12-letter words containing d
- binary digit — either of the two digits 0 or 1, used in binary notation
- binder twine — a strong, coarse twine, as of sisal, used especially in binding sheaves of grain and bales of hay.
- binding post — one of several metal pegs or rods, fitted into a loose-leaf binder, for holding sheets with prepunched holes.
- bindle stiff — a hobo.
- biodiversity — Biodiversity is the existence of a wide variety of plant and animal species living in their natural environment.
- bioflavonoid — any of a group of biologically active flavone compounds that may help maintain the blood's capillary walls, reducing the likelihood of hemorrhaging: widely found in plants, esp. citrus fruits
- biohazardous — a pathogen, especially one used in or produced by biological research.
- biopesticide — a naturally occurring or derived substance or an organism that controls pests by nontoxic means
- bird colonel — a full colonel in the US Army
- bird fancier — a person who keeps, breeds, or sells birds
- bird nesting — the activity of searching for birds' nests as a hobby
- 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 watcher — a person who identifies and observes birds in their natural habitat as a recreation.
- bird's mouth — a right-angled notch cut in the underside of a rafter for fitting over a longitudinal member, as a wall plate.
- bird-brained — silly; stupid
- bird-dogging — to follow, watch carefully, or investigate.
- bird-s--nest — nest (def 1).
- bird-spotter — a bird-watcher
- bird-watcher — A bird-watcher is a person whose hobby is watching and studying wild birds in their natural surroundings.
- birth defect — an inherited disease or condition that a baby is born with
- birthday boy — the boy or man whose birthday is being celebrated
- bit diddling — bit bashing
- biting midge — any small fragile dipterous fly of the family Ceratopogonidae, most of which suck the blood of mammals, birds, or other insects
- bitter-ender — a person who persists in a hopeless cause; one who will not give in
- black comedy — a comedy dealing with an unpleasant situation in a pessimistic or macabre manner
- black friday — the day after the US Thanksgiving Day in late November, regarded as the start of the Christmas shopping season
- black medick — a small European leguminous plant, Medicago lupulina, with trifoliate leaves, small yellow flowers, and black pods
- black powder — gunpowder as used in sports involving modern muzzleloading firearms
- black-coated — (esp formerly) (of a worker) clerical or professional, as distinguished from commercial or industrial
- blackbirding — a common European thrush, Turdus merula, the male of which is black with a yellow bill.
- blackhearted — wicked; evil
- bladder fern — a small fern, Cystoperis fragilis, with graceful lanceolate leaves, typically growing on limestone rocks and walls
- bladder kelp — any of various giant brown algae with air bladders that buoy up the leafy portions
- bladder worm — an encysted saclike larva of the tapeworm. The main types are cysticercus, hydatid, and coenurus
- bladderwrack — any of several seaweeds of the genera Fucus and Ascophyllum, esp F. vesiculosus, that grow in the intertidal regions of rocky shores and have branched brown fronds with air bladders
- blandishment — the act of blandishing; cajolery
- bleed sb dry — If someone is being bled dry or is being bled white, all of their money or other resources are gradually being taken away from them.
- bleeder tile — a terra-cotta pipe for conveying water from a drainage tile to a sewer or drain.
- blind casing — (in a box window frame) a rough framework to which the trim is secured.
- blind corner — a corner where the view of the road ahead is completely obscured or very restricted
- blind flange — a disk for closing the end of a pipe, having holes for bolting it to a flange.
- blind roller — a long ocean swell that rises almost to breaking as it passes over shoals.
- blind stitch — a type of stitch that is visible on one side of the material only
- blind summit — a point on a road where a vehicle approaching the top of a hill or incline cannot see vehicles approaching up the other side of the hill
- blind-emboss — blind-stamp.
- blitzkrieged — blitz (defs 1, 2, 5).
- block island — an island off the coast of and a part of Rhode Island, at the E entrance to Long Island Sound.
- blocked shoe — a dancing shoe with a stiffened toe that enables a ballet dancer to dance on the tips of the toes
- blood doping — the illegal practice of removing a quantity of blood from an athlete long before a race and reinjecting it shortly before a race, so boosting oxygenation of the blood
- blood orange — a variety of orange all or part of the pulp of which is dark red when ripe