12-letter words containing l, a, b, n, d
- drinkability — The state or property of being drinkable.
- ebb and flow — tidal movement
- edible canna — a South American and West Indian herb, Canna edulis, having large sheathing leaves, red flowers, and edible rhizomes.
- elastic band — rubber strip for binding items together
- elephantbird — Alternative form of elephant bird.
- enderby land — part of the coastal region of Antarctica, between Kemp Land and Queen Maud Land: the westernmost part of the Australian Antarctic Territory (claims are suspended under the Antarctic Treaty); discovered in 1831
- endurability — The state or quality of being endurable.
- falling band — a large, flat collar, usually trimmed with lace, worn by men in the 17th century.
- fardel-bound — (of ruminants) having the food impacted in the third compartment of the stomach; costive; constipated.
- flannelboard — a flannel-covered surface to which other flannel pieces, as letters of the alphabet, numbers, etc., adhere merely by contact, used mainly in schools as a visual aid.
- flinders bar — a bar of soft iron, mounted vertically beneath a compass to compensate for vertical magnetic currents.
- gable window — a window in or under a gable.
- gambling den — a building operating as a business where money can be staked on playing games of chance
- glazing bead — a convex molding nailed against the edge of a pane of glass to hold it in place.
- global index — (filename extension) (gid) The filename extension of a Windows 95 "global index" file. .gid files are created by the help browser internal to Windows 95 (also available for other Windows versions) for WinHelp files (hlp), as well as for storing user preferences, such as window position.
- gluten bread — bread made from gluten flour.
- gold-beating — the art or process of beating out gold into gold leaf.
- gondola back — a chair or couch back curving forward and downward to form arms.
- gravel-blind — more blind or dim-sighted than sand-blind and less than stone-blind.
- graybar land — (jargon) The place you go while you're staring at a computer that's processing something very slowly (while you watch the grey bar creep across the screen). "I was in graybar land for hours, waiting for that CAD rendering".
- grindability — to wear, smooth, or sharpen by abrasion or friction; whet: to grind a lens.
- ground cable — a heavy chain for securing permanent floating moorings, as a number of mooring buoys.
- habilimented — Clothed.
- half binding — a type of book binding consisting of a leather binding on the spine and, sometimes, the corners, with paper or cloth sides.
- half-binding — a type of book binding consisting of a leather binding on the spine and, sometimes, the corners, with paper or cloth sides.
- handicapable — (politically correct) disabled or handicapped.
- head balance — headstand.
- identifiable — to recognize or establish as being a particular person or thing; verify the identity of: to identify handwriting; to identify the bearer of a check.
- identifiably — In a manner or state that is capable of being distinguished or named.
- impardonable — (obsolete) unpardonable.
- imponderable — not ponderable; that cannot be precisely determined, measured, or evaluated.
- inadmissible — not admissible; not allowable: Such evidence would be inadmissible in any court.
- inadmissibly — In an inadmissible way.
- inaudibility — not audible; incapable of being heard.
- increditable — (rare) Incapable of being believed; not creditable.
- indeclinable — not capable of being declined; having no inflected forms: used especially of a word belonging to a form class most of whose members are declined, as the Latin adjective decem, “ten.”.
- indefeasible — not defeasible; not to be annulled or made void; not forfeitable.
- indefeasibly — In an indefeasible manner.
- indefinables — Plural form of indefinable.
- indeliberate — done without care; special planning or deliberation; unintentional.
- indisposable — Not disposable.
- indisputable — not disputable or deniable; uncontestable. indisputable evidence.
- indisputably — not disputable or deniable; uncontestable. indisputable evidence.
- ineradicable — not eradicable; not capable of being eradicated, rooted out, or completely removed.
- ineradicably — not eradicable; not capable of being eradicated, rooted out, or completely removed.
- informidable — (obsolete) Not formidable; not to be feared or dreaded.
- infundibular — a funnel-shaped organ or part.
- inoxidizable — not susceptible to oxidation.
- jodrell bank — site of a radio astronomy observatory (Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories) in NE Cheshire, England, that operates a 250-foot (76-meter) radio telescope.
- knowledgable — possessing or exhibiting knowledge, insight, or understanding; intelligent; well-informed; discerning; perceptive.