12-letter words containing i, n, d, a, b
- binary digit — either of the two digits 0 or 1, used in binary notation
- bioflavonoid — any of a group of biologically active flavone compounds that may help maintain the blood's capillary walls, reducing the likelihood of hemorrhaging: widely found in plants, esp. citrus fruits
- bird fancier — a person who keeps, breeds, or sells birds
- bird-brained — silly; stupid
- blackbirding — a common European thrush, Turdus merula, the male of which is black with a yellow bill.
- blandishment — the act of blandishing; cajolery
- blind casing — (in a box window frame) a rough framework to which the trim is secured.
- blind flange — a disk for closing the end of a pipe, having holes for bolting it to a flange.
- block island — an island off the coast of and a part of Rhode Island, at the E entrance to Long Island Sound.
- blood spavin — a disease of the hock joint of horses in which enlargement occurs because of collected fluids (bog spavin) bony growth (bone spavin) or distention of the veins (blood spavin)
- bloodstained — Someone or something that is bloodstained is covered with blood.
- bloomingdale — a town in NE Illinois.
- blotting-pad — an object to one side of which a piece of blotting paper is attached for blotting text handwritten in ink
- boarding out — the local-authority practice of placing a client in a foster family or voluntary establishment and paying for it
- boardsailing — windsurfing
- boatbuilding — Boatbuilding is the craft or industry of making boats.
- bodyboarding — the sport of surfing using a bodyboard
- bond washing — a series of deals in bonds made with the intention of avoiding taxation
- born-digital — relating to or noting documents, images, etc., that are created and managed in electronic form: electronic preservation of born-digital content; a born-digital e-book that will not be available in print.
- boudin blanc — a boiled sausage made with light-colored meat, as veal or chicken, and without blood
- 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.
- breadwinning — a person who earns a livelihood, especially one who also supports dependents.
- breakdancing — a type of vigorous dance
- bring around — If you bring someone around when they are unconscious, you make them become conscious again.
- broad-minded — If you describe someone as broad-minded, you approve of them because they are willing to accept types of behaviour which other people consider immoral.
- broadcasting — Broadcasting is the making and sending out of television and radio programmes.
- bud mutation — a variation produced by a genetic alteration in the bud such that the seeds produced by the resulting growth perpetuate the change in succeeding generations.
- buoyancy aid — a type of usually foam-filled lifejacket designed for use in sports such as canoeing
- burial mound — a barrow
- cannabinoids — Plural form of cannabinoid.
- cannibalised — Simple past tense and past participle of cannibalise.
- cannibalized — Simple past tense and past participle of cannibalize.
- carbonadoing — Present participle of carbonado.
- cardigan bay — an inlet of St George's Channel, on the W coast of Wales
- carrick bend — type of knot
- childbearing — Childbearing is the process of giving birth to babies.
- chimneyboard — a partition or a cover to shut off a fireplace
- clapboarding — Present participle of clapboard.
- clean-limbed — having well-proportioned limbs
- considerable — Considerable means great in amount or degree.
- considerably — to a noteworthy or marked extent; much; noticeably; substantially; amply.
- crackbrained — insane, idiotic, or crazy
- crossbanding — a veneer border, as on furniture, with its grain at right angles to the grain of the adjacent wood
- daniel boone — Daniel, 1734–1820, American pioneer, especially in Kentucky.
- danube river — a river in central and SE Europe, flowing E from southern Germany to the Black Sea. 1725 miles (2775 km) long.
- debilitating — tending to weaken or enfeeble
- debilitation — to make weak or feeble; enfeeble: The siege of pneumonia debilitated her completely.
- debonairness — The state or quality of being debonair.