12-letter words containing a, b, i, r, t
- antiparabema — either of two chapels at the west end of an Armenian or Byzantine church.
- antiroll bar — a horizontal bar in the suspension system of some automotive vehicles, that stabilizes the body of the vehicle and thereby reduces sway, esp. during turns
- antisway bar — stabilizer bar.
- antithrombin — a substance that counteracts the action of thrombin, preventing the formation of blood clots
- apostle bird — a gregarious grey-and-brown Australian nest-building bird, Struthidea cinerea
- approbations — approval; commendation.
- arbitrageurs — Plural form of arbitrageur.
- arbitrations — Plural form of arbitration.
- arborization — a branching treelike appearance in certain fossils and minerals
- archibenthos — the ocean bottom between the littoral and abyssal zones: from depths of approximately 200 feet (60 meters) to 3300 feet (1000 meters).
- archiblastic — of, relating to, or derived from an archiblast.
- arousability — to stimulate sexually.
- art mobilier — small, movable art objects, especially primitive or prehistoric works of art.
- astrobiology — the branch of biology that investigates the possibility of life elsewhere in the universe
- atrabilarian — Characterized by melancholy or glum; atrabilarious; atrabilious.
- attributable — If something is attributable to an event, situation, or person, it is likely that it was caused by that event, situation or person.
- attributions — Plural form of attribution.
- authorizable — able to be authorized
- b'nai b'rith — a Jewish fraternal organization founded in New York in 1843, having moral, philanthropic, social, educational, and political aims
- b-s particle — a neutral meson with a mass 10,507 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of approximately 1.6 X 10 -12 seconds.
- baby monitor — a device that transmits sounds made by a baby to another room
- backstarting — a marketing technique in publishing, whereby new customers are sent back issues of magazines or journals as part of their subscription
- backtracking — to return over the same course or route.
- bacteria bed — a layer of sand or gravel used to expose sewage effluent, in its final stages, to air and the action of microorganisms
- bactericidal — any substance capable of killing bacteria.
- bactericides — Plural form of bactericide.
- bacteriocide — Alternative form of bactericide.
- bacteriology — Bacteriology is the science and the study of bacteria.
- bacteriostat — any substance that arrests the growth or reproduction of bacteria but does not kill them
- báinín skirt — a skirt made of this material
- bairnsfather — Bruce. 1888–1959, British cartoonist, born in India: best known for his cartoons of the war in the trenches during World War I
- ball turning — the turning of arms or legs on furniture to make them resemble a continuous row of balls.
- ballet skirt — a full skirt, often made with several layers of fabric, typical of those worn by ballet dancers
- balloon tire — a wide, deep-walled pneumatic tire with relatively low air pressure to lessen the shock of bumps
- 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.
- bankruptcies — Plural form of bankruptcy.
- baptisteries — Plural form of baptistery.
- bar sinister — the condition, implication, or stigma of being of illegitimate birth
- baraesthesia — the ability to sense pressure
- barbecue pit — a trench in which wood or charcoal is burned for barbecuing
- barbiturates — any of a group of barbituric acid derivatives, used in medicine as sedatives and hypnotics.
- bariatrician — a physician who specializes in bariatrics.
- barnstorming — A barnstorming performance is full of energy and very exciting to watch.
- barometrical — (archaic) Relating to, or observed with, a barometer, barometric.
- barquisimeto — a city in NW Venezuela. Pop: 1 009 000 (2005 est)
- barristerial — pertaining to a barrister
- barrow point — the northernmost tip of Alaska, on the Arctic Ocean
- bartlesville — a city in NE Oklahoma.
- bashkirtseff — Marie, original name Marya Konstantinovna Bashkirtseva. 1858–84, Russian painter and diarist who wrote in French, noted esp for her Journal (1887)
- basket chair — a chair made of wickerwork; a wicker chair