12-letter words containing i, d, e, r
- barking deer — muntjac.
- barley field — a piece of land cleared of trees and undergrowth, usually enclosed with a fence or hedge and used for growing barley
- basidiospore — one of the spores, usually four in number, produced in a basidium
- bastard file — a file of the commercial grade of coarseness between coarse and second-cut.
- battery acid — acid used in batteries, esp car batteries
- bear in mind — to remember
- bearing down — to hold up; support: to bear the weight of the roof.
- 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)
- 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.
- 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.
- bewilderedly — in a bewildered manner
- bewilderment — Bewilderment is the feeling of being bewildered.
- beyond price — invaluable or priceless
- 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.
- 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.
- 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-brained — silly; stupid
- 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
- bitter-ender — a person who persists in a hopeless cause; one who will not give in
- bleeder tile — a terra-cotta pipe for conveying water from a drainage tile to a sewer or drain.
- blind corner — a corner where the view of the road ahead is completely obscured or very restricted
- blind roller — a long ocean swell that rises almost to breaking as it passes over shoals.
- blitzkrieged — blitz (defs 1, 2, 5).
- blood sister — a sister by birth
- body repairs — repairs to the bodywork of cars
- boiled shirt — a dress shirt with a stiff front
- bois de rose — a grayish red or dark purplish red color.
- bonding wire — A bonding wire is a wire connecting two pieces of equipment, often for hazard prevention.
- boogie board — a small, flexible plastic surfboard, ridden lying down.
- border light — a striplight hung upstage of a border, for lighting the stage.
- bosom friend — an intimate friend
- boulevardier — (originally in Paris) a fashionable man, esp one who frequents public places
- bowdlerizing — to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
- 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.
- brain damage — If someone suffers brain damage, their brain is damaged by an illness or injury so that they cannot function normally.