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12-letter words containing o, l, d, e, n, b

  • double ender — a double-ended vessel.
  • double entry — a method in which each transaction is entered twice in the ledger, once to the debit of one account, and once to the credit of another.
  • double-blind — of or relating to an experiment or clinical trial in which neither the subjects nor the researchers know which subjects are receiving the active medication, treatment, etc., and which are not: a technique for eliminating subjective bias from the test results.
  • double-ended — having the two ends alike.
  • double-think — illogical or deliberately perverse thinking in terms that distort or reverse the truth to make it more acceptable
  • doubleganger — doppelgänger.
  • doubtfulness — of uncertain outcome or result.
  • downloadable — Capable of being downloaded.
  • ebb and flow — tidal movement
  • english bond — a bond used in brickwork that has a course of headers alternating with a course of stretchers
  • 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.
  • flemish bond — a brickwork bond having alternate stretchers and headers in each course, each header being centered above and below a stretcher.
  • forebodingly — a prediction; portent.
  • forebuilding — (architecture,historical) An outer defense work of a castle used to protect the entrance to the keep.
  • gable window — a window in or under a gable.
  • gideon bible — a Bible purchased by members of a Christian organization (Gideons International) and placed in a hotel room, hospital ward, etc
  • 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.
  • glyndebourne — an estate in SE England, in East Sussex: site of a famous annual festival of opera founded in 1934 by John Christie
  • gold-beating — the art or process of beating out gold into gold leaf.
  • golden bough — a branch of mistletoe, sacred to Proserpina, that served Aeneas as a pass to the underworld.
  • golden-brown — of brown with a golden tinge
  • ground cable — a heavy chain for securing permanent floating moorings, as a number of mooring buoys.
  • homebuilding — the designing or constructing of houses.
  • impardonable — (obsolete) unpardonable.
  • imponderable — not ponderable; that cannot be precisely determined, measured, or evaluated.
  • incorrodible — incapable of being corroded; not corrodible
  • indisposable — Not disposable.
  • indissoluble — not dissoluble; incapable of being dissolved, decomposed, undone, or destroyed.
  • informidable — (obsolete) Not formidable; not to be feared or dreaded.
  • inobediently — disobediently
  • 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.
  • lead balloon — a total failure
  • leatherbound — Bound in leather.
  • liberty bond — a single Liberty loan bond.
  • load-bearing — bearing the weight that is carried by a structure
  • male bonding — the process by which two or more men or boys become emotionally attached to each another
  • mantelboards — Plural form of mantelboard.
  • molybdenosis — a disease of ruminants, especially cattle, caused by dietary intake of excessive molybdenum with resultant copper deficiency, characterized by persistent diarrhea and, especially around the eyes, a fading of coat pigment.
  • muscle-bound — having enlarged and inelastic muscles, as from excessive exercise.
  • noble-minded — characterized by morally admirable thought or motives; righteous; worthy.
  • non-credible — capable of being believed; believable: a credible statement.
  • non-disabled — physically or mentally impaired, injured, or incapacitated.
  • non-drivable — to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
  • non-dutiable — subject to customs duty, as imported goods.
  • non-readable — unreadable.
  • non-voidable — capable of being nullified or invalidated.
  • nondelegable — Not delegable.
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