12-letter words containing a, g, r, n
- base pairing — the hydrogen bonding that occurs between complementary nitrogenous bases in the two polynucleotide chains of a DNA molecule
- base-pairing — the process of binding separate DNA sequences by base pairs.
- 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.
- bat printing — ornamenting of ceramics by means of an adhesive substance, as linseed oil, transferred onto the ceramic surface from a sheet of glue or gelatin, dusted with color, and fired.
- bathing wrap — a loose robe to wear after bathing, often made of towelling
- baton charge — A baton charge is an attacking forward movement made by a large group of policemen carrying batons.
- battleground — A battleground is the same as a battlefield.
- bear-baiting — (formerly) an entertainment in which dogs attacked and enraged a chained bear
- beardtongues — Plural form of beardtongue.
- bearing down — to hold up; support: to bear the weight of the roof.
- bearing pile — a foundation pile that supports weight vertically
- bearing rail — a transverse rail carrying a drawer or drawers.
- bearing rein — a rein from the bit to the saddle, designed to keep the horse's head in the desired position
- bearing wall — any of the walls supporting a floor or the roof of a building.
- bearskin rug — the pelt of a bear, used as a rug
- beleaguering — to surround with military forces.
- belgian hare — a large red breed of domestic rabbit
- bell gardens — a town in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- benchmarking — In business, benchmarking is a process in which a company compares its products and methods with those of the most successful companies in its field, in order to try to improve its own performance.
- bengal tiger — a large tiger found in S. Asia
- benzal group — the bivalent group C 7 H 6 –, derived from benzaldehyde.
- bible banger — Bible-thumper.
- bible-banger — Bible-thumper.
- binary digit — either of the two digits 0 or 1, used in binary notation
- bingo caller — the person who shouts out the numbers to bingo players
- bio-organism — a dangerous fast-proliferating organism that could be used as the basis of a biological weapon
- bioinorganic — pertaining to the biological activity of metal complexes and nonmetal compounds based on elements other than carbon (contrasted with bioorganic).
- biscay green — a yellowish green.
- blackbirding — a common European thrush, Turdus merula, the male of which is black with a yellow bill.
- blaze orange — a very bright orange, as on a traffic cone.
- blazing star — a North American liliaceous plant, Chamaelirium luteum, with a long spike of small white flowers
- blood orange — a variety of orange all or part of the pulp of which is dark red when ripe
- bluesnarfing — the practice of using one Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone to steal contact details, ring tones, images, etc from another
- boar-hunting — the practice of hunting wild boars
- boarding out — the local-authority practice of placing a client in a foster family or voluntary establishment and paying for it
- boardsailing — windsurfing
- boating trip — a trip or holiday in a boat such as a sailing boat or canal boat
- bodyboarding — the sport of surfing using a bodyboard
- bog-standard — If you describe something as bog-standard you mean that is an ordinary example of its kind, with no exciting or interesting features.
- boilermaking — metal-working in heavy industry; plating or welding
- boolean ring — a nonempty collection of sets having the properties that the union of two sets of the collection is a set in the collection and that the relative complement of each set with respect to any other set is in the collection.
- boomeranging — a bent or curved piece of tough wood used by the Australian Aborigines as a throwing club, one form of which can be thrown so as to return to the thrower.
- born-digital — relating to or noting documents, images, etc., that are created and managed in electronic form: electronic preservation of born-digital content; a born-digital e-book that will not be available in print.
- boulangerite — a bluish lead-gray mineral, lead antimony sulfide, Pb 5 Sb 4 S 11 , a minor ore of lead.
- bound charge — any electric charge that is bound to an atom or molecule (opposed to free charge).
- boxgrove man — a type of primitive man, probably Homo heidelbergensis, and probably dating from the Middle Palaeolithic period some 500 000 years ago; remains were found at Boxgrove in West Sussex in 1993 and 1995
- brain damage — If someone suffers brain damage, their brain is damaged by an illness or injury so that they cannot function normally.
- brainwashing — the process of brainwashing.
- brake lining — a curved thin strip of an asbestos composition riveted to a brake shoe to provide it with a renewable surface