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11-letter words containing d, o, b, e, r

  • dogger bank — a shoal in the North Sea, between N England and Denmark: fishing grounds; naval battle 1915.
  • doner kebab — a fast-food dish comprising grilled meat and salad served in pitta bread with chilli sauce
  • doorbusters — Plural form of doorbuster.
  • double room — double (def 13).
  • double star — two stars that appear as one if not viewed through a telescope with adequate magnification, such as two stars that are separated by a great distance but are nearly in line with each other and an observer (optical double star) or those that are relatively close together and comprise a single physical system (physical double star)
  • double-crop — to raise two consecutive crops on the same land within a single growing season.
  • double-park — If someone double-parks their car or their car double-parks, they park in a road by the side of another parked car.
  • double-reed — of or relating to wind instruments producing sounds through two reeds fastened and beating together, as the oboe.
  • double-ring — being or pertaining to a marriage ceremony in which the partners give rings to one another.
  • doublecross — To betray someone by leading them into trap after having gained their trust and led them to believe that they were actually being aided.
  • doubletrees — Plural form of doubletree.
  • dragon beam — dragging piece.
  • drop behind — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
  • drummer boy — a young boy who in earlier times played a drum in the army and on the battlefield
  • dust bowler — a person who is a native or resident of a dust bowl region.
  • embarcadero — (rare) A quay; a wharf.
  • embroidered — Decorate (cloth) by sewing patterns on it with thread.
  • embroiderer — A person who embroiders.
  • embryonated — Containing an embryo.
  • emery board — abrasive tool for shaping fingernails
  • erodibility — the ability to erode
  • exboyfriend — Alternative form of ex-boyfriend.
  • fingerboard — (of a violin, cello, etc.) the strip of wood on the neck against which the strings are stopped by the fingers.
  • footbreadth — a measurement equalling a breadth of a foot
  • footbridges — Plural form of footbridge.
  • forbiddance — the act of forbidding.
  • forbiddenly — in a forbidden manner; illegally
  • forebodings — Plural form of foreboding.
  • frank dobie — (James) Frank, 1888–1964, U.S. folklorist, educator, and author.
  • frescobaldi — Girolamo [jee-raw-lah-maw] /dʒiˈrɔ lɑ mɔ/ (Show IPA), 1583–1643, Italian organist and composer.
  • goatsbeards — Plural form of goatsbeard.
  • gold bronze — an alloy of about 90 percent copper, 5 percent zinc, 3 percent lead, and 2 percent tin.
  • goldbergian — Rube Goldberg.
  • goldbricked — Simple past tense and past participle of goldbrick.
  • goldbricker — Informal. a brick made to look like gold, sold by a swindler.
  • goldenberry — the Cape gooseberry
  • gooney bird — any of several albatrosses, especially the black-footed albatross and the Laysan albatross, occurring on islands in the Pacific Ocean, often near naval bases.
  • ground beam — a reinforced concrete beam for supporting walls, joists, etc., at or near ground level, itself either resting directly upon the ground or supported at both ends by piers.
  • ground beef — meat: minced beef
  • gutterblood — a low person of inferior breeding
  • harbourside — An area (especially a residential area) near a harbour (often in the form of converted warehouses etc).
  • hard-bodied — a person who is muscular and physically fit.
  • hard-boiled — Cookery. (of an egg) boiled in the shell long enough for the yolk and white to solidify.
  • headborough — the official in charge of a tithing
  • header bond — a brickwork bond composed entirely of overlapping headers.
  • hebdomadary — Roman Catholic Church. a member of a church or monastery appointed for one week to sing the chapter Mass and lead in the recitation of the breviary.
  • herb doctor — a person who practices healing by the use of herbs.
  • homebuilder — a person whose occupation is homebuilding.
  • hornblendic — Of or pertaining to hornblende.
  • house brand — a brand name used by a retailer for a product or product line made specifically for or by the retailer.
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