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.