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12-letter words containing a, b, i

  • banalization — the process of becoming or making something banal
  • banana split — A banana split is a kind of dessert. It consists of a banana cut in half along its length, with ice cream, nuts, and sauce on top.
  • bandaranaike — Chandrika
  • banderillero — a bullfighter's assistant who sticks banderillas into the bull
  • bandjarmasin — Banjarmasin
  • bandjermasin — a seaport on the S coast of Borneo, in Indonesia.
  • bandoneonist — One who plays the bandoneon.
  • bank deposit — money placed in a bank account
  • bank holiday — A bank holiday is a public holiday.
  • bankruptcies — Plural form of bankruptcy.
  • banks island — an island of N Canada, in the Northwest Territories: the westernmost island of the Arctic Archipelago. Area: about 67 340 sq km (26 000 sq miles)
  • banksia rose — a climbing rose, Rosa banksiae, native to China, having long, serrated leaves and white or yellow flowers.
  • bantamweight — A bantamweight is a boxer who weighs between 51 and 53.5 kilograms, or a wrestler who weighs between 52 and 57 kilograms. A bantamweight is heavier than a flyweight but lighter than a featherweight.
  • baptisteries — Plural form of baptistery.
  • bar sinister — the condition, implication, or stigma of being of illegitimate birth
  • baraesthesia — the ability to sense pressure
  • barbarianism — a person in a savage, primitive state; uncivilized person.
  • barbarianize — to make barbarian.
  • barbarically — without civilizing influences; uncivilized; primitive: barbaric invaders.
  • barbarossa i — (Aruj) died 1518, Barbary pirate, born in Greece.
  • barbecue pit — a trench in which wood or charcoal is burned 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.
  • barcoo river — a river in E central Australia, in SW Queensland: joins with the Thomson River to form Cooper Creek
  • bargain away — to lose or renounce (freedom, rights, etc) in return for something valueless or of little value
  • bargain sale — an event at which goods are sold at low prices, usually to clear old stocks
  • bariatrician — a physician who specializes in bariatrics.
  • 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
  • barium x-ray — gastrointestinal series: x-ray examination of the upper or lower gastrointestinal tract after barium sulfate is given rectally (barium enema) or orally as a contrast medium.
  • barking deer — muntjac.
  • barking frog — a robber frog, Hylactophryne augusti, of Texas, New Mexico, and Mexico, having a call like a dog's bark.
  • barley field — a piece of land cleared of trees and undergrowth, usually enclosed with a fence or hedge and used for growing barley
  • barn dancing — the act of performing a progressive round country dance
  • barn raising — (in rural areas) a party, usually providing food, drink, etc., for the purpose of assisting a neighbor to put up a new barn.
  • barnstorming — A barnstorming performance is full of energy and very exciting to watch.
  • barodynamics — the branch of mechanics concerned with heavy structures
  • barometrical — (archaic) Relating to, or observed with, a barometer, barometric.
  • barophoresis — the diffusion of suspended particles at a rate dependent on external forces
  • 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
  • barranquilla — a port in N Colombia, on the Magdalena River. Pop: 1 918 000 (2005 est)
  • barrel chair — a kind of upholstered chair with an upright, rounded back
  • 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
  • barrow point — the northernmost tip of Alaska, on the Arctic Ocean
  • bartlesville — a city in NE Oklahoma.
  • base bullion — smelted lead containing impurities, as gold, silver, or zinc, that are later removed.
  • base jumping — a sport in which a participant parachutes from any of a variety of fixed objects such as high buildings, cliffs, etc
  • base pairing — the hydrogen bonding that occurs between complementary nitrogenous bases in the two polynucleotide chains of a DNA molecule
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