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12-letter words containing a, b, n, e

  • baking sheet — A baking sheet is a flat piece of metal on which you bake foods such as biscuits or pies in an oven.
  • balance beam — a long, narrow, horizontal wooden beam raised about 4 feet (1.2 m) above the floor, on which women gymnasts perform balancing routines consisting of jumps, tumbles, turns, running steps, etc.
  • balance pipe — a pipe between two points used to equalize pressure
  • baleen whale — any of an order (Mysticeta) of whales with toothless jaws, baleen in the mouth, and a symmetrical skull, consisting of the gray whale, the right whales, and rorquals
  • balinese cat — a breed of cat with medium-length silky hair, a plumed tail, blue eyes, large ears, and a dark mask, tail, and paws
  • balkan frame — an overhead frame, fastened to a bed, from which a splinted, fractured leg or arm is suspended and held in traction.
  • ball bearing — Ball bearings are small metal balls placed between the moving parts of a machine to make the parts move smoothly.
  • balladmonger — (formerly) a seller of ballads, esp on broadsheets
  • ballanwrasse — a slow-growing fish (Labrus bergylta) found in rocky waters
  • ballast line — the level to which a vessel is immersed when in ballast.
  • ballet blanc — a ballet in which the ballerinas' skirts are white.
  • balletomanes — Plural form of balletomane.
  • balletomania — passionate enthusiasm for ballet
  • balloon seat — (on some 18th-century chairs) a seat having an outline resembling that of a bell.
  • balloon tire — a wide, deep-walled pneumatic tire with relatively low air pressure to lessen the shock of bumps
  • balloon tyre — a pneumatic tyre containing air at a relatively low pressure and having a wide tread
  • balloon vine — a tropical tendril-climbing sapindaceous plant, Cardiospermum halicacabum, cultivated for its ornamental balloon-like seed capsules
  • ballottement — a technique of feeling for a movable object in the body, esp confirmation of pregnancy by feeling the rebound of the fetus following a quick digital tap on the wall of the uterus
  • banach space — a vector space on which a norm is defined that is complete.
  • banana label — (jargon)   The labels used on the sides of macrotape reels, so called because they were shaped roughly like blunt-ended bananas. This term, like macrotapes themselves, is obsolete.
  • banbury cake — a cake consisting of a pastry base filled with currants, raisins, candied peel, and sugar, with a crisscross pattern on the top
  • band of hope — a society promoting lifelong abstention from alcohol among young people: founded in Britain in 1847
  • 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.
  • bandoneonist — One who plays the bandoneon.
  • bandy-legged — bow-legged
  • bank balance — Your bank balance is the amount of money that you have in your bank account at a particular time.
  • 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 deposit — money placed in a bank account
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • bar sinister — the condition, implication, or stigma of being of illegitimate birth
  • barbarianize — to make barbarian.
  • barcalounger — a type of reclinable armchair with an extendable footrest
  • bare-knuckle — without boxing gloves
  • bargain sale — an event at which goods are sold at low prices, usually to clear old stocks
  • 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
  • barking deer — muntjac.
  • barnstormers — Plural form of barnstormer.
  • 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.
  • 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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