12-letter words containing o, d, b, a, l
- boulevardier — (originally in Paris) a fashionable man, esp one who frequents public places
- breechloader — any gun loaded at the breech
- broad-leaved — denoting trees other than conifers, most of which have broad rather than needle-shaped leaves
- bronze medal — A bronze medal is a medal made of bronze or bronze-coloured metal that is given as a prize to the person who comes third in a competition, especially a sports contest.
- buffalo bird — a cowbird, Molothrus ater, of North America.
- bur marigold — any plant of the genus Bidens that has yellow flowers and pointed fruits that cling to fur and clothing: family Asteraceae (composites)
- burial mound — a barrow
- burnt almond — a sweet consisting of an almond enclosed in burnt sugar
- cannonballed — Simple past tense and past participle of cannonball.
- capped elbow — a swelling of the elbow of a horse due to irritation caused by the hoof striking the elbow when lying down.
- carboxylated — Simple past tense and past participle of carboxylate.
- child labour — the full-time employment of children below a minimum age laid down by statute
- chondroblast — a type of cell that develops into a chondrocyte or cartilage cell
- ciliary body — the part of the vascular tunic of the eye that connects the choroid with the iris
- clapboarding — Present participle of clapboard.
- clapperboard — A clapperboard consists of two pieces of wood that are connected by a hinge and hit together before each scene when making a film, to make it easier to match the sound and pictures of different scenes.
- clean bowled — bowled by a ball that breaks the wicket without hitting the batsman or his bat
- cloud banner — banner cloud.
- coachbuilder — (historical) A builder of horse-drawn coaches.
- collaborated — to work, one with another; cooperate, as on a literary work: They collaborated on a novel.
- columbus day — Oct 12, a legal holiday in most states of the US: the date of Columbus' landing in the West Indies (Caribbean) in 1492
- compoundable — That can be compounded.
- confabulated — Simple past tense and past participle of confabulate.
- considerable — Considerable means great in amount or degree.
- considerably — to a noteworthy or marked extent; much; noticeably; substantially; amply.
- cradleboards — Plural form of cradleboard.
- daily double — a single bet on the winners of two named races in any one day's racing
- dak bungalow — (in India, formerly) a house where travellers on a dak route could be accommodated
- daniel boone — Daniel, 1734–1820, American pioneer, especially in Kentucky.
- dasher block — a block at the end of a yard or gaff for supporting a signal or ensign halyard.
- day labourer — an unskilled worker hired and paid by the day
- deambulatory — a place for walking often with a covering overhead
- debilitation — to make weak or feeble; enfeeble: The siege of pneumonia debilitated her completely.
- debrouillard — (one who is) skilled or resourceful at handling any difficulty
- decomposable — to separate or resolve into constituent parts or elements; disintegrate: The bacteria decomposed the milk into its solid and liquid elements.
- deliberation — Deliberation is the long and careful consideration of a subject.
- della robbia — ˈLu‧ca (ˈlukɑ ) ; lo̅oˈkä) 1400?-82; Florentine sculptor & worker in enameled terra cotta: member of a family of artists
- demonstrable — A demonstrable fact or quality can be shown to be true or to exist.
- demonstrably — capable of being demonstrated or proved.
- detonability — the quality of being detonable
- diabolically — having the qualities of a devil; devilish; fiendish; outrageously wicked: a diabolic plot.
- dialogue box — a window that may appear on a VDU display to prompt the user to enter further information or select an option
- dicarboxylic — containing two carboxyl groups in the molecule
- diploblastic — having two germ layers, the ectoderm and endoderm, as the embryos of sponges and coelenterates.
- direct labor — labor performed, as by workers on a production line, and considered in computing costs per unit of production.
- disallowable — to refuse to allow; reject; veto: to disallow a claim for compensation.
- discountable — That can be discounted (in all senses).
- discoverable — to see, get knowledge of, learn of, find, or find out; gain sight or knowledge of (something previously unseen or unknown): to discover America; to discover electricity. Synonyms: detect, espy, descry, discern, ascertain, unearth, ferret out, notice.
- dishonorable — showing lack of honor or integrity; ignoble; base; disgraceful; shameful: Cheating is dishonorable.
- dishonorably — In a dishonorable manner.