12-letter words containing a, b, e, r
- balloon tyre — a pneumatic tyre containing air at a relatively low pressure and having a wide tread
- ballot paper — A ballot paper is a piece of paper on which you indicate your choice or opinion in an election or ballot.
- baluchithere — a hornless rhinoceros of the extinct genus Baluchitherium that inhabited central Asia during the Oligocene and early Miocene epochs: the largest land mammal known.
- banbury cake — a cake consisting of a pastry base filled with currants, raisins, candied peel, and sugar, with a crisscross pattern on the top
- bandaranaike — Chandrika
- 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
- bandjermasin — a seaport on the S coast of Borneo, in Indonesia.
- bank charges — penalties charged by a bank to a customer, for example when the customer's account is overdrawn or if a cheque is not honoured
- bank manager — A bank manager is someone who is in charge of a bank, or a particular branch of a bank, and who is involved in making decisions about whether or not to lend money to businesses and individuals.
- bank robbery — theft from a bank
- bankruptcies — Plural form of bankruptcy.
- banksia rose — a climbing rose, Rosa banksiae, native to China, having long, serrated leaves and white or yellow flowers.
- banner cloud — a plume-shaped cloud extending downwind from an isolated mountain peak. Also called cloud banner. Compare cap cloud (def 1).
- banquet room — A banquet room is a room in a hotel where large formal meals for many people can be held.
- baptisteries — Plural form of baptistery.
- bar sinister — the condition, implication, or stigma of being of illegitimate birth
- baraesthesia — the ability to sense pressure
- barbarianize — to make barbarian.
- barbecue pit — a trench in which wood or charcoal is burned for barbecuing
- barbecue set — a set of tools used for barbecuing
- barber chair — a chair used by barbers, adjustable in height and having an adjustable headrest, back, and footrest.
- barbiturates — any of a group of barbituric acid derivatives, used in medicine as sedatives and hypnotics.
- barcalounger — a type of reclinable armchair with an extendable footrest
- barcoo river — a river in E central Australia, in SW Queensland: joins with the Thomson River to form Cooper Creek
- bare-knuckle — without boxing gloves
- bargain sale — an event at which goods are sold at low prices, usually to clear old stocks
- barge couple — either of a pair of outside rafters along the gable end of a roof
- barge course — the overhang of the gable end of a roof
- barium enema — an injection into the rectum of a preparation of barium sulphate, which is opaque to X-rays, before X-raying the lower alimentary canal
- barium oxide — a white or yellowish-white poisonous heavy powder used esp as a dehydrating agent. Formula: BaO
- barking deer — muntjac.
- barley field — a piece of land cleared of trees and undergrowth, usually enclosed with a fence or hedge and used for growing barley
- barley sugar — Barley sugar is a sweet made from boiled sugar.
- barley water — Barley water is a drink made from barley. It is sometimes flavoured with orange or lemon.
- barnstormers — Plural form of barnstormer.
- barometrical — (archaic) Relating to, or observed with, a barometer, barometric.
- barophoresis — the diffusion of suspended particles at a rate dependent on external forces
- baroreceptor — a collection of sensory nerve endings, principally in the carotid sinuses and the aortic arch, that monitor blood pressure changes in the body
- barquisimeto — a city in NW Venezuela. Pop: 1 009 000 (2005 est)
- barrack life — the experiences, activities, etc that are characteristic of a soldier's time spent dwelling in a barracks
- barrel chair — a kind of upholstered chair with an upright, rounded back
- barrel organ — A barrel organ is a large machine that plays music when you turn the handle on the side. Barrel organs used to be played in the street to entertain people.
- barrel vault — a vault in the form of a half cylinder
- barrier reef — a long narrow coral reef near and lying parallel to the shore, separated from it by deep water
- barristerial — pertaining to a barrister
- bartlesville — a city in NE Oklahoma.
- baryta water — an aqueous solution of barium hydroxide, used chiefly as a reagent.
- 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.
- base pairing — the hydrogen bonding that occurs between complementary nitrogenous bases in the two polynucleotide chains of a DNA molecule