11-letter words containing n, d
- behind bars — If you say that someone is behind bars, you mean that they are in prison.
- behind line — the line over which the ball must be kicked to score a behind
- behind post — one of the smaller outer posts inside which the ball must be kicked to score a behind
- behind time — late
- belatedness — coming or being after the customary, useful, or expected time: belated birthday greetings.
- bellfounder — a foundry worker who casts bells
- belly dance — a sensuous and provocative dance of Middle Eastern origin, performed by women, with undulating movements of the hips and abdomen
- belowground — underground
- belt sander — a sander that uses an endless abrasive belt driven by an electric motor.
- ben yehudah — Eliezer [el-ee-ez-er] /ˌɛl iˈɛz ər/ (Show IPA), 1858–1922, Jewish scholar, born in Lithuania.
- bend dexter — the ordinary bend, extending from the dexter chief to the sinister base.
- bend double — When you bend double, you bend the top half of your body downwards a long way.
- benderboard — pliable, lightweight board used for making concrete patios, in gardens, and as woven fencing: often 4 to 6 inches (10 to 15 cm) wide and 1/4 to 1/2 inch (0.6 to 1.2 cm) thick and made from California redwood.
- bendy straw — a drinking straw which is bent towards the top end
- benedict ii — Saint, died a.d. 685, pope 684–85.
- benedict iv — died a.d. 903, pope 900–03.
- benedict ix — died 1056? pope 1032–44; 1045; 1047–48.
- benedict vi — died a.d. 974, pope 973–74.
- benedict xi — (Niccolò Boccasini) 1240–1304, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1303–04.
- benedict xv — original name Giacomo della Chiesa. 1854–1922, pope (1914–22); noted for his repeated attempts to end World War I and for his organization of war relief
- benedictine — A Benedictine is a monk or nun who is a member of a Christian religious community that follows the rule of St. Benedict.
- benediction — A benediction is a kind of Christian prayer.
- benedictive — relating to a benediction or blessing
- benedictory — of, giving, or expressing benediction.
- bent double — If someone is bent double, the top part of their body is leaning forward towards their legs, usually because they are in great pain or because they are laughing a lot. In American English, you can also say that someone is bent over double.
- bergenfield — a city in NE New Jersey.
- bergschrund — a crevasse at the head of a glacier
- bertrandite — a mineral, hydrous beryllium silicate, Be 4 Si 2 O 7 (OH) 2 , colorless or pale yellow, with a vitreous luster, occurring as tabular or prismatic crystals in pegmatites and hydrothermal veins.
- best friend — a dearest friend
- bewildering — A bewildering thing or situation is very confusing and difficult to understand or to make a decision about.
- bidding war — a situation in which multiple offerers bid to own a single property
- binary code — Binary code is a computer code that uses the binary number system.
- binary data — binary file
- bindheimite — a mineral, hydrous antimonate of lead, resulting from the alteration of lead antimony ores.
- bindingness — the quality of being binding
- bindlestiff — a migratory worker; hobo
- binucleated — having two nuclei
- biodynamics — the branch of biology that deals with the energy production and activities of organisms
- bioindustry — an industry that makes use of biotechnology and other advanced life science methodologies in the creation or alteration of life forms or processes
- biomedicine — the medical study of the effects of unusual environmental stress on human beings, esp in connection with space travel
- biomodeling — the mathematical modeling of biological reactions.
- bird's nest — the nest of a bird
- bird's-nest — nest (def 1).
- birdbrained — a stupid, foolish, or scatterbrained person.
- birddogging — the act of pursuing with determination
- birobidzhan — a city in SE Russia: capital of the Jewish Autonomous Region. Pop: 77 250 (2002)
- bitterender — a person who persists until the bitter end without compromising or yielding; diehard.
- blackhander — a member of a Black Hand group
- bladdernose — hooded seal
- blanketweed — a type of filamentous pond algae