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11-letter words containing o, n, b, e, d

  • counterbond — a bond that protects a person who has entered into a bond for another person
  • crossbanded — (of a handrail) having the grain of the veneer run across that of the rail
  • crown derby — a type of porcelain manufactured at Derby from 1784–1848
  • dative bond — coordinate bond
  • dative-bond — a type of covalent bond between two atoms in which the bonding electrons are supplied by one of the two atoms.
  • dealing box — a box that holds a deck or decks of cards, allowing them to be dealt only one at a time, often used in casino games such as blackjack or chemin de fer.
  • debarkation — Disembarkation.
  • debouchment — the act or an instance of debouching
  • decarbonate — to remove carbon dioxide from (a solution, substance, etc)
  • decarbonize — to remove carbon from (the walls of the combustion chamber of an internal-combustion engine)
  • delibration — (obsolete, uncountable) The act of stripping off bark.
  • demibastion — half a bastion, having only one flank, at right angles to the wall
  • demountable — to remove from a mounting, setting, or place of support, as a gun.
  • denominable — Capable of being denominated or named.
  • dentolabial — (phonetics) articulated with the upper lip and lower teeth.
  • denver boot — A Denver boot is a large metal device which is fitted to the wheel of an illegally parked car or other vehicle in order to prevent it from being driven away. The driver has to pay to have the device removed.
  • deobstruent — a drug which removes obstructions in the body by aiding the opening of ducts
  • diagnosable — to determine the identity of (a disease, illness, etc.) by a medical examination: The doctor diagnosed the illness as influenza.
  • dichlobenil — a nonselective preemergence herbicide, C 7 H 3 Cl 2 N, used primarily as a weed and grass killer.
  • disentombed — Simple past tense and past participle of disentomb.
  • disobedient — neglecting or refusing to obey; not submitting; refractory.
  • do business — trade
  • dobsonflies — Plural form of dobsonfly.
  • docibleness — the quality or character of being docible
  • dogger bank — a shoal in the North Sea, between N England and Denmark: fishing grounds; naval battle 1915.
  • doner kebab — a fast-food dish comprising grilled meat and salad served in pitta bread with chilli sauce
  • double bind — Psychology. a situation in which a person is given conflicting cues, especially by a parent, such that to obey one cue is to disobey the other.
  • double bond — a chemical linkage consisting of two covalent bonds between two atoms of a molecule, represented in chemical formulas by two lines, two dots, or four dots, as CH 2 =CH 2 ; CH 2 :CH 2 ; CH 2 ::CH 2 .
  • double chin — a fold of fat beneath the chin.
  • double knit — a weft-knit fabric that consists of two single-knit fabrics intimately interlooped.
  • double knot — any of various knots that are reinforced with a second tying
  • double-bank — to have two rowers pull (each of a number of oars).
  • double-hung — (of a window) having two vertically sliding sashes, each closing a different part of the opening.
  • double-knit — a weft-knit fabric that consists of two single-knit fabrics intimately interlooped.
  • double-ring — being or pertaining to a marriage ceremony in which the partners give rings to one another.
  • doublethink — the acceptance of two contradictory ideas or beliefs at the same time.
  • dragon beam — dragging piece.
  • drop behind — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
  • dubiousness — doubtful; marked by or occasioning doubt: a dubious reply.
  • dumbed down — (jargon)   Simplified, with a strong connotation of *over*simplified. Often, a marketroid will insist that the interfaces and documentation of software be dumbed down after the designer has burned untold gallons of midnight oil making it smart. This creates friction. See user-friendly.
  • dumbfounded — to make speechless with amazement; astonish.
  • embodiments — Plural form of embodiment.
  • emboldening — Present participle of embolden.
  • embryonated — Containing an embryo.
  • exboyfriend — Alternative form of ex-boyfriend.
  • fingerboard — (of a violin, cello, etc.) the strip of wood on the neck against which the strings are stopped by the fingers.
  • forbiddance — the act of forbidding.
  • forbiddenly — in a forbidden manner; illegally
  • forebodings — Plural form of foreboding.
  • frank dobie — (James) Frank, 1888–1964, U.S. folklorist, educator, and author.
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