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

  • 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.
  • bar sinister — the condition, implication, or stigma of being of illegitimate birth
  • barbados nut — an ornamental, tropical American tree, Jatropha curcas, of the spurge family, having ivylike leaves, small, yellow or greenish-yellow flowers, and olive-shaped fruit yielding a purgative, poisonous oil.
  • barbarianism — a person in a savage, primitive state; uncivilized person.
  • bargain sale — an event at which goods are sold at low prices, usually to clear old stocks
  • 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.
  • barn swallow — the US and Canadian name for the common swallow, Hirundo rustica
  • barnstormers — Plural form of barnstormer.
  • barnstorming — A barnstorming performance is full of energy and very exciting to watch.
  • barodynamics — the branch of mechanics concerned with heavy structures
  • 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
  • base station — a fixed transmitter that forms part of an otherwise mobile radio network
  • base-pairing — the process of binding separate DNA sequences by base pairs.
  • baselessness — The state or quality of being baseless.
  • basementless — without a basement
  • basification — the process of making something alkaline
  • basilic vein — a large vein situated on the inner side of the arm
  • basing point — a geographical location from which freight charges are computed by the seller regardless of the point from which the goods are shipped.
  • basketmaking — The construction of baskets, especially by traditional means.
  • basset hound — A basset hound is a dog with short strong legs, a long body, and long ears. It is kept as a pet or used for hunting.
  • 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.
  • bastinadoing — Present participle of bastinado.
  • bathing suit — A bathing suit is a piece of clothing which people wear when they go swimming.
  • battlefronts — Plural form of battlefront.
  • battlewagons — Plural form of battlewagon.
  • beaconsfield — a town in SE England, in Buckinghamshire. Pop: 12 292 (2001)
  • bean sprouts — the sprouts of newly germinated mung beans, eaten as a vegetable, esp in Chinese dishes
  • bean-shooter — peashooter.
  • bear witness — to give written or oral testimony
  • bearableness — The characteristic of being bearable.
  • beardtongues — Plural form of beardtongue.
  • bearskin rug — the pelt of a bear, used as a rug
  • beauty salon — A beauty salon is the same as a beauty parlour.
  • bed of nails — a situation or position of extreme difficulty
  • bell gardens — a town in SW California, near Los Angeles.
  • benefactress — a female benefactor
  • bernese alps — a mountain range in SW Switzerland, the N central part of the Alps. Highest peak: Finsteraarhorn, 4274 m (14 022 ft)
  • bernina alps — a mountain group in SE Switzerland, extending from the Rhateian Alps on the Italian border. Highest peak, Piz Bernina, 13,304 feet (4055 meters).
  • bernina pass — a pass in the Alps between SE Switzerland and N Italy, east of Piz Bernina. Height: 2323 m (7622 ft)
  • beta orionis — Rigel
  • beta testing — (programming)   Evaluation of a pre-release (potentially unreliable) version of a piece of software (or possibly hardware) by making it available to selected users ("beta testers") before it goes on general distribution. Beta testign aims to discover bugs that only occur in certain environments or under certain patterns of use, while reducing the volume of feedback to a manageable level. The testers benefit by having earlier access to new products, features and fixes. Beta testing may be preceded by "alpha testing", performed in-house by a handful of users (e.g. other developers or friends), who can be expected to give rapid, high quality feedback on design and usability. Once the product is considered to be usable for its intended purpose it then moves on to "beta testing" by a larger, but typically still limited, number of ordinary users, who may include external customers. Some companies such as Google or Degree Jungle stretch the definition, claiming their products are "in beta" for many months by millions of users. The term derives from early 1960s terminology for product cycle checkpoints, first used at IBM but later standard throughout the industry. "Alpha test" was the unit test, module test or component test phase; "Beta Test" was initial system test. These themselves came from earlier A- and B-tests for hardware. The A-test was a feasibility and manufacturability evaluation done before any commitment to design and development. The B-test was a demonstration that the engineering model functioned as specified. The C-test (corresponding to today's beta) was the B-test performed on early samples of the production design.
  • beta version — beta testing
  • bhubaneshwar — a state in E India. 60,136 sq. mi. (155,752 sq. km). Capital: Bhubaneshwar.
  • bias binding — a strip of material cut on the bias for extra stretch and often doubled, used for binding hems, interfacings, etc, or for decoration
  • bien pensant — a right-thinking person
  • bilingualism — Bilingualism is the ability to speak two languages equally well.
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