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12-letter words containing b, e, d, i

  • bedside lamp — a lamp beside a bed
  • beer drinker — a person who drinks beer
  • beetle drive — a social occasion at which a progressive series of games of beetle is played
  • begrudgingly — If you do something begrudgingly, you do it unwillingly.
  • behenic acid — a crystalline, saturated fatty acid, C 22 H 44 O 2 , obtained from plant sources, used chiefly in the manufacture of cosmetics, waxes, and plasticizers.
  • beijing duck — a roasted duck prized for its crisp skin, prepared by forcing air between skin and meat, brushing with sugar water, and hanging up to dry before final cooking.
  • bendix drive — A Bendix drive is a drive consisting of a pinion wheel (= a gear with a small number of teeth) carried on a shaft. The shaft rotates, causing the pinion to move.
  • benedict iii — died a.d. 858, pope 855–58.
  • benedict vii — died a.d. 983, pope 974–83.
  • benedict xii — (Jacques Fournier) died 1342, French ecclesiastic: pope 1334–42.
  • benedict xiv — (Prospero Lambertini) 1675–1758, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1740–58; scholar and patron of the arts.
  • benedict xvi — original name Joseph Alois Ratzinger. born 1927 in Germany, pope (2005–2013): the first pope to resign since Gregory XII in 1415: on retirement he was accorded the title pope emeritus
  • beneficiated — to treat (ore) to make more suitable for smelting.
  • benzoic acid — a white crystalline solid occurring in many natural resins, used in the manufacture of benzoates, plasticizers, and dyes and as a food preservative (E210). Formula: C6H5COOH
  • bermuda high — a subtropical high centered near Bermuda.
  • bermuda lily — a lily, Lilium longiflorum eximium, having white, funnel-shaped flowers, cultivated especially as an Easter lily.
  • beth midrash — a place where Jews gather to study the Talmud and other religious writings; a small synagogue.
  • bevel siding — siding composed of tapered pieces, as clapboards, laid with the thicker lower edge of any piece overlapping the thinner upper edge of the piece below it.
  • bewilderedly — in a bewildered manner
  • bewilderment — Bewilderment is the feeling of being bewildered.
  • beyond price — invaluable or priceless
  • bicycle shed — a shed for bicycle storage
  • bid defiance — to resist boldly
  • bidialectism — proficient in or using two dialects of the same language.
  • bien entendu — certainly; to be sure
  • billiard cue — a long cue used for playing billiards
  • billy wilder — Billy (Samuel Wilder) 1906–2002, U.S. film director, producer, and writer; born in Austria.
  • binder twine — a strong, coarse twine, as of sisal, used especially in binding sheaves of grain and bales of hay.
  • bindle stiff — a hobo.
  • biodiversity — Biodiversity is the existence of a wide variety of plant and animal species living in their natural environment.
  • 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-brained — silly; stupid
  • 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
  • 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 medick — a small European leguminous plant, Medicago lupulina, with trifoliate leaves, small yellow flowers, and black pods
  • blandishment — the act of blandishing; cajolery
  • bleeder tile — a terra-cotta pipe for conveying water from a drainage tile to a sewer or drain.
  • 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-emboss — blind-stamp.
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