12-letter words containing d, o, b, s
- gallows bird — a person who deserves to be hanged.
- gobind singh — 1666–1708, tenth and last guru of the Sikhs (1675–1708): assassinated
- groundbursts — Plural form of groundburst.
- gypsum board — wallboard composed primarily of gypsum and often used as sheathing.
- harbour dues — the fees or charges paid for using a harbour
- hebetudinous — the state of being dull; lethargy.
- hobbledehoys — Plural form of hobbledehoy.
- homebuilders — Plural form of homebuilder.
- hospital bed — a bed having side rails that can be raised or lowered and a mattress base in three jointed sections so that the head, foot, or middle may be raised by a crank or motor, allowing a patient to lie in various positions, as a therapeutic aid or for comfort.
- housebuilder — One who builds houses, particularly one who does so professionally.
- househusband — a man whose spouse works and who stays home to manage their household.
- hydrocarbons — any of a class of compounds containing only hydrogen and carbon, as an alkane, methane, CH 4 , an alkene, ethylene, C 2 H 4 , an alkyne, acetylene, C 2 H 2 , or an aromatic compound, benzene, C 6 H 6 .
- hydrolysable — Alternative spelling of hydrolyzable.
- hyperbolised — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
- hyperboloids — Plural form of hyperboloid.
- ibm discount — A price increase. Outside IBM, this derives from the common perception that IBM products are generally overpriced (see clone); inside, it is said to spring from a belief that large numbers of IBM employees living in an area cause prices to rise.
- in-bond shop — a duty-free shop
- incrossbreed — to breed (animals) by crossbreeding inbred parents, whether of the same or of different breeds
- indian bison — the gaur.
- indisposable — Not disposable.
- indissoluble — not dissoluble; incapable of being dissolved, decomposed, undone, or destroyed.
- indissolubly — not dissoluble; incapable of being dissolved, decomposed, undone, or destroyed.
- keyboardists — Plural form of keyboardist.
- kiss goodbye — to kiss in taking leave
- leaderboards — Plural form of leaderboard.
- libidinosity — lustfulness
- libidinously — In a libidinous manner.
- loose-limbed — having supple arms and legs: a loose-limbed athlete.
- lord's table — the, communion table.
- mantelboards — Plural form of mantelboard.
- mastoid bone — a large, bony prominence on the base of the skull behind the ear, containing air spaces that connect with the middle ear cavity.
- messageboard — Alternative spelling of message board.
- middy blouse — any of various loose blouses with a sailor collar, often extending below the waistline to terminate in a broad band or fold, as worn by sailors, women, or children.
- mockingbirds — Plural form of mockingbird.
- molybdenosis — a disease of ruminants, especially cattle, caused by dietary intake of excessive molybdenum with resultant copper deficiency, characterized by persistent diarrhea and, especially around the eyes, a fading of coat pigment.
- mortarboards — Plural form of mortarboard.
- motherboards — Plural form of motherboard.
- muscle-bound — having enlarged and inelastic muscles, as from excessive exercise.
- non-disabled — physically or mentally impaired, injured, or incapacitated.
- nonbroadcast — not broadcast to a wide audience, supplied on a hidden or private network
- nosebleeding — bleeding emanating from the nose
- noticeboards — Plural form of noticeboard.
- obcompressed — compressed or flattened in a way opposite to the usual, as back to front instead of side to side.
- obdurateness — The characteristic of being obdurate; stubbornness.
- odontoblasts — Plural form of odontoblast.
- ombudsperson — ombudsman (def 2).
- on sb's side — If you are on someone's side, you are supporting them in an argument or a war.
- on shipboard — on board a ship
- orchard bush — open savanna country with occasional trees and scrub, as found north of the W African forest belt
- outbuildings — Plural form of outbuilding.