12-letter words containing de
- asclepiadean — of or relating to a type of classical verse line consisting of a spondee, two or three choriambs, and an iamb
- attendedness — The state or quality of being attended.
- autodestruct — likely to or possessing the power to destroy or obliterate itself or its possessor
- axe-murderer — someone who commits murderer with an axe
- 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.
- backhandedly — In a backhanded manner.
- bactericides — Plural form of bactericide.
- bacteriocide — Alternative form of bactericide.
- baden-powell — Robert Stephenson Smyth (smɪθ, smaɪθ), 1st Baron Baden-Powell. 1857–1941, British general, noted for his defence of Mafeking (1899–1900) in the Boer War; founder of the Boy Scouts (1908) and (with his sister Agnes) the Girl Guides (1910)
- baklava code — (humour, programming) Code with too many layers. Also known as Lasagne Code.
- banderillero — a bullfighter's assistant who sticks banderillas into the bull
- bandersnatch — a fictional creature created by Lewis Carroll in his poem Jabberwocky, and appearing also in The Hunting of the Snark and Through the Looking-Glass
- bank deposit — money placed in a bank account
- barium oxide — a white or yellowish-white poisonous heavy powder used esp as a dehydrating agent. Formula: BaO
- barking deer — muntjac.
- basal reader — an elementary-school textbook that teaches reading by combining stories with practice exercises: The Dick and Jane series was the most famous basal reader.
- bearded clam — mollusc eaten as seafood
- bearded lady — a woman with a beard, esp in a circus or freakshow
- bearded seal — a large gray-to-golden seal, Erignathus barbatus, inhabiting the Arctic Ocean and adjacent waters, having square foreflippers and a thick mustache of long bristles on each side of the muzzle.
- beche-de-mer — trepang
- bedside lamp — a lamp beside a bed
- beetleheaded — like a beetlehead; stupid
- bell gardens — a town in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- benzaldehyde — a yellowish fragrant volatile oil occurring in almond kernels and used in the manufacture of dyes, perfumes, and flavourings and as a solvent for oils and resins. Formula: C6H5CHO
- between-deck — 'tween deck.
- bewilderedly — in a bewildered manner
- bewilderment — Bewilderment is the feeling of being bewildered.
- bid defiance — to resist boldly
- 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.
- biopesticide — a naturally occurring or derived substance or an organism that controls pests by nontoxic means
- birth defect — an inherited disease or condition that a baby is born with
- bitter-ender — a person who persists in a hopeless cause; one who will not give in
- black powder — gunpowder as used in sports involving modern muzzleloading firearms
- 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
- bleeder tile — a terra-cotta pipe for conveying water from a drainage tile to a sewer or drain.
- blue devil's — a blue capsule or tablet containing the barbiturate amobarbital or its derivative.
- blue-blooded — A blue-blooded person is from a royal or noble family.
- boarder baby — an infant or young child who is abandoned or orphaned and left in a hospital for lack of a foster home.
- bog asphodel — either of two liliaceous plants, Narthecium ossifragum of Europe or N. americanum of North America, that grow in boggy places and have small yellow flowers and grasslike leaves
- bois de rose — a grayish red or dark purplish red color.
- bonded goods — goods which have been deposited in a bonded warehouse
- bone density — the degree of compactness of bone
- book of odes — a collection of 305 poems compiled in the 6th century b.c. by Confucius.
- border guard — a guard stationed on a border between countries
- border light — a striplight hung upstage of a border, for lighting the stage.