12-letter words containing b, a, n, s
- assibilation — (linguistics) A sound change resulting in a sibilant consonant, commonly the final phase of palatalization.
- assumed bond — a bond issued by one corporation and assumed as an obligation by another.
- assurbanipal — Ashurbanipal
- astonishable — (obsolete) Astonishing.
- attributions — Plural form of attribution.
- avowableness — the quality or condition of being avowable
- babe-in-arms — a young baby that has to be carried
- backbenchers — Plural form of backbencher.
- backboneless — lacking backbone; cowardly
- backcrossing — (genetics) The crossing of a hybrid with one of its parents or an individual genetically similar to its parent.
- backslapping — Backslapping is noisy, cheerful behavior which people use in order to show affection or appreciation to each other.
- backslashing — Present participle of backslash.
- backsolution — The process or result of backsolving.
- backstabbing — Backstabbing consists of unkind and disloyal actions or remarks that are likely to harm someone such as a friend or colleague.
- backstarting — a marketing technique in publishing, whereby new customers are sent back issues of magazines or journals as part of their subscription
- backstopping — a wall, wire screen, or the like, serving to prevent a ball from going too far beyond the normal playing area.
- backswordman — a person who uses a backsword.
- backwardness — toward the back or rear.
- backwoodsman — Backwoodsmen are people, especially politicians, who like the old ways of doing things, or who are involved in an organization at a local level.
- backwoodsmen — Plural form of backwoodsman.
- bacon-slicer — a machine for cutting bacon into slices
- bad scran to — bad luck to
- badger skunk — hog-nosed skunk (def 1).
- badger-skunk — Also called badger skunk, rooter skunk. a large, naked-muzzled skunk, Conepatus mesoleucus, common in the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having a black coat with one broad white stripe down the back and tail.
- bag snatcher — a thief whose main tactic is to grab women's handbags and run off with them
- 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
- bait casting — the act or technique of casting an artificial or natural lure attached to a silk or nylon line wound on a reel having a revolving spool, the rod used being shorter and less flexible than that used in fly casting.
- bait-casting — designating fishing equipment designed for use with live bait or artificial lures, in which the weight of the bait or lure pulls the line from a winch-type reel, as during casting or trolling
- baker island — an island in the central Pacific near the equator, belonging to the U.S. 1 sq. mi. (2.6 sq. km).
- baker's oven — an oven used esp for baking bread
- baking sheet — A baking sheet is a flat piece of metal on which you bake foods such as biscuits or pies in an oven.
- balinese cat — a breed of cat with medium-length silky hair, a plumed tail, blue eyes, large ears, and a dark mask, tail, and paws
- ballanwrasse — a slow-growing fish (Labrus bergylta) found in rocky waters
- ballast line — the level to which a vessel is immersed when in ballast.
- balletomanes — Plural form of balletomane.
- balloon sail — a large light bellying sail used in light winds
- balloon seat — (on some 18th-century chairs) a seat having an outline resembling that of a bell.
- banach space — a vector space on which a norm is defined that is complete.
- banana shrub — a tall Chinese shrub, Michelia figo, of the magnolia family, having cream-yellow flowers with a reddish edge and a strong banana odor.
- banana split — A banana split is a kind of dessert. It consists of a banana cut in half along its length, with ice cream, nuts, and sauce on top.
- bandar abbas — a seaport in S Iran.
- bandersnatch — a fictional creature created by Lewis Carroll in his poem Jabberwocky, and appearing also in The Hunting of the Snark and Through the Looking-Glass
- bandjarmasin — Banjarmasin
- bandjermasin — a seaport on the S coast of Borneo, in Indonesia.
- bandoneonist — One who plays the bandoneon.
- bank charges — penalties charged by a bank to a customer, for example when the customer's account is overdrawn or if a cheque is not honoured
- bank deposit — money placed in a bank account
- bank swallow — a swallow, Riparia riparia, of the Northern Hemisphere, that nests in tunnels dug in sand or clay banks.
- bankruptcies — Plural form of bankruptcy.