11-letter words containing d, p
- bedaux-plan — a system of payment for work on the basis of the number of points of work done in a given amount of time, each point representing one minute of work on a given job at a normal rate of speed.
- behind post — one of the smaller outer posts inside which the ball must be kicked to score a behind
- bell-shaped — shaped like a bell
- bipyramidal — relating to a symmetrical structure consisting of two pyramids
- bird pepper — a tropical solanaceous plant, Capsicum frutescens, thought to be the ancestor of the sweet pepper and many hot peppers
- bird spider — any large hairy predatory bird-eating spider of the family Aviculariidae, of tropical America
- blind-stamp — to emboss or impress (the cover or spine of a book) without using ink or foil.
- blood group — Someone's blood group is the type of blood that they have in their body. There are four main types: A, B, AB, and O.
- blood purge — the mass execution, especially by a government, of persons considered guilty of treason or sedition.
- blood sport — Blood sports are sports such as hunting in which animals are killed.
- bloodsprent — spattered or stained with blood
- boat-shaped — shaped like a boat
- body packer — a smuggler of illegal drugs, especially one who swallows bags containing them.
- body-packer — a person who smuggles illicit drugs in balloons, condoms, or similar plastic bags which have either been swallowed or inserted in the rectum or vagina
- bondmanship — the state of being a bondman; serfdom
- bound up in — If something is bound up in a particular form or place, it is fixed in that form or contained in that place.
- bradypeptic — a person with slow digestion
- brake pedal — (in a vehicle) a pedal that connects to the brake cable and thus operates the braking mechanism
- branchiopod — any crustacean of the mainly freshwater subclass Branchiopoda, having flattened limblike appendages for swimming, feeding, and respiration. The group includes the water fleas
- brandy snap — Brandy snaps are very thin crisp biscuits in the shape of hollow cylinders. They are flavoured with ginger and are often filled with cream.
- bread plate — A bread plate is a small plate for bread that you eat along with your main meal.
- brickshaped — resembling the shape of a brick
- bridal shop — a shop that specializes in selling bridal wear
- bride price — (in some societies) money, property, or services given by a bridegroom to the kinsmen of his bride in order to establish his rights over the woman
- bridge lamp — a floor lamp, especially one having the light source on an arm so hinged as to be horizontally adjustable.
- bridle path — A bridle path is a path intended for people riding horses.
- brood patch — a highly vascular, featherless area developed on the abdomen of certain brooding birds that is in direct contact with eggs during incubation and provides additional warmth.
- brood pouch — a pouch or cavity in certain animals, such as frogs and fishes, in which their eggs develop and hatch
- brown pound — the perceived purchasing power of Britain’s Black and Asian minorities as a group
- budget plan — the planning of one's spending
- build up to — If you build up to something you want to do or say, you try to prepare people for it by starting to do it or introducing the subject gradually.
- bumpsadaisy — an exclamation said to a child who has fallen down
- buttoned up — If you say that someone is buttoned up, you mean that they do not usually talk about their thoughts and feelings.
- buttoned-up — carefully planned, operated, supervised, etc.: one of the most buttoned-up companies in the business.
- c-odescript — (language) A Liana interpreter, embeddable in C and C++ programs.
- caddy spoon — a small spoon used in taking tea from a storage caddy.
- cadet corps — a group of school pupils receiving elementary military training in a school corps
- camelopards — Plural form of camelopard.
- campgrounds — Plural form of campground.
- camphorated — impregnated or combined with camphor
- camphorweed — vinegarweed.
- camphorwood — The wood of Cinnamomum camphora, an evergreen tree whose leaves have a smell of camphor when crushed.
- candlepower — the luminous intensity of a source of light in a given direction: now expressed in candelas but formerly in terms of the international candle
- candy apple — A candy apple is an apple coated with hard, red sugar syrup and fixed on a stick.
- cap in hand — If you go cap in hand to someone, you ask them very humbly to give you something or to do something for you.
- capacitated — Simple past tense and past participle of capacitate.
- caparisoned — (of a horse) Having a richly ornamented harness.
- cape doctor — a strong fresh SE wind blowing in the vicinity of Cape Town, esp in the summer
- capernoited — capricious
- capitalised — to write or print in capital letters letters or with an initial capital letter.