12-letter words containing b, a, n
- antidiabetic — a drug which acts against diabetes
- antifebriles — Plural form of antifebrile.
- antigambling — opposed to gambling
- antiglobulin — a serum containing an antibody specific to an immunoglobulin
- antikickback — acting against or opposed to bribery
- antimetabole — the repetition of words in reverse order for emphasis
- antimicrobic — Antimicrobial.
- antiparabema — either of two chapels at the west end of an Armenian or Byzantine church.
- antiroll bar — a horizontal bar in the suspension system of some automotive vehicles, that stabilizes the body of the vehicle and thereby reduces sway, esp. during turns
- antisociable — Antisocial.
- antisway bar — stabilizer bar.
- antithrombin — a substance that counteracts the action of thrombin, preventing the formation of blood clots
- antwerp blue — any of several iron-blue pigments, usually containing a considerable amount of extender.
- anything but — You use anything but in expressions such as anything but quiet and anything but attractive to emphasize that something is not the case.
- apple brandy — an alcoholic liquor made with apples
- approbations — approval; commendation.
- arabian gulf — an arm of the Arabian Sea, between SW Iran and Arabia. 600 miles (965 km) long.
- arabica bean — a high-quality coffee bean, obtained from the tree Coffea arabica
- arachnophobe — a person who is afraid of spiders
- arba kanfoth — a rectangular piece of cloth with fringes at the four corners and a hole in the center for the head, worn under the clothes by Orthodox Jewish males.
- arbitrations — Plural form of arbitration.
- arborescence — treelike in size and form.
- arborization — a branching treelike appearance in certain fossils and minerals
- archibenthos — the ocean bottom between the littoral and abyssal zones: from depths of approximately 200 feet (60 meters) to 3300 feet (1000 meters).
- area bombing — aerial bombing in which bombs are dropped over the general area of a target.
- around about — Around about means approximately.
- ashurbanipal — died ?626 bc, king of Assyria (?668–?626): son of Esarhaddon. He built the magnificent palace and library at Nineveh
- assassin bug — any long-legged predatory, often blood-sucking, insect of the heteropterous family Reduviidae
- 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.
- atrabilarian — Characterized by melancholy or glum; atrabilarious; atrabilious.
- attenborough — Sir David. born 1926, British naturalist and broadcaster; noted esp for his TV series Life on Earth (1978), The Living Planet (1983), The Life of Birds (1998), The Life of Mammals (2002), and First Life (2010)
- attributions — Plural form of attribution.
- autoantibody — an antibody reacting with an antigen that is a part of the organism in which the antibody is formed
- automobiling — (dated) present participle of automobile.
- avowableness — the quality or condition of being avowable
- b'nai b'rith — a Jewish fraternal organization founded in New York in 1843, having moral, philanthropic, social, educational, and political aims
- baba gannouj — a salad of cooked eggplant, olive oil, garlic, etc.
- baba ghanouj — a Middle Eastern dish, a puree of broiled eggplant usually with garlic, lemon juice, and tahini, eaten with pita as an appetizer
- babe-in-arms — a young baby that has to be carried
- babian jiang — a river in S China, flowing SE to the Red River in N Vietnam. 500 miles (805 km) long.
- babingtonite — a rare, slightly magnetic, black or dark green silicate mineral, Ca2Fe2Si5O14OH, found in cavities in volcanic rock
- baby monitor — a device that transmits sounds made by a baby to another room
- baby-bouncer — a seat on springs suspended from a door frame, etc, in which a baby may be placed for exercise
- baccalaurean — of a baccalaureate
- bacchanalian — characterized by or involving drunken revelry
- back channel — an unofficial, often secret, means of communication
- back country — The back country is an area that is a long way from any city and has very few people living in it.