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12-letter words containing r, o, d, e

  • archdiocesan — Relating to an archdiocese.
  • archdioceses — Plural form of archdiocese.
  • arfvedsonite — a type of hornblende with the composition Na3(Fe,Mg)4FeSi8O22(OH)2
  • armed forces — The armed forces or the armed services of a country are its military forces, usually the army, navy, marines, and air force.
  • armor-plated — An armor-plated vehicle or building has a hard metal covering in order to protect it from gunfire and other missiles.
  • armored rope — rope made of wire-wrapped hempen strands that is used in salvage work.
  • armoured car — a fast lightly armed and armoured vehicle, mainly used for reconnaissance
  • art director — a person responsible for the sets and costumes in a film
  • artiodactyle — (zoology) One of the Artiodactyla, a group of ungulates.
  • ash-coloured — silver-grey in colour
  • assortedness — the position of being sorted, grouped or harmonized with, well or badly, or provided with a good or bad assortment or mixture
  • auctioneered — Simple past tense and past participle of auctioneer.
  • autodestruct — likely to or possessing the power to destroy or obliterate itself or its possessor
  • autodiallers — Plural form of autodialler.
  • bachelor pad — a flat in which a bachelor lives
  • bachelorhood — the state of being a bachelor.
  • 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.
  • bacteriocide — Alternative form of bactericide.
  • baffle board — a plate or mechanical device designed to restrain or regulate the flow of a fluid, the emission of light or sound, or the distribution of sound, esp in a loudspeaker or microphone
  • ballad opera — an opera consisting of popular tunes to which appropriate words have been set, interspersed with spoken dialogue
  • balladmonger — (formerly) a seller of ballads, esp on broadsheets
  • banderillero — a bullfighter's assistant who sticks banderillas into the bull
  • banner cloud — a plume-shaped cloud extending downwind from an isolated mountain peak. Also called cloud banner. Compare cap cloud (def 1).
  • barium oxide — a white or yellowish-white poisonous heavy powder used esp as a dehydrating agent. Formula: BaO
  • basidiospore — one of the spores, usually four in number, produced in a basidium
  • batter board — (at a building site) one of a number of boards set horizontally to support strings for outlining the foundation plan of a building.
  • battleground — A battleground is the same as a battlefield.
  • 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 of roses — If you say that a situation is not a bed of roses, you mean that it is not as pleasant as it seems, and that there are some unpleasant aspects to it.
  • bedford cord — a heavy corded cloth, similar to corduroy
  • bedfordshire — a county of S central England, administered since 2009 by the unitary authorities of Bedford and Central Bedfordshire: mainly low-lying, with the Chiltern Hills in the south: the geographical county includes Luton, which became a separate unitary authority in 1997. Area (excluding Luton): 1192 sq km (460 sq miles)
  • bedroom eyes — sexy eyes
  • below ground — If something is below ground or below the ground, it is in the ground.
  • beurre fondu — melted butter.
  • beyond price — invaluable or priceless
  • beyond reach — inaccessible
  • biodiversity — Biodiversity is the existence of a wide variety of plant and animal species living in their natural environment.
  • bird colonel — a full colonel in the US Army
  • bird of prey — A bird of prey is a bird such as an eagle or a hawk that kills and eats other birds and animals.
  • bird-spotter — a bird-watcher
  • black powder — gunpowder as used in sports involving modern muzzleloading firearms
  • bladder worm — an encysted saclike larva of the tapeworm. The main types are cysticercus, hydatid, and coenurus
  • blind corner — a corner where the view of the road ahead is completely obscured or very restricted
  • blind roller — a long ocean swell that rises almost to breaking as it passes over shoals.
  • blood orange — a variety of orange all or part of the pulp of which is dark red when ripe
  • blood sister — a sister by birth
  • bloodcurdler — something causing great fright or horror: a bloodcurdler of a mystery novel.
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