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12-letter words containing d, r

  • bearing down — to hold up; support: to bear the weight of the roof.
  • beche-de-mer — trepang
  • bed of roses — If you say that a situation is not a bed of roses, you mean that it is not as pleasant as it seems, and that there are some unpleasant aspects to it.
  • bedford cord — a heavy corded cloth, similar to corduroy
  • bedfordshire — a county of S central England, administered since 2009 by the unitary authorities of Bedford and Central Bedfordshire: mainly low-lying, with the Chiltern Hills in the south: the geographical county includes Luton, which became a separate unitary authority in 1997. Area (excluding Luton): 1192 sq km (460 sq miles)
  • bedraggledly — In a bedraggled manner.
  • bedroom eyes — sexy eyes
  • beer drinker — a person who drinks beer
  • beetle drive — a social occasion at which a progressive series of games of beetle is played
  • begrudgingly — If you do something begrudgingly, you do it unwillingly.
  • bell gardens — a town in SW California, near Los Angeles.
  • belly dancer — A belly dancer is a woman who performs a Middle Eastern dance in which she moves her hips and abdomen about.
  • below ground — If something is below ground or below the ground, it is in the ground.
  • bendix drive — A Bendix drive is a drive consisting of a pinion wheel (= a gear with a small number of teeth) carried on a shaft. The shaft rotates, causing the pinion to move.
  • bermuda high — a subtropical high centered near Bermuda.
  • bermuda lily — a lily, Lilium longiflorum eximium, having white, funnel-shaped flowers, cultivated especially as an Easter lily.
  • beth midrash — a place where Jews gather to study the Talmud and other religious writings; a small synagogue.
  • beurre fondu — melted butter.
  • bewilderedly — in a bewildered manner
  • bewilderment — Bewilderment is the feeling of being bewildered.
  • beyond price — invaluable or priceless
  • beyond reach — inaccessible
  • billiard cue — a long cue used for playing billiards
  • billy wilder — Billy (Samuel Wilder) 1906–2002, U.S. film director, producer, and writer; born in Austria.
  • binary digit — either of the two digits 0 or 1, used in binary notation
  • binder twine — a strong, coarse twine, as of sisal, used especially in binding sheaves of grain and bales of hay.
  • biodiversity — Biodiversity is the existence of a wide variety of plant and animal species living in their natural environment.
  • biohazardous — a pathogen, especially one used in or produced by biological research.
  • bird colonel — a full colonel in the US Army
  • bird fancier — a person who keeps, breeds, or sells birds
  • bird nesting — the activity of searching for birds' nests as a hobby
  • 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.
  • bird watcher — a person who identifies and observes birds in their natural habitat as a recreation.
  • bird's mouth — a right-angled notch cut in the underside of a rafter for fitting over a longitudinal member, as a wall plate.
  • bird-brained — silly; stupid
  • bird-dogging — to follow, watch carefully, or investigate.
  • bird-s--nest — nest (def 1).
  • bird-spotter — a bird-watcher
  • bird-watcher — A bird-watcher is a person whose hobby is watching and studying wild birds in their natural surroundings.
  • birth defect — an inherited disease or condition that a baby is born with
  • birthday boy — the boy or man whose birthday is being celebrated
  • bitter-ender — a person who persists in a hopeless cause; one who will not give in
  • black friday — the day after the US Thanksgiving Day in late November, regarded as the start of the Christmas shopping season
  • black powder — gunpowder as used in sports involving modern muzzleloading firearms
  • blackbirding — a common European thrush, Turdus merula, the male of which is black with a yellow bill.
  • blackhearted — wicked; evil
  • bladder fern — a small fern, Cystoperis fragilis, with graceful lanceolate leaves, typically growing on limestone rocks and walls
  • bladder kelp — any of various giant brown algae with air bladders that buoy up the leafy portions
  • bladder worm — an encysted saclike larva of the tapeworm. The main types are cysticercus, hydatid, and coenurus
  • bladderwrack — any of several seaweeds of the genera Fucus and Ascophyllum, esp F. vesiculosus, that grow in the intertidal regions of rocky shores and have branched brown fronds with air bladders
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