12-letter words containing d, o, a, b
- child labour — the full-time employment of children below a minimum age laid down by statute
- chimneyboard — a partition or a cover to shut off a fireplace
- chondroblast — a type of cell that develops into a chondrocyte or cartilage cell
- ciliary body — the part of the vascular tunic of the eye that connects the choroid with the iris
- clapboarding — Present participle of clapboard.
- clapperboard — A clapperboard consists of two pieces of wood that are connected by a hinge and hit together before each scene when making a film, to make it easier to match the sound and pictures of different scenes.
- clean bowled — bowled by a ball that breaks the wicket without hitting the batsman or his bat
- cloud banner — banner cloud.
- coachbuilder — (historical) A builder of horse-drawn coaches.
- collaborated — to work, one with another; cooperate, as on a literary work: They collaborated on a novel.
- columbus day — Oct 12, a legal holiday in most states of the US: the date of Columbus' landing in the West Indies (Caribbean) in 1492
- combat-ready — ready for combat
- comber board — (in weaving) a wooden frame pierced with a series of small holes through which the harness cords are threaded, used to regulate the cords and determine the texture and width of a repeat in a fabric.
- compoundable — That can be compounded.
- confabulated — Simple past tense and past participle of confabulate.
- considerable — Considerable means great in amount or degree.
- considerably — to a noteworthy or marked extent; much; noticeably; substantially; amply.
- corroborated — to make more certain; confirm: He corroborated my account of the accident.
- county board — the governing body of a U.S. county consisting usually of three or more elected members.
- cradleboards — Plural form of cradleboard.
- crossbanding — a veneer border, as on furniture, with its grain at right angles to the grain of the adjacent wood
- cyber monday — the Monday after Thanksgiving, one of the busiest online shopping days.
- daily double — a single bet on the winners of two named races in any one day's racing
- dak bungalow — (in India, formerly) a house where travellers on a dak route could be accommodated
- daniel boone — Daniel, 1734–1820, American pioneer, especially in Kentucky.
- dasher block — a block at the end of a yard or gaff for supporting a signal or ensign halyard.
- day labourer — an unskilled worker hired and paid by the day
- dead-end job — a job that has no prospects and will mean that one does the same kind of (low-grade) work for ever
- deambulatory — a place for walking often with a covering overhead
- debaucherous — tending toward or involving debauchery, or excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures: a night of debaucherous fun.
- debilitation — to make weak or feeble; enfeeble: The siege of pneumonia debilitated her completely.
- debonairness — The state or quality of being debonair.
- debrouillard — (one who is) skilled or resourceful at handling any difficulty
- decarbonated — Simple past tense and past participle of decarbonate.
- decarbonized — Simple past tense and past participle of decarbonize.
- decarbonizer — One who, or that which, decarbonizes a substance.
- decomposable — to separate or resolve into constituent parts or elements; disintegrate: The bacteria decomposed the milk into its solid and liquid elements.
- deformed bar — a rod for reinforcing concrete, having surface irregularities, as transverse ridges, to improve the bond.
- deliberation — Deliberation is the long and careful consideration of a subject.
- della robbia — ˈLu‧ca (ˈlukɑ ) ; lo̅oˈkä) 1400?-82; Florentine sculptor & worker in enameled terra cotta: member of a family of artists
- demibastions — Plural form of demibastion.
- demonstrable — A demonstrable fact or quality can be shown to be true or to exist.
- demonstrably — capable of being demonstrated or proved.
- dermabrasion — a procedure in cosmetic surgery in which rough facial skin is removed by scrubbing
- detonability — the quality of being detonable
- diabetogenic — causing or producing diabetes
- diabolically — having the qualities of a devil; devilish; fiendish; outrageously wicked: a diabolic plot.
- dialogue box — a window that may appear on a VDU display to prompt the user to enter further information or select an option
- diamond bird — any small insectivorous Australian songbird of the genus Pardalotus, having a diamond-patterned plumage
- diamondbacks — Plural form of diamondback.