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12-letter words containing a, b, s, t, r, i

  • bastard wing — a tuft of feathers attached to the first digit of a bird, distinct from the wing feathers attached to the other digits and the ulna
  • bastardizing — Present participle of bastardize.
  • beamsplitter — Alternative spelling of beam splitter.
  • bear witness — to give written or oral testimony
  • beauty strip — a narrow forest corridor left uncut alongside a road or body of water.
  • beggar-ticks — any of various plants, such as the bur marigold and tick trefoil, having fruits or seeds that cling to clothing, fur, etc
  • below stairs — People sometimes use below stairs to refer to the servants in a rich household and the things that are connected with them.
  • beta orionis — Rigel
  • beta version — beta testing
  • beth midrash — a place where Jews gather to study the Talmud and other religious writings; a small synagogue.
  • bilateralism — the practice of being bilateral
  • bioastronomy — the branch of biology which deals with the study or the discovery of life forms on other planets or in space
  • biscuit ware — unglazed earthenware
  • bitter aloes — a bitter purgative drug made from the leaves of several species of aloe
  • bitter lakes — two lakes, the Great Bitter Lake and Little Bitter Lake in NE Egypt: part of the Suez Canal
  • blatherskite — a talkative silly person
  • blazing star — a North American liliaceous plant, Chamaelirium luteum, with a long spike of small white flowers
  • blister pack — a type of packet in which small items are displayed and sold, consisting of a transparent dome of plastic or similar material mounted on a firm backing such as cardboard
  • blues guitar — blues guitar music
  • borosilicate — a salt of boric and silicic acids
  • brain teaser — A brain teaser is a question, problem, or puzzle that is difficult to answer or solve, but is not serious or important.
  • brain-teaser — a puzzle or problem whose solution requires great ingenuity.
  • brains trust — a group of knowledgeable people who discuss topics in public or on radio or television
  • brainstormer — a person who brainstorms
  • brake assist — a part of a vehicle's braking system that automatically boosts braking pressure in an emergency situation
  • breast drill — a geared drill that can be braced against the chest for additional leverage.
  • bridal suite — a room or set of rooms in a hotel for newly married couples
  • bright spark — If you say that some bright spark had a particular idea or did something, you mean that their idea or action was clever, or that it seemed clever but was silly in some way.
  • british rail — the organization that ran the British railway system from 1948 until privatization in the mid-1990s
  • british warm — an army officer's short thick overcoat
  • brittle star — any echinoderm of the class Ophiuroidea, having the body composed of a central, rounded disk from which radiate long, slender, fragile arms.
  • brittle-star — any echinoderm of the class Ophiuroidea, occurring on the sea bottom and having five long slender arms radiating from a small central disc
  • broadcasting — Broadcasting is the making and sending out of television and radio programmes.
  • brushability — the quality of being brushable
  • bunco artist — a confidence trickster or con artist
  • burnt sienna — a reddish-brown dye or pigment obtained by roasting raw sienna in a furnace
  • burro's tail — a succulent Mexican plant, Sedum morganianum, of the stonecrop family, bearing small, rose-colored flowers and long, hanging, nearly cylindrical stems with closely packed whitish-green leaves.
  • bypass ratio — the ratio of the amount of air that bypasses the combustion chambers of an aircraft gas turbine to that passing through them
  • cabot strait — a channel in Canada, connecting the Gulf of St. Lawrence with the Atlantic Ocean. 68 miles (109 km) wide.
  • calibrations — Plural form of calibration.
  • canterburies — Plural form of canterbury.
  • carbocations — Plural form of carbocation.
  • carbonatites — Plural form of carbonatite.
  • catbird seat — an enviable position, as of power
  • celebrations — Plural form of celebration.
  • cerebrations — Plural form of cerebration.
  • conurbations — Plural form of conurbation.
  • cristobalite — a white microcrystalline mineral consisting of silica and occurring in volcanic rocks. Formula: SiO2
  • criticisable — Alternative form of criticizable.
  • crossability — the quality of being crossable
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