12-letter words containing d, i, s
- audiologists — Plural form of audiologist.
- audiovisuals — Plural form of audiovisual.
- austenitized — to form austenite in (a ferrous alloy) by heating.
- autodiallers — Plural form of autodialler.
- bactericides — Plural form of bactericide.
- baker island — an island in the central Pacific near the equator, belonging to the U.S. 1 sq. mi. (2.6 sq. km).
- bandjarmasin — Banjarmasin
- bandjermasin — a seaport on the S coast of Borneo, in Indonesia.
- bandoneonist — One who plays the bandoneon.
- bank deposit — money placed in a bank account
- banks island — an island of N Canada, in the Northwest Territories: the westernmost island of the Arctic Archipelago. Area: about 67 340 sq km (26 000 sq miles)
- barodynamics — the branch of mechanics concerned with heavy structures
- basidiocarps — Plural form of basidiocarp.
- basidiospore — one of the spores, usually four in number, produced in a basidium
- bastard file — a file of the commercial grade of coarseness between coarse and second-cut.
- bastard wing — a tuft of feathers attached to the first digit of a bird, distinct from the wing feathers attached to the other digits and the ulna
- bastardizing — Present participle of bastardize.
- bastille day — (in France) an annual holiday on July 14, commemorating the fall of the Bastille
- bastinadoing — Present participle of bastinado.
- battlefields — Plural form of battlefield.
- beaconsfield — a town in SE England, in Buckinghamshire. Pop: 12 292 (2001)
- bed of nails — a situation or position of extreme difficulty
- bedfordshire — a county of S central England, administered since 2009 by the unitary authorities of Bedford and Central Bedfordshire: mainly low-lying, with the Chiltern Hills in the south: the geographical county includes Luton, which became a separate unitary authority in 1997. Area (excluding Luton): 1192 sq km (460 sq miles)
- bedside lamp — a lamp beside a bed
- beth midrash — a place where Jews gather to study the Talmud and other religious writings; a small synagogue.
- bevel siding — siding composed of tapered pieces, as clapboards, laid with the thicker lower edge of any piece overlapping the thinner upper edge of the piece below it.
- bias binding — a strip of material cut on the bias for extra stretch and often doubled, used for binding hems, interfacings, etc, or for decoration
- bicycle shed — a shed for bicycle storage
- bidialectism — proficient in or using two dialects of the same language.
- big-sounding — meant to be impressive in scale
- binding post — one of several metal pegs or rods, fitted into a loose-leaf binder, for holding sheets with prepunched holes.
- bindle stiff — a hobo.
- biodiversity — Biodiversity is the existence of a wide variety of plant and animal species living in their natural environment.
- biohazardous — a pathogen, especially one used in or produced by biological research.
- biopesticide — a naturally occurring or derived substance or an organism that controls pests by nontoxic means
- bird nesting — the activity of searching for birds' nests as a hobby
- bird's mouth — a right-angled notch cut in the underside of a rafter for fitting over a longitudinal member, as a wall plate.
- bird-s--nest — nest (def 1).
- bird-spotter — a bird-watcher
- blandishment — the act of blandishing; cajolery
- blind casing — (in a box window frame) a rough framework to which the trim is secured.
- blind stitch — a type of stitch that is visible on one side of the material only
- blind summit — a point on a road where a vehicle approaching the top of a hill or incline cannot see vehicles approaching up the other side of the hill
- blind-emboss — blind-stamp.
- block island — an island off the coast of and a part of Rhode Island, at the E entrance to Long Island Sound.
- blood sister — a sister by birth
- blood spavin — a disease of the hock joint of horses in which enlargement occurs because of collected fluids (bog spavin) bony growth (bone spavin) or distention of the veins (blood spavin)
- bloodstained — Someone or something that is bloodstained is covered with blood.
- bloodsucking — any animal that sucks blood, especially a leech.
- bloodthirsty — Bloodthirsty people are eager to use violence or display a strong interest in violent things. You can also use bloodthirsty to refer to very violent situations.