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12-letter words containing a, s, e, o

  • barge course — the overhang of the gable end of a roof
  • barnstormers — Plural form of barnstormer.
  • barophoresis — the diffusion of suspended particles at a rate dependent on external forces
  • barquisimeto — a city in NW Venezuela. Pop: 1 009 000 (2005 est)
  • base bullion — smelted lead containing impurities, as gold, silver, or zinc, that are later removed.
  • base station — a fixed transmitter that forms part of an otherwise mobile radio network
  • basidiospore — one of the spores, usually four in number, produced in a basidium
  • 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.
  • bastel house — (on the Anglo-Scottish border) a partly fortified house, usually with a vaulted ground floor.
  • batter's box — box1 (def 16a).
  • battlefronts — Plural form of battlefront.
  • battlewagons — Plural form of battlewagon.
  • be at a loss — If you say that you are at a loss, you mean that you do not know what to do in a particular situation.
  • beachcombers — Plural form of beachcomber.
  • beaconsfield — a town in SE England, in Buckinghamshire. Pop: 12 292 (2001)
  • beam compass — an instrument for drawing large circles or arcs, consisting of a horizontal beam along which two vertical legs slide
  • bean sprouts — the sprouts of newly germinated mung beans, eaten as a vegetable, esp in Chinese dishes
  • bean-shooter — peashooter.
  • beardtongues — Plural form of beardtongue.
  • beaufort sea — part of the Arctic Ocean off the N coast of North America
  • beauty salon — A beauty salon is the same as a beauty parlour.
  • bed of nails — a situation or position of extreme difficulty
  • behaviourism — Behaviourism is the belief held by some psychologists that the only valid method of studying the psychology of people or animals is to observe how they behave.
  • 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
  • bib overalls — overall (def 3a).
  • bill of sale — a deed transferring personal property, either outright or as security for a loan or debt
  • biomagnetics — the study of magnetic fields as a form of therapy
  • biomagnetism — animal magnetism.
  • biomechanics — the study of the mechanics of the movement of living organisms
  • biosatellite — an artificial satellite for carrying living organisms
  • bitter aloes — a bitter purgative drug made from the leaves of several species of aloe
  • 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 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.
  • blanket toss — a game in which a person is repeatedly tossed into the air and caught on an open blanket by a group of people who hold the blanket at its edges and stretch and relax it for each toss and catch.
  • blastocoelic — of or relating to the blastocoel
  • blastomycete — any of a genus (Blastomyces) of yeastlike imperfect fungi that cause diseases in people and animals
  • blastosphere — blastula
  • blood sample — an amount of a person's blood taken from their body for use in medical tests
  • bloodstained — Someone or something that is bloodstained is covered with blood.
  • body repairs — repairs to the bodywork of cars
  • body scanner — a machine using X-rays and a computer, used in medicine to look for signs of disease, or in security operations to look for drugs, weapons, etc
  • bog asphodel — either of two liliaceous plants, Narthecium ossifragum of Europe or N. americanum of North America, that grow in boggy places and have small yellow flowers and grasslike leaves
  • bog rosemary — any of several species (genus Andromeda) of evergreen shrubs of the heath family, native to cold bogs of North America and Europe, with pink flowers and narrow leaves
  • bombacaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Bombacaceae, a family of tropical trees, including the kapok tree and baobab, that have very thick stems, often with water-storing tissue
  • bond servant — a person who serves in bondage; slave.
  • bonnet glass — monteith (def 2).
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