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12-letter words containing o, b, d, u, r, a

  • gypsum board — wallboard composed primarily of gypsum and often used as sheathing.
  • harbour dues — the fees or charges paid for using a harbour
  • k/t boundary — Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary: the time zone comprising the end of the Cretaceous and the beginning of the Tertiary periods
  • leatherbound — Bound in leather.
  • louver board — one of a series of overlapping, sloping boards used as louvers in an opening, so arranged as to admit air but to exclude rain or cut off visibility from the outside.
  • malibu board — a lightweight, fiberglass-covered surfboard, usually about 10 feet (3 meters) long with a rounded nose and tail and a convex bottom for increased maneuverability.
  • obdurateness — The characteristic of being obdurate; stubbornness.
  • oboe d'amour — an oboe with a bulb-shaped bell that is pitched a minor third below the range of the conventional oboe and was much used in music of the Baroque period.
  • orchard bush — open savanna country with occasional trees and scrub, as found north of the W African forest belt
  • overabundant — an excessive amount or abundance; surfeit: an overabundance of sugar in the diet.
  • pseudorabies — a highly contagious, usually fatal disease of cattle, sheep, and other animals, caused by the herpesvirus Herpes suis, and characterized by severe pruritus and progressive central nervous system involvement sometimes including an aggressive excitement phase.
  • round barrow — a funerary barrow having a bell, disk, saucer, or pond shape, primarily of the Bronze Age and containing the cremated remains of corpses along with grave artifacts.
  • roundaboutly — in a roundabout manner
  • samurai bond — a bond issued in Japan and denominated in yen, available for purchase by nonresidents of Japan
  • shoulder bag — a handbag with shoulder strap attached.
  • shoulder-bag — A shoulder-bag is a bag that has a long strap so that it can be carried on a person's shoulder.
  • shuffleboard — a game in which standing players shove or push wooden or plastic disks with a long cue toward numbered scoring sections marked on a floor or deck.
  • spiral-bound — having a spiral binding.
  • subarachnoid — of, relating to, or situated below the arachnoid membrane.
  • subeditorial — of or relating to a subeditor, the work of a subeditor or a subeditorship
  • subfeudatory — of or relating to subfeu
  • subordinated — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
  • subordinator — a conjunction introducing a subordinate clause, as when in They were glad when I finished.
  • support band — a band, pop group, rock group, etc not topping the bill
  • surfboarding — a long, narrow board on which a person stands or lies prone in surfboarding.
  • turbocharged — with additional power from turbine
  • unaffordable — that can be afforded; believed to be within one's financial means: attractive new cars at affordable prices.
  • unelaborated — not elaborated
  • unformidable — causing fear, apprehension, or dread: a formidable opponent.
  • unpardonable — kind indulgence, as in forgiveness of an offense or discourtesy or in tolerance of a distraction or inconvenience: I beg your pardon, but which way is Spruce Street?
  • unpardonably — in a manner that is not excusable; disgracefully
  • unrecordable — to set down in writing or the like, as for the purpose of preserving evidence.
  • vocabularied — having a vocabulary as specified
  • weatherbound — (often nautical) Delayed or prevented by bad weather from doing something, such as travelling.
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