12-letter words containing a, p, e, r
- 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
- bobbery pack — a mixed pack of hunting dogs, often not belonging to any of the hound breeds
- body repairs — repairs to the bodywork of cars
- boobytrapped — to set with or as if with a booby trap; attach a booby trap to or in.
- boot-scraper — a contraption consisting of an upright metal shape formerly placed outside some houses to enable people to scrape the mud from their boots before going in
- bottle party — a party to which guests bring drink
- brachycephal — a person with a brachycephalic head
- bracket lamp — a wall light that is attached to the wall by a bracket
- brain-picker — the act of obtaining information or ideas by questioning another person.
- branch depot — one of a several depots receiving stock from the same central supplier
- brass plaque — a brass plate screwed to a wall or other structure and engraved with a name or other information, esp to commemorate an important event
- breastplough — a plough driven by the worker's breast, often used to pare turf
- breath group — a sequence of sounds articulated in the course of a single exhalation; an utterance or part of an utterance produced between pauses for breath.
- brenner pass — a pass over the E Alps, between Austria and Italy. Highest point: 1372 m (4501 ft)
- brevipennate — (of flightless birds) short-winged
- bridge a gap — to remedy a deficiency
- bridge party — a gathering for the purpose of playing bridge
- broad jumper — a participant in the long jump.
- buck private — a common soldier
- bumper guard — either of two vertical crosspieces attached to a bumper of a motor vehicle to prevent it from locking bumpers with another vehicle.
- bumping race — (esp at Oxford and Cambridge) a race in which rowing eights start an equal distance one behind the other and each tries to bump the boat in front
- butter paper — a semi-transparent, waterproof paper used for wrapping butter, etc
- calendar api — Calendar Application Programming Interface
- caliper rule — a graduated rule with one sliding jaw and one that is stationary
- calligraphed — Simple past tense and past participle of calligraph.
- calligrapher — A calligrapher is a person skilled in the art of calligraphy.
- caloreceptor — a receptor stimulated by heat.
- camber piece — a centering for a flat arch, slightly crowned to allow for settling of the arch.
- camelopardus — a faint extensive constellation in the N hemisphere close to Ursa Major and Cassiopeia
- camera phone — A camera phone is a mobile phone that can also take photographs.
- camerapeople — a person who operates a camera, especially a movie or TV camera.
- cameraperson — a camera operator
- camper truck — a pickup truck having a camper mounted on the truck body.
- camphor tree — a lauraceous evergreen E Asian tree, Cinnamomum camphora, whose aromatic wood yields camphor
- campo grande — a city in SW Brazil, capital of Mato Grosso do Sul state on the São Paulo–Corumbá railway: market centre. Pop: 746 000 (2005 est)
- campodeiform — resembling insects of the genus Campodea
- cancerphobia — an excessive fear of getting cancer
- candy stripe — a pattern of bright stripes of one color against a plain background, used chiefly in fabrics.
- canine corps — a military or law enforcement body which uses dogs for the detection of explosives or drugs or for security, tracking, etc
- canton crepe — a fine crinkled silk or rayon crepe fabric, slightly heavier than crepe de Chine
- cape colored — a South African of mixed European and African or Malayan ancestry.
- cape comorin — a headland at the southernmost point of India, in Tamil Nadu state
- cape nordkyn — a cape in N Norway: the northernmost point of the European mainland
- cape ortegal — a cape in NW Spain, projecting into the Bay of Biscay
- cape sparrow — a sparrow, Passer melanurus, very common in southern Africa: family Ploceidae
- cape verdean — of or relating to Cape Verde or its inhabitants
- cape-froward — Cape, a cape in S Chile, on the Strait of Magellan: southernmost point of mainland South America.
- caper family — the plant family Capparidaceae (or Capparaceae), characterized by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees having alternate, simple, or palmate leaves, irregular flowers with four petals, and fruit in the form of elongated capsules or berries, including the caper and cleome.
- caper spurge — a spurge, Euphorbia lathyris, producing latex that is considered a possible source of crude oil and gasoline.
- capercaillie — a large European woodland grouse, Tetrao urogallus, having a black plumage and fan-shaped tail in the male