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12-letter words containing d, o, m

  • astrodynamic — Pertaining to astrodynamics.
  • audio system — integrated equipment for producing amplified sound, as in a hi-fi or a mobile disco, or as a public-address system on stage
  • back molding — a molding, as a backband, applied to interior window and door trim to conceal the edge of the wall surface.
  • backswordman — a person who uses a backsword.
  • backwoodsman — Backwoodsmen are people, especially politicians, who like the old ways of doing things, or who are involved in an organization at a local level.
  • backwoodsmen — Plural form of backwoodsman.
  • balladmonger — (formerly) a seller of ballads, esp on broadsheets
  • barium oxide — a white or yellowish-white poisonous heavy powder used esp as a dehydrating agent. Formula: BaO
  • barodynamics — the branch of mechanics concerned with heavy structures
  • bead molding — bead (def 12).
  • bed moulding — a moulding in an entablature between the corona and the frieze
  • bedroom eyes — sexy eyes
  • bird's mouth — a right-angled notch cut in the underside of a rafter for fitting over a longitudinal member, as a wall plate.
  • black comedy — a comedy dealing with an unpleasant situation in a pessimistic or macabre manner
  • bladder worm — an encysted saclike larva of the tapeworm. The main types are cysticercus, hydatid, and coenurus
  • blind-emboss — blind-stamp.
  • blood plasma — the pale yellow fluid portion of the blood; blood from which red and white blood cells and platelets have been removed
  • blood sample — an amount of a person's blood taken from their body for use in medical tests
  • blood volume — the total quantity of blood in the body
  • bloomingdale — a town in NE Illinois.
  • 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.
  • board member — a member of board of directors
  • body fascism — intolerance of those whose bodies do not conform to a particular view of what is desirable
  • booch method — (programming)   A widely used object-oriented analysis and object-oriented design method.
  • bosom friend — an intimate friend
  • bottom round — a cut of beef taken from outside the round, which is below the rump and above the upper leg.
  • bottomfeeder — (networking)   An RSS aggregator.
  • broad jumper — a participant in the long jump.
  • broad-minded — If you describe someone as broad-minded, you approve of them because they are willing to accept types of behaviour which other people consider immoral.
  • bromhidrosis — the secretion of foul-smelling sweat.
  • bronze medal — A bronze medal is a medal made of bronze or bronze-coloured metal that is given as a prize to the person who comes third in a competition, especially a sports contest.
  • bud mutation — a variation produced by a genetic alteration in the bud such that the seeds produced by the resulting growth perpetuate the change in succeeding generations.
  • bulk modulus — a coefficient of elasticity of a substance equal to minus the ratio of the applied stress (p) to the resulting fractional change in volume (dV/V) in a specified reference state (dV/V is the bulk strain)
  • bur marigold — any plant of the genus Bidens that has yellow flowers and pointed fruits that cling to fur and clothing: family Asteraceae (composites)
  • burial mound — a barrow
  • burnt almond — a sweet consisting of an almond enclosed in burnt sugar
  • cacodaemonic — Daemonic.
  • call to mind — to remember or cause to be remembered
  • camelopardus — a faint extensive constellation in the N hemisphere close to Ursa Major and Cassiopeia
  • campo grande — a city in SW Brazil, capital of Mato Grosso do Sul state on the São Paulo–Corumbá railway: market centre. Pop: 746 000 (2005 est)
  • campodeiform — resembling insects of the genus Campodea
  • cardiomegaly — abnormal enlargement of the heart.
  • cathiodermie — a beauty treatment for the skin, which involves using electrotherapy
  • cd-rom drive — A CD-ROM drive is the device that you use with a computer to play CD-ROMs.
  • chimneyboard — a partition or a cover to shut off a fireplace
  • chloralamide — (chemistry) A compound of chloral and formic amide, used to induce sleep.
  • chloroformed — Simple past tense and past participle of chloroform.
  • chondriosome — mitochondrion
  • chord symbol — any of a series of letters and numerals, used as a shorthand indication of chords, esp in jazz, folk, or pop music
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