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12-letter words containing a, t, e

  • basementless — without a basement
  • bashkirtseff — Marie, original name Marya Konstantinovna Bashkirtseva. 1858–84, Russian painter and diarist who wrote in French, noted esp for her Journal (1887)
  • basic weight — basis weight.
  • basis weight — the weight in pounds of a ream of paper of a basic size, usually 25 × 38 inches (63 × 96 cm) for book stock, 17 × 22 inches (43 × 55 cm) for writing stock, and 20 × 26 inches (50 × 66 cm) for cover stock.
  • basket catch — a catch made with open glove with the palm up and the wrist kept close to and in front of the body.
  • basket chair — a chair made of wickerwork; a wicker chair
  • basket maker — a member of an early Native American people of the southwestern US, preceding the Pueblo people, known for skill in basket-making
  • basket weave — a weave of fabrics resembling the weave used in basket making
  • basketballer — (informal) A basketball player; a person who plays basketball.
  • basketmaking — The construction of baskets, especially by traditional means.
  • basketweaver — a person who advocates simple, natural, and unsophisticated living
  • basmati rice — a variety of long-grain rice with slender aromatic grains, used for savoury dishes
  • basque shirt — a knitted pullover shirt having a crew neck, long or short sleeves, and a pattern of horizontal stripes.
  • basse-taille — of or relating to an enameling technique in which transparent enamels are fused over a background carved in low relief, or to a piece, as of jewelry, so enameled.
  • 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.
  • basset table — a card table of the early 18th century in England.
  • bastard file — a file of the commercial grade of coarseness between coarse and second-cut.
  • bastel house — (on the Anglo-Scottish border) a partly fortified house, usually with a vaulted ground floor.
  • bastille day — (in France) an annual holiday on July 14, commemorating the fall of the Bastille
  • bated breath — to moderate or restrain: unable to bate our enthusiasm.
  • bathetically — in a bathetic fashion
  • bathtub race — a sailing race between bathtubs fitted with outboard motors
  • bathypelagic — of, relating to, or inhabiting the lower depths of the ocean between approximately 1000 and 4000 metres
  • bathyscaphes — Plural form of bathyscaphe.
  • bathyspheres — Plural form of bathysphere.
  • baton charge — A baton charge is an attacking forward movement made by a large group of policemen carrying batons.
  • batten plate — (in structural design) a horizontal rectangular plate that is used to connect pairs of steel sections by being riveted or welded across them to form a composite section
  • batter board — (at a building site) one of a number of boards set horizontally to support strings for outlining the foundation plan of a building.
  • batter brace — a diagonal brace reinforcing one end of a truss.
  • batter bread — spoon bread.
  • batter's box — box1 (def 16a).
  • battery acid — acid used in batteries, esp car batteries
  • battery farm — a farm that uses batteries for raising poultry
  • battery fire — the firing of a battery of weapons
  • battery-park — The, a park at the S end of Manhattan, in New York City.
  • batting cage — a screen with three sides and a top, in which batters practice: it keeps missed and fouled pitches within its enclosure
  • battle array — the strategic arrangement of fighters and weapons in a battle
  • battle clasp — clasp (def 4).
  • battle creek — a city in S Michigan.
  • battle dress — military field uniform and accouterments, generally camouflaged and stripped of all ornamentation.
  • battle group — a group of warships usually consisting of at least one aircraft carrier, other surface ships, submarines, landing craft, etc
  • battle royal — a fight, esp with fists or cudgels, involving more than two combatants; melee
  • battle wagon — a battleship.
  • battlefields — Plural form of battlefield.
  • battlefronts — Plural form of battlefront.
  • battleground — A battleground is the same as a battlefield.
  • battlemented — Furnished with battlements, as the ramparts of a city or castle.
  • battlewagons — Plural form of battlewagon.
  • battleworthy — capable of engaging in combat; ready for battle: a decline in the nation's battleworthy forces.
  • bay rum tree — a tropical American myrtaceous tree, Pimenta racemosa, that yields an oil used in making bay rum
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