12-letter words containing b, c, h
- barrel chair — a kind of upholstered chair with an upright, rounded back
- basic weight — basis weight.
- 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
- bathetically — in a bathetic fashion
- bathochromic — denoting or relating to a shift to a longer wavelength in the absorption spectrum of a compound
- bathtub race — a sailing race between bathtubs fitted with outboard motors
- bathygraphic — of or relating to the depths of the ocean
- bathypelagic — of, relating to, or inhabiting the lower depths of the ocean between approximately 1000 and 4000 metres
- bathyscaphes — Plural form of bathyscaphe.
- baton charge — A baton charge is an attacking forward movement made by a large group of policemen carrying batons.
- be no slouch — If you say that someone is no slouch at a particular activity, you mean that they are skilful at it or are willing to work hard at it.
- beach-comber — a person who lives by gathering salable articles of jetsam, refuse, etc., from beaches.
- beach-la-mar — an English-based creole language spoken in Vanuatu and Fiji, and formerly much more widespread
- beachcombers — Plural form of beachcomber.
- beachcombing — The action of a beachcomber.
- beacon light — a light signal for shipping
- beaumarchais — Pierre Augustin Caron de (pjɛr oɡystɛ̃ karɔ̃ də). 1732–99, French dramatist, noted for his comedies The Barber of Seville (1775) and The Marriage of Figaro (1784)
- beaver cloth — beaver1 (def 8).
- beche-de-mer — trepang
- bechuanaland — former British territory (1884-1966) in S Africa: now the country of Botswana
- beech marten — stone marten.
- behenic acid — a crystalline, saturated fatty acid, C 22 H 44 O 2 , obtained from plant sources, used chiefly in the manufacture of cosmetics, waxes, and plasticizers.
- bell the cat — to undertake a very dangerous mission
- belly-aching — Informal. a pain in the abdomen or bowels.
- bench jockey — a player on the bench who taunts opposing players, the officials, etc.
- bench-warmer — a substitute who rarely gets to play in a game.
- benchmarking — In business, benchmarking is a process in which a company compares its products and methods with those of the most successful companies in its field, in order to try to improve its own performance.
- berlichingen — Götz von (ɡœts fɔn), called the Iron Hand. 1480–1562, German warrior knight, who robbed merchants and kidnapped nobles for ransom
- berwickshire — (until 1975) a county of SE Scotland: part of the Borders region from 1975 to 1996, now part of Scottish Borders council area
- beseechingly — to implore urgently: They besought him to go at once.
- beyond reach — inaccessible
- bible school — a school or study program devoted to Bible study, esp at a church
- bibliophilic — pertaining to a bibliophile
- bibliothecal — relating to a bibliotheca
- bichon frise — a small white poodle-like dog of European origin, with a silky, loosely curling coat
- bicycle path — a path designed for bicyclists
- bicycle shed — a shed for bicycle storage
- bicycle shop — a shop that sells and usually repairs bicycles and bicycle parts
- bimorph cell — a piezoelectric transducer consisting of two crystals cemented together, used in microphones, headphones, loudspeakers, etc. to convert vibrations into a voltage output or to convert a signal voltage into vibrations that can produce audible sounds
- biochemistry — Biochemistry is the study of the chemical processes that happen in living things.
- biographical — Biographical facts, notes, or details are concerned with the events in someone's life.
- biomechanics — the study of the mechanics of the movement of living organisms
- biorhythmics — the study of biorhythms
- biosynthetic — of, relating to, or characterized by biosynthesis, the formation of chemical compounds by a living organism, or a laboratory process modeled after these reactions in living organisms.
- biotechnical — relating to biotechnology
- birch family — the plant family Betulaceae, characterized by deciduous trees having simple serrate leaves, male flowers in drooping catkins, female flowers in short clusters, and one-seeded nuts, and including the alder, birch, hazel, and hornbeam.
- 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.
- birth defect — an inherited disease or condition that a baby is born with