cake and ice cream covered with meringue and cooked very quickly in a hot oven
- baked potato — a large potato baked in its skin
- baker island — an island in the central Pacific near the equator, belonging to the U.S. 1 sq. mi. (2.6 sq. km).
- baklava code — (humour, programming) Code with too many layers. Also known as Lasagne Code.
- bald cypress — a tree, Taxodium distichum, of swampy areas of the southern U.S., having featherlike needles and cone-shaped projections growing up from the roots, yielding a hardwood used in construction, shipbuilding, etc.
- ballad metre — the metre of a ballad stanza
- ballad opera — an opera consisting of popular tunes to which appropriate words have been set, interspersed with spoken dialogue
- balladmonger — (formerly) a seller of ballads, esp on broadsheets
- band of hope — a society promoting lifelong abstention from alcohol among young people: founded in Britain in 1847
- bandaranaike — Chandrika
- banderillero — a bullfighter's assistant who sticks banderillas into the bull
- bandersnatch — a fictional creature created by Lewis Carroll in his poem Jabberwocky, and appearing also in The Hunting of the Snark and Through the Looking-Glass
- bandjermasin — a seaport on the S coast of Borneo, in Indonesia.
- bandoneonist — One who plays the bandoneon.
- bandy-legged — bow-legged
- bank deposit — money placed in a bank account
- banner cloud — a plume-shaped cloud extending downwind from an isolated mountain peak. Also called cloud banner. Compare cap cloud (def 1).
- barium oxide — a white or yellowish-white poisonous heavy powder used esp as a dehydrating agent. Formula: BaO
- barking deer — muntjac.
- barley field — a piece of land cleared of trees and undergrowth, usually enclosed with a fence or hedge and used for growing barley
- basal reader — an elementary-school textbook that teaches reading by combining stories with practice exercises: The Dick and Jane series was the most famous basal reader.
- basidiospore — one of the spores, usually four in number, produced in a basidium
- 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.
- bastard file — a file of the commercial grade of coarseness between coarse and second-cut.
- bastille day — (in France) an annual holiday on July 14, commemorating the fall of the Bastille
- bated breath — to moderate or restrain: unable to bate our enthusiasm.
- 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.
- batter bread — spoon bread.
- battery acid — acid used in batteries, esp car batteries
- battle dress — military field uniform and accouterments, generally camouflaged and stripped of all ornamentation.
- battlefields — Plural form of battlefield.
- battleground — A battleground is the same as a battlefield.
- battlemented — Furnished with battlements, as the ramparts of a city or castle.
- bay-head bar — a sand bar at the head of a bay.
- be damned if — If someone says 'I'm damned if I'm going to do it' or 'I'll be damned if I'll do it', they are emphasizing that they do not intend to do something and think it is unreasonable for anyone to expect them to do it.
- be done with — to end relations with