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12-letter words containing b, a, c, t, e, r

  • betacarotene — the most important form of the plant pigment carotene, which occurs in milk, vegetables, and other foods and, when eaten by man and animals, is converted in the body to vitamin A
  • biarticulate — having two joints, as the antennae of certain insects.
  • biauriculate — having two auricles or earlike parts
  • bicollateral — (of a vascular bundle) having two phloem groups to the inside and outside, respectively, of the xylem
  • biker jacket — a short, close-fitting leather jacket with zips and studs, often worn by motorcyclists
  • biometrician — a person who is knowledgeable about biometry
  • bird watcher — a person who identifies and observes birds in their natural habitat as a recreation.
  • bird-watcher — A bird-watcher is a person whose hobby is watching and studying wild birds in their natural surroundings.
  • biscuit ware — unglazed earthenware
  • black butter — beurre noir.
  • black forest — wooded mountain region in SW Germany
  • black letter — a kind of heavy-faced, ornamental printing type
  • black market — If something is bought or sold on the black market, it is bought or sold illegally.
  • black pewter — pewter composed of 60 percent tin and 40 percent lead.
  • black scoter — a scoter of Eurasia and North America, Melanitta nigra, the adult male of which is black.
  • black stream — a warm ocean current in the Pacific, flowing N along the E coast of Taiwan, NE along the E coast of Japan, and continuing in an easterly direction into the open Pacific.
  • black-market — to black-marketeer.
  • blackhearted — wicked; evil
  • 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
  • block heater — an electrically operated immersion heater fitted either to enter the water hose or the water jacket surrounding the cylinder block of a motor to warm the coolant in cold weather.
  • 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
  • borosilicate — a salt of boric and silicic acids
  • bracket foot — a corner foot of a chest or the like joining the sides in a concave line.
  • bracket lamp — a wall light that is attached to the wall by a bracket
  • bradykinetic — slowness of movement, as found, for example, in Parkinson's disease.
  • branch depot — one of a several depots receiving stock from the same central supplier
  • branch water — water from a stream, as opposed to mineral or soda water
  • breed of cat — type; sort; variety: The new airplane is a completely different breed of cat from any that has been designed before.
  • brevicaudate — having a short tail.
  • bromoacetone — a colorless and highly toxic liquid, CH 2 BrCOCH 3 , used as a lachrymatory compound in tear gas and chemical warfare gas.
  • buck private — a common soldier
  • bureaucratic — Bureaucratic means involving complicated rules and procedures which can cause long delays.
  • butter sauce — a sauce made of melted butter, often diluted with water, sometimes thickened with flour or egg yolk, or both, and seasoned with lemon juice.
  • c beautifier — (cb) A Unix tool for reformatting C source code.
  • cabbage tree — a tree, Cordyline australis, of New Zealand having a tall branchless trunk and a palmlike top
  • cabinetmaker — A cabinetmaker is a person who makes high-quality wooden furniture.
  • cacao butter — cocoa butter
  • cadet branch — the family or family branch of a younger son
  • caked breast — a painful hardening of one or more lobules of a lactating breast, caused by stagnation of milk in the secreting ducts and accumulation of blood in the expanded veins; stagnation mastitis.
  • canterburies — Plural form of canterbury.
  • captive-bred — bred in captivity
  • carbohydrate — Carbohydrates are substances, found in certain kinds of food, that provide you with energy. Foods such as sugar and bread that contain these substances can also be referred to as carbohydrates.
  • carbon steel — steel whose characteristics are determined by the amount of carbon it contains
  • carbonatites — Plural form of carbonatite.
  • carboxylated — Simple past tense and past participle of carboxylate.
  • carpetbagged — Simple past tense and past participle of carpetbag.
  • carpetbagger — If you call someone a carpetbagger, you disapprove of them because they are trying to become a politician in an area which is not their home, simply because they think they are more likely to succeed there.
  • carpetbeater — A tool used in housecleaning that was in common use before the invention of the vacuum cleaner.
  • carvel-built — (of a vessel) having a hull with planks made flush at the seams
  • catbird seat — an enviable position, as of power
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