12-letter words containing d
- 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
- bedside lamp — a lamp beside a bed
- beer drinker — a person who drinks beer
- beetle drive — a social occasion at which a progressive series of games of beetle is played
- beetleheaded — like a beetlehead; stupid
- befuddlement — to confuse, as with glib statements or arguments: politicians befuddling the public with campaign promises.
- begrudgingly — If you do something begrudgingly, you do it unwillingly.
- behenic acid — a crystalline, saturated fatty acid, C 22 H 44 O 2 , obtained from plant sources, used chiefly in the manufacture of cosmetics, waxes, and plasticizers.
- beijing duck — a roasted duck prized for its crisp skin, prepared by forcing air between skin and meat, brushing with sugar water, and hanging up to dry before final cooking.
- bell gardens — a town in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- belleau wood — a forest in N France: site of a battle (1918) in which the US Marines halted a German advance on Paris
- 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.
- benedict iii — died a.d. 858, pope 855–58.
- benedict vii — died a.d. 983, pope 974–83.
- benedict xii — (Jacques Fournier) died 1342, French ecclesiastic: pope 1334–42.
- benedict xiv — (Prospero Lambertini) 1675–1758, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1740–58; scholar and patron of the arts.
- benedict xvi — original name Joseph Alois Ratzinger. born 1927 in Germany, pope (2005–2013): the first pope to resign since Gregory XII in 1415: on retirement he was accorded the title pope emeritus
- beneficiated — to treat (ore) to make more suitable for smelting.
- benumbedness — the condition of being benumbed
- benzaldehyde — a yellowish fragrant volatile oil occurring in almond kernels and used in the manufacture of dyes, perfumes, and flavourings and as a solvent for oils and resins. Formula: C6H5CHO
- benzoic acid — a white crystalline solid occurring in many natural resins, used in the manufacture of benzoates, plasticizers, and dyes and as a food preservative (E210). Formula: C6H5COOH
- 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.
- besottedness — the state of being besotted
- bespectacled — Someone who is bespectacled is wearing glasses.
- beth midrash — a place where Jews gather to study the Talmud and other religious writings; a small synagogue.
- between-deck — 'tween deck.
- betws-y-coed — a village in N Wales, in Conwy county borough, on the River Conwy: noted for its scenery. Pop: 534 (2001)
- beurre fondu — melted butter.
- bevel siding — siding composed of tapered pieces, as clapboards, laid with the thicker lower edge of any piece overlapping the thinner upper edge of the piece below it.
- bewilderedly — in a bewildered manner
- bewilderment — Bewilderment is the feeling of being bewildered.
- beyond doubt — You say that something is beyond doubt or beyond reasonable doubt when you are certain that it is true and it cannot be contradicted or disproved.
- beyond price — invaluable or priceless
- beyond reach — inaccessible
- bias binding — a strip of material cut on the bias for extra stretch and often doubled, used for binding hems, interfacings, etc, or for decoration
- bicycle shed — a shed for bicycle storage
- bid defiance — to resist boldly
- bidialectism — proficient in or using two dialects of the same language.
- bien entendu — certainly; to be sure
- big-sounding — meant to be impressive in scale
- bill and coo — the parts of a bird's jaws that are covered with a horny or leathery sheath; beak.
- billiard cue — a long cue used for playing billiards
- billow cloud — a cloud consisting of broad, parallel bands oriented perpendicularly to the wind.
- billy wilder — Billy (Samuel Wilder) 1906–2002, U.S. film director, producer, and writer; born in Austria.