12-letter words containing i, n, d, r
- bird nesting — the activity of searching for birds' nests as a hobby
- bird-brained — silly; stupid
- bird-dogging — to follow, watch carefully, or investigate.
- bird-s--nest — nest (def 1).
- bitter-ender — a person who persists in a hopeless cause; one who will not give in
- blackbirding — a common European thrush, Turdus merula, the male of which is black with a yellow bill.
- 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.
- boarding out — the local-authority practice of placing a client in a foster family or voluntary establishment and paying for it
- boardsailing — windsurfing
- bodyboarding — the sport of surfing using a bodyboard
- bonding wire — A bonding wire is a wire connecting two pieces of equipment, often for hazard prevention.
- 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.
- bosom friend — an intimate friend
- 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.
- breadwinning — a person who earns a livelihood, especially one who also supports dependents.
- breakdancing — a type of vigorous dance
- breckinridge — John Cabell1821-75; vice president of the U.S. (1857-61); Confederate general
- bridle joint — a heading joint in which the end of one member, notched to form two parallel tenons, is fitted into two gains cut into the edges of a second member.
- 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.
- broken-field — of or having to do with running in which the ball carrier zigzags so as to go past defenders and avoid being tackled by them
- burial mound — a barrow
- buying order — an order to buy a certain security
- calendar api — Calendar Application Programming Interface
- calling card — A calling card is a small card with personal information about you on it, such as your name and address, which you can give to people when you go to visit them.
- candy stripe — a pattern of bright stripes of one color against a plain background, used chiefly in fabrics.
- cantharidian — cantharidal
- cantilevered — A cantilevered structure is constructed using cantilevers.
- car industry — the industry concerned with the manufacture and selling of automobiles
- carbonadoing — Present participle of carbonado.
- card surfing — a form of cash-card fraud in which one person watches another using a cash dispenser, notes his or her personal identification number, and, after an accomplice has stolen the card, uses the card to withdraw cash
- cardan joint — type of universal joint
- cardigan bay — an inlet of St George's Channel, on the W coast of Wales
- cardinal red — a deep, vivid red colour
- cardinal sin — If you describe an action as a cardinal sin, you are indicating that some people strongly disapprove of it.
- cardinalates — Plural form of cardinalate.
- cardinalfish — any of the perchlike fishes of the family Apogonidae, many species of which are bright red with black markings.
- cardinalship — The office (or term of office) of a cardinal.
- carrick bend — type of knot
- center field — the middle area of the outfield
- centrolinead — a drafting instrument for drawing lines converging on a vanishing point outside the drawing.
- cerinic acid — cerotic acid.
- chandeliered — having a chandelier
- cheddar pink — a low, mat-forming European plant, Dianthus gratianopolitanus, of the pink family, having solitary, fragrant, rose-colored flowers with fringed petals.
- cheerleading — the action or skill of a cheerleader.