12-letter words containing r, e, b, d
- lloyd webber — (Sir) Andrew, born 1948, English composer of musical theater.
- load-bearing — bearing the weight that is carried by a structure
- lord's table — the, communion table.
- 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.
- mantelboards — Plural form of mantelboard.
- marriage bed — the bed in which a married couple sleep together
- may-december — of or designating a marriage or romantic relationship between a young person and a person who is considerably older
- messageboard — Alternative spelling of message board.
- middlebrowed — midway between highbrow and lowbrow
- middlebuster — Southern U.S. lister1 (def 1).
- mixed number — a number consisting of a whole number and a fraction or decimal, as 4½ or 4.5.
- monkey bread — the gourdlike fruit of the baobab, eaten by monkeys.
- motherboards — Plural form of motherboard.
- mouthbreeder — any of several fishes of the genera Tilapia and Haplochromis, that hatch and care for their young in the mouth.
- mouthbrooder — A freshwater cichlid fish that protects its eggs (and in some cases its young) by carrying them in its mouth.
- murderabilia — objects that are regarded as valuable because of their connection with murders or other notorious crimes
- murrumbidgee — a river in SE Australia, flowing W through New South Wales to the Murray River. 1050 miles (1690 km) long.
- muttonbirder — a person who hunts muttonbirds
- namib desert — a desert region in SW Africa, extending along the coast from SW Angola to W South Africa. 1200 miles (1930 km) long, 30–100 miles (48–160 km) wide; 50,000 sq. mi. (129,500 sq. km).
- neighborhood — the area or region around or near some place or thing; vicinity: the kids of the neighborhood; located in the neighborhood of Jackson and Vine streets.
- new hebrides — former name of Vanuatu.
- non-credible — capable of being believed; believable: a credible statement.
- 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-readable — unreadable.
- nonforbidden — Unforbidden.
- notice board — bulletin board for displaying public messages
- noticeboards — Plural form of noticeboard.
- obcompressed — compressed or flattened in a way opposite to the usual, as back to front instead of side to side.
- obdurateness — The characteristic of being obdurate; stubbornness.
- obedientiary — The holder of a monastic rank or office below that of superior.
- oboe d'amore — a type of oboe pitched a minor third lower than the oboe itself. It is used chiefly in the performance of baroque music
- 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.
- old believer — Raskolnik.
- ombudsperson — ombudsman (def 2).
- order number — a number associated with a purchase or merchandise order
- ormond beach — a town in NE Florida.
- overabundant — an excessive amount or abundance; surfeit: an overabundance of sugar in the diet.
- overbalanced — Simple past tense and past participle of overbalance.
- overboldness — The state or fact of being too bold; audacity.
- overbuilding — Present participle of overbuild.
- overburdened — Excessively burdened.
- paint bridge — a structure spanning and providing passage over a river, chasm, road, or the like.
- parole board — panel who evaluate prisoners for release
- peabody bird — the white-throated sparrow.
- peach brandy — brandy distilled from the fermented juice of peaches.
- pig breeding — the act or process of getting pigs to reproduce
- plasterboard — a material used for insulating or covering walls, or as a lath, consisting of paper-covered sheets of gypsum and felt.
- platform bed — a bed, originating in Scandinavia in the 1930s, consisting of a simple shallow box for holding a mattress situated on a slightly recessed pedestal.
- port de bras — (used with a singular verb) the technique of moving the arms properly.
- poster board — a thick, fairly stiff cardboard composed of layers of paper or paper pulp compressed together and typically used to support displays.