12-letter words containing d, r, y
- bird of prey — A bird of prey is a bird such as an eagle or a hawk that kills and eats other birds and animals.
- birthday boy — the boy or man whose birthday is being celebrated
- black friday — the day after the US Thanksgiving Day in late November, regarded as the start of the Christmas shopping season
- bleed sb dry — If someone is being bled dry or is being bled white, all of their money or other resources are gradually being taken away from them.
- 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.
- bloody shirt — something, as a political issue or historical event, that can be used to stir up outrage, partisan support, etc.
- boarder baby — an infant or young child who is abandoned or orphaned and left in a hospital for lack of a foster home.
- body bolster — the lower transverse member of a car body to which the body center plate is attached.
- body repairs — repairs to the bodywork of cars
- body scanner — a machine using X-rays and a computer, used in medicine to look for signs of disease, or in security operations to look for drugs, weapons, etc
- body-centred — (of a crystal) having a lattice point at the centre of each unit cell as well as at the corners
- bodyboarding — the sport of surfing using a bodyboard
- boobytrapped — to set with or as if with a booby trap; attach a booby trap to or in.
- boulder clay — an unstratified glacial deposit consisting of fine clay, boulders, and pebbles
- bradykinesia — abnormal slowness of physical movement, esp as an effect of Parkinson's disease
- bradykinetic — slowness of movement, as found, for example, in Parkinson's disease.
- break of day — dawn; daybreak.
- bridal party — the people who accompany the bride as she comes to her wedding
- bridge party — a gathering for the purpose of playing bridge
- butyric acid — type of acid
- buying order — an order to buy a certain security
- buzzards bay — arm of the Atlantic, on the SE coast of Mass., at the base of Cape Cod peninsula
- by and large — You use by and large to indicate that a statement is mostly but not completely true.
- cadaverously — In a cadaverous manner.
- calendar day — the period from one midnight to the following midnight.
- camera ready — (publication) A final edition of a document or graphic (e.g. a newspaper advertisement or a technical paper for a journal) that is of suitable quality for mass reproduction by making printing plates from the negatives by photoengraving.
- camera-ready — designating or of copy, artwork, etc. that is ready to be photographed for making into a plate for printing
- candy stripe — a pattern of bright stripes of one color against a plain background, used chiefly in fabrics.
- candygrammar — (language) A programming-language grammar that is mostly syntactic sugar; a play on "candygram". COBOL, Apple Computer's Hypertalk language, and many 4GLs share this property. The intent is to be as English-like as possible and thus easier for unskilled people to program. However, syntax isn't what makes programming hard; it's the mental effort and organisation required to specify an algorithm precisely. Thus "candygrammar" languages are just as difficult to program in, and far more painful for the experienced hacker.
- cape nordkyn — a cape in N Norway: the northernmost point of the European mainland
- capraldehyde — (chemistry) decanal.
- car industry — the industry concerned with the manufacture and selling of automobiles
- caraway seed — the pungent aromatic one-seeded fruit of this plant, used in cooking and in medicine
- carbohydrase — a digestive enzyme that breaks down carbohydrates through hydrolysis
- carbohydrate — Carbohydrates are substances, found in certain kinds of food, that provide you with energy. Foods such as sugar and bread that contain these substances can also be referred to as carbohydrates.
- carboxylated — Simple past tense and past participle of carboxylate.
- cardigan bay — an inlet of St George's Channel, on the W coast of Wales
- cardiography — electrocardiograph.
- cardiomegaly — abnormal enlargement of the heart.
- carotid body — a small mass of cells and nerve endings adjacent to the carotid sinus that, in response to chemical changes in the blood, adjusts the respiratory rate.
- carried away — to take or support from one place to another; convey; transport: He carried her for a mile in his arms. This elevator cannot carry more than ten people.
- carryforward — carry-over.
- cathode rays — a stream of electrons emitted from the surface of a cathode in a valve
- chimneyboard — a partition or a cover to shut off a fireplace
- chlorohydrin — any of a class of organic compounds containing a hydroxyl group and a chlorine atom
- chord symbol — any of a series of letters and numerals, used as a shorthand indication of chords, esp in jazz, folk, or pop music
- chrysomelids — Plural form of chrysomelid.
- ciliary body — the part of the vascular tunic of the eye that connects the choroid with the iris
- city dweller — a resident or inhabitant of a city
- combat-ready — ready for combat