12-letter words containing d, y, o
- 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 english — a follow-through motion of the body, as after bowling a ball, in a semi-involuntary or joking effort to control the ball's movement
- body fascism — intolerance of those whose bodies do not conform to a particular view of what is desirable
- body politic — The body politic is all the people of a nation when they are considered as a complete political group.
- body popping — a dance style involving muscular jerking of the upper body
- 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
- bodybuilding — Bodybuilding is the activity of doing special exercises regularly in order to make your muscles grow bigger.
- bone density — the degree of compactness of bone
- boobytrapped — to set with or as if with a booby trap; attach a booby trap to or in.
- bothy ballad — a folk song, esp one from the farming community of NE Scotland
- boulder clay — an unstratified glacial deposit consisting of fine clay, boulders, and pebbles
- bounden duty — duty one has a moral obligation to perform
- break of day — dawn; daybreak.
- buoyancy aid — a type of usually foam-filled lifejacket designed for use in sports such as canoeing
- buying order — an order to buy a certain security
- by deed poll — In Britain, if you change your name by deed poll, you change it officially and legally.
- by the dozen — in large quantities
- cadaverously — In a cadaverous manner.
- call of duty — responsibilities
- calycoideous — calycoid
- cape cod bay — a part of Massachusetts Bay, enclosed by the Cape Cod peninsula.
- cape nordkyn — a cape in N Norway: the northernmost point of the European mainland
- 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.
- 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.
- carryforward — carry-over.
- cathode rays — a stream of electrons emitted from the surface of a cathode in a valve
- cathodically — in a cathodic manner, by using a cathode
- 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 edition — an early edition of a daily newspaper on sale locally, usually a later edition than the one sent for out-of-town distribution.
- closed cycle — a heat engine in which the working substance is continuously circulated and does not need replenishment
- cockeyed bob — a short, violent storm.
- cockeyedness — the condition of being cockeyed
- codependency — of or relating to a relationship in which one person is physically or psychologically addicted, as to alcohol or gambling, and the other person is psychologically dependent on the first in an unhealthy way.
- coincidently — in a coincident manner
- coincidingly — So as to coincide.
- columbus day — Oct 12, a legal holiday in most states of the US: the date of Columbus' landing in the West Indies (Caribbean) in 1492