12-letter words containing a, c, l, e
- beam balance — a piece of apparatus used for artistic gymnastics
- bearded clam — mollusc eaten as seafood
- beatifically — bestowing bliss, blessings, happiness, or the like: beatific peace.
- beaver cloth — beaver1 (def 8).
- bechuanaland — former British territory (1884-1966) in S Africa: now the country of Botswana
- bell captain — a person in charge of a group of bellhops
- bell the cat — to undertake a very dangerous mission
- belly dancer — A belly dancer is a woman who performs a Middle Eastern dance in which she moves her hips and abdomen about.
- belly-aching — Informal. a pain in the abdomen or bowels.
- beneficially — conferring benefit; advantageous; helpful: the beneficial effect of sunshine.
- bespectacled — Someone who is bespectacled is wearing glasses.
- beta blocker — A beta blocker is a drug which is used to treat people who have high blood pressure or heart problems.
- beta-blocker — any of various substances that interfere with the action of the beta receptors: used primarily to reduce the heart rate or force in the prevention, management, or treatment of angina, hypertension, or arrythmias.
- beurre blanc — an emulsion of cold butter in a white wine or vinegar and shallot reduction
- biarticulate — having two joints, as the antennae of certain insects.
- biauriculate — having two auricles or earlike parts
- bibliothecal — relating to a bibliotheca
- bicameralism — having two branches, chambers, or houses, as a legislative body.
- bicarpellary — (of an ovary) having two carpels
- bicentennial — A bicentennial is the same as a bicentenary.
- bicollateral — (of a vascular bundle) having two phloem groups to the inside and outside, respectively, of the xylem
- bicycle path — a path designed for bicyclists
- bicycle race — cycling (def 2).
- bicycle rack — a metal frame for securing bicycles when they are not in use
- bidialectism — proficient in or using two dialects of the same language.
- billiard cue — a long cue used for playing billiards
- bingo caller — the person who shouts out the numbers to bingo players
- biomolecular — relating to a biomolecule
- biotechnical — relating to biotechnology
- black beauty — a Biphetamine capsule.
- black beetle — another name for the oriental cockroach
- black butter — beurre noir.
- black cherry — a tree of the species Prunus serotina, having a small fleshy rounded edible fruit containing a hard stone
- black coffee — coffee with no milk, milk substitute, or cream added
- black comedy — a comedy dealing with an unpleasant situation in a pessimistic or macabre manner
- black copper — a regulus of 95-percent-pure copper, produced in a blast furnace by smelting oxidized copper ores.
- black forest — wooded mountain region in SW Germany
- black grouse — a large N European grouse, Lyrurus tetrix, the male of which has a bluish-black plumage and lyre-shaped tail
- black heroin — a very potent and addictive form of heroin that is dark-colored.
- black letter — a kind of heavy-faced, ornamental printing type
- black market — If something is bought or sold on the black market, it is bought or sold illegally.
- black medick — a small European leguminous plant, Medicago lupulina, with trifoliate leaves, small yellow flowers, and black pods
- black papers — unofficial papers criticizing government policy
- black pepper — Black pepper is pepper which is dark in colour and has been made from the dried berries of the pepper plant, including their black outer cases.
- black pewter — pewter composed of 60 percent tin and 40 percent lead.
- black plague — Great Plague.
- black powder — gunpowder as used in sports involving modern muzzleloading firearms
- black prince — Edward2 (Prince of Wales)
- black sapote — a tropical American tree, Diospyros digyna, related to the persimmon, having sweet, edible, green fruit that turns black when ripe.
- black scoter — a scoter of Eurasia and North America, Melanitta nigra, the adult male of which is black.