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11-letter words containing i, d, e

  • baddeleyite — a mineral consisting largely of zirconium dioxide: a source of zirconium. Formula: ZrO2
  • bakersfield — city in SC Calif.: pop. 247,000
  • bandeirante — a 16th–18th-century Portugese explorer in South America motivated by profit, known for hunting down natives for slaves as well as for locating mines of precious stones and metals
  • banderillas — Plural form of banderilla.
  • bandkeramik — the pottery of the early Neolithic Danubian culture of Europe, having characteristic parallel spiral lines over the body and neck of the gourdlike vessels and dated 5000–4000 b.c.
  • bangladeshi — Bangladeshi means belonging to or relating to Bangladesh, or to its people or culture.
  • barbed wire — Barbed wire is strong wire with sharp points sticking out of it, and is used to make fences.
  • barbie doll — a teenage doll with numerous sets of clothes and accessories
  • basal ridge — a U -shaped ridge at the base of the posterior surface of the crown of a tooth.
  • base period — a neutral period used as a standard for comparison in constructing an index to express a variable factor: 100 is usually taken as the index number for the variable in the base period
  • basic dress — a simple, usually dark dress that may be worn with various accessories or in combination with other garments so that it is suitable for different occasions.
  • bass fiddle — double bass.
  • bastardised — Simple past tense and past participle of bastardise.
  • bastardized — If you refer to something as a bastardized form of something else, you mean that the first thing is similar to or copied from the second thing, but is of much poorer quality.
  • bastardizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bastardize.
  • bastinadoed — Simple past tense and past participle of bastinado.
  • bastinadoes — Plural form of bastinado.
  • battlefield — A battlefield is a place where a battle is fought.
  • be confined — to be undergoing childbirth
  • be dirty on — to be offended by or be hostile towards
  • be hard hit — To be hard hit by something means to be affected very severely by it.
  • be quids in — If you are quids in, you have more money left than you expected or get more for your money than you expected.
  • beach drift — the drifting of sediments, especially marine sediments, in patterns parallel to the contours of a beach, due to the action of waves and currents.
  • beach ridge — a ridge just inland from a beach, consisting of sand and gravel built up by storm waves
  • beam riding — a method of missile guidance in which the missile steers itself along the axis of a conically scanned microwave beam
  • bearded tit — a small European bird, Panurus biarmicus, found in reedy places, the male of which has a tuft of black feathers on each side of the face.
  • bed molding — a molding below a projecting part, esp. between the corona and frieze
  • bed-wetting — the act or habit of involuntarily urinating in bed
  • bedclothing — bedclothes; bedding.
  • bedding out — the process of planting out young flowering plants in beds
  • bedevilling — (British) present participle of bedevil.
  • bedevilment — to torment or harass maliciously or diabolically, as with doubts, distractions, or worries.
  • bedizenment — That which bedizens.
  • bedraggling — Present participle of bedraggle.
  • bedside rug — a rug beside a bed
  • behind bars — If you say that someone is behind bars, you mean that they are in prison.
  • behind line — the line over which the ball must be kicked to score a behind
  • behind post — one of the smaller outer posts inside which the ball must be kicked to score a behind
  • behind time — late
  • beiderbecke — Leon Bismarcke, known as Bix. 1903–31, US jazz cornettist, composer, and pianist
  • belted tire — a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
  • benedict ii — Saint, died a.d. 685, pope 684–85.
  • benedict iv — died a.d. 903, pope 900–03.
  • benedict ix — died 1056? pope 1032–44; 1045; 1047–48.
  • benedict vi — died a.d. 974, pope 973–74.
  • benedict xi — (Niccolò Boccasini) 1240–1304, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1303–04.
  • benedict xv — original name Giacomo della Chiesa. 1854–1922, pope (1914–22); noted for his repeated attempts to end World War I and for his organization of war relief
  • benedictine — A Benedictine is a monk or nun who is a member of a Christian religious community that follows the rule of St. Benedict.
  • benediction — A benediction is a kind of Christian prayer.
  • benedictive — relating to a benediction or blessing
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