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12-letter words containing d, g

  • bit diddling — bit bashing
  • biting midge — any small fragile dipterous fly of the family Ceratopogonidae, most of which suck the blood of mammals, birds, or other insects
  • blackbirding — a common European thrush, Turdus merula, the male of which is black with a yellow bill.
  • blind casing — (in a box window frame) a rough framework to which the trim is secured.
  • blind flange — a disk for closing the end of a pipe, having holes for bolting it to a flange.
  • blitzkrieged — blitz (defs 1, 2, 5).
  • blood doping — the illegal practice of removing a quantity of blood from an athlete long before a race and reinjecting it shortly before a race, so boosting oxygenation of the blood
  • blood orange — a variety of orange all or part of the pulp of which is dark red when ripe
  • blood typing — the classification of human blood cells to determine compatible blood types as for transfusion or organ transplant
  • bloodletting — Bloodletting is violence or killing between groups of people, especially between rival armies.
  • bloodsucking — any animal that sucks blood, especially a leech.
  • bloomingdale — a town in NE Illinois.
  • blotting-pad — an object to one side of which a piece of blotting paper is attached for blotting text handwritten in ink
  • blow molding — Blow molding is a process for forming plastic objects in which plastic is melted, put in a mold, and then shaped by having compressed air blown into it.
  • blow-molding — the sound of any vapor or gas issuing from a vent under pressure.
  • blue dogwood — a shrub or small tree, Cornus alternifolia, of eastern North America, having clusters of white flowers and bluish fruit.
  • boarding out — the local-authority practice of placing a client in a foster family or voluntary establishment and paying for it
  • boardsailing — windsurfing
  • boatbuilding — Boatbuilding is the craft or industry of making boats.
  • body english — a follow-through motion of the body, as after bowling a ball, in a semi-involuntary or joking effort to control the ball's movement
  • body popping — a dance style involving muscular jerking of the upper body
  • bodyboarding — the sport of surfing using a bodyboard
  • bodybuilding — Bodybuilding is the activity of doing special exercises regularly in order to make your muscles grow bigger.
  • bog asphodel — either of two liliaceous plants, Narthecium ossifragum of Europe or N. americanum of North America, that grow in boggy places and have small yellow flowers and grasslike leaves
  • bog-standard — If you describe something as bog-standard you mean that is an ordinary example of its kind, with no exciting or interesting features.
  • boghead coal — compact bituminous coal that burns brightly and yields large quantities of tar and oil upon distillation.
  • bond washing — a series of deals in bonds made with the intention of avoiding taxation
  • bonded goods — goods which have been deposited in a bonded warehouse
  • bonding wire — A bonding wire is a wire connecting two pieces of equipment, often for hazard prevention.
  • boogie board — a small, flexible plastic surfboard, ridden lying down.
  • border guard — a guard stationed on a border between countries
  • border light — a striplight hung upstage of a border, for lighting the stage.
  • born-digital — relating to or noting documents, images, etc., that are created and managed in electronic form: electronic preservation of born-digital content; a born-digital e-book that will not be available in print.
  • bottle gourd — an Old World cucurbitaceous climbing plant, Lagenaria siceraria, having large hard-shelled gourds as fruits
  • 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.
  • braggadocios — empty boasting; bragging.
  • brain damage — If someone suffers brain damage, their brain is damaged by an illness or injury so that they cannot function normally.
  • 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
  • bridge a gap — to remedy a deficiency
  • bridge chair — a lightweight folding chair, often part of a set of matching chairs and bridge table.
  • bridge cloth — a tablecloth for a bridge table.
  • bridge house — a deckhouse including a bridge or bridges for navigation.
  • bridge party — a gathering for the purpose of playing bridge
  • bridge table — a square card table with folding legs.
  • bright-field — of or relating to the illuminated region about the object of a microscope.
  • bring around — If you bring someone around when they are unconscious, you make them become conscious again.
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