12-letter words containing b, a, i, r, n
- attributions — Plural form of attribution.
- b'nai b'rith — a Jewish fraternal organization founded in New York in 1843, having moral, philanthropic, social, educational, and political aims
- babe-in-arms — a young baby that has to be carried
- baby monitor — a device that transmits sounds made by a baby to another room
- backbreaking — demanding great effort; exhausting
- backcrossing — (genetics) The crossing of a hybrid with one of its parents or an individual genetically similar to its parent.
- backstarting — a marketing technique in publishing, whereby new customers are sent back issues of magazines or journals as part of their subscription
- backtracking — to return over the same course or route.
- bacon-slicer — a machine for cutting bacon into slices
- báinín skirt — a skirt made of this material
- bairnsfather — Bruce. 1888–1959, British cartoonist, born in India: best known for his cartoons of the war in the trenches during World War I
- baker island — an island in the central Pacific near the equator, belonging to the U.S. 1 sq. mi. (2.6 sq. km).
- baldwin park — city in SW Calif.: suburb of Los Angeles: pop. 76,000
- ball bearing — Ball bearings are small metal balls placed between the moving parts of a machine to make the parts move smoothly.
- ball turning — the turning of arms or legs on furniture to make them resemble a continuous row of balls.
- balloon tire — a wide, deep-walled pneumatic tire with relatively low air pressure to lessen the shock of bumps
- bandaranaike — Chandrika
- banderillero — a bullfighter's assistant who sticks banderillas into the bull
- bandjarmasin — Banjarmasin
- bandjermasin — a seaport on the S coast of Borneo, in Indonesia.
- bankruptcies — Plural form of bankruptcy.
- 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
- barbarianism — a person in a savage, primitive state; uncivilized person.
- barbarianize — to make barbarian.
- bargain away — to lose or renounce (freedom, rights, etc) in return for something valueless or of little value
- bargain sale — an event at which goods are sold at low prices, usually to clear old stocks
- bariatrician — a physician who specializes in bariatrics.
- barium enema — an injection into the rectum of a preparation of barium sulphate, which is opaque to X-rays, before X-raying the lower alimentary canal
- barking deer — muntjac.
- barking frog — a robber frog, Hylactophryne augusti, of Texas, New Mexico, and Mexico, having a call like a dog's bark.
- barn dancing — the act of performing a progressive round country dance
- 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.
- barnstorming — A barnstorming performance is full of energy and very exciting to watch.
- barodynamics — the branch of mechanics concerned with heavy structures
- barranquilla — a port in N Colombia, on the Magdalena River. Pop: 1 918 000 (2005 est)
- barrow point — the northernmost tip of Alaska, on the Arctic Ocean
- base pairing — the hydrogen bonding that occurs between complementary nitrogenous bases in the two polynucleotide chains of a DNA molecule
- base-pairing — the process of binding separate DNA sequences by base pairs.
- 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.
- bat printing — ornamenting of ceramics by means of an adhesive substance, as linseed oil, transferred onto the ceramic surface from a sheet of glue or gelatin, dusted with color, and fired.
- bathing wrap — a loose robe to wear after bathing, often made of towelling
- bear in mind — to remember
- bear witness — to give written or oral testimony
- bear-baiting — (formerly) an entertainment in which dogs attacked and enraged a chained bear
- bearing down — to hold up; support: to bear the weight of the roof.
- bearing pile — a foundation pile that supports weight vertically
- bearing rail — a transverse rail carrying a drawer or drawers.
- bearing rein — a rein from the bit to the saddle, designed to keep the horse's head in the desired position