12-letter words containing o, d, n
- around about — Around about means approximately.
- assortedness — the position of being sorted, grouped or harmonized with, well or badly, or provided with a good or bad assortment or mixture
- assumed bond — a bond issued by one corporation and assumed as an obligation by another.
- astoundingly — capable of overwhelming with amazement; stunningly surprising.
- astrodynamic — Pertaining to astrodynamics.
- attitudinous — (informal) Having a bold and possibly unfriendly attitude; sassy.
- auctioneered — Simple past tense and past participle of auctioneer.
- autoantibody — an antibody reacting with an antigen that is a part of the organism in which the antibody is formed
- autoxidation — oxidation by exposure to atmospheric oxygen
- back molding — a molding, as a backband, applied to interior window and door trim to conceal the edge of the wall surface.
- backgrounded — Simple past tense and past participle of background.
- backgrounder — A backgrounder is a short article in a newspaper or magazine that provides background information about a particular subject.
- backswordman — a person who uses a backsword.
- backwoodsman — Backwoodsmen are people, especially politicians, who like the old ways of doing things, or who are involved in an organization at a local level.
- backwoodsmen — Plural form of backwoodsman.
- bad scran to — bad luck to
- baden-powell — Robert Stephenson Smyth (smɪθ, smaɪθ), 1st Baron Baden-Powell. 1857–1941, British general, noted for his defence of Mafeking (1899–1900) in the Boer War; founder of the Boy Scouts (1908) and (with his sister Agnes) the Girl Guides (1910)
- balladmonger — (formerly) a seller of ballads, esp on broadsheets
- band of hope — a society promoting lifelong abstention from alcohol among young people: founded in Britain in 1847
- banderillero — a bullfighter's assistant who sticks banderillas into the bull
- bandoneonist — One who plays the bandoneon.
- bank deposit — money placed in a bank account
- bank holiday — A bank holiday is a public holiday.
- banner cloud — a plume-shaped cloud extending downwind from an isolated mountain peak. Also called cloud banner. Compare cap cloud (def 1).
- barbados nut — an ornamental, tropical American tree, Jatropha curcas, of the spurge family, having ivylike leaves, small, yellow or greenish-yellow flowers, and olive-shaped fruit yielding a purgative, poisonous oil.
- bard of avon — Shakespeare
- barodynamics — the branch of mechanics concerned with heavy structures
- basset hound — A basset hound is a dog with short strong legs, a long body, and long ears. It is kept as a pet or used for hunting.
- bastinadoing — Present participle of bastinado.
- battleground — A battleground is the same as a battlefield.
- bay of fundy — an inlet of the Atlantic in SE Canada, between S New Brunswick and W Nova Scotia: remarkable for its swift tides of up to 21 m (70 ft)
- be done with — to end relations with
- beaconsfield — a town in SE England, in Buckinghamshire. Pop: 12 292 (2001)
- bead molding — bead (def 12).
- bear down on — to press down on; exert pressure on
- beardtongues — Plural form of beardtongue.
- bearing down — to hold up; support: to bear the weight of the roof.
- bed moulding — a moulding in an entablature between the corona and the frieze
- bed of nails — a situation or position of extreme difficulty
- bed-blocking — the use of hospital beds by elderly patients who cannot leave hospital because they have no place in a residential care home
- below ground — If something is below ground or below the ground, it is in the ground.
- benzoic acid — a white crystalline solid occurring in many natural resins, used in the manufacture of benzoates, plasticizers, and dyes and as a food preservative (E210). Formula: C6H5COOH
- besottedness — the state of being besotted
- beurre fondu — melted butter.
- beyond doubt — You say that something is beyond doubt or beyond reasonable doubt when you are certain that it is true and it cannot be contradicted or disproved.
- beyond price — invaluable or priceless
- beyond reach — inaccessible
- big-sounding — meant to be impressive in scale
- bill and coo — the parts of a bird's jaws that are covered with a horny or leathery sheath; beak.
- binding post — one of several metal pegs or rods, fitted into a loose-leaf binder, for holding sheets with prepunched holes.