12-letter words containing b, e, i, r
- bipropellant — a rocket propellant consisting of two substances, usually a fuel and an oxidizer
- bird colonel — a full colonel in the US Army
- bird fancier — a person who keeps, breeds, or sells birds
- bird nesting — the activity of searching for birds' nests as a hobby
- bird of prey — A bird of prey is a bird such as an eagle or a hawk that kills and eats other birds and animals.
- bird watcher — a person who identifies and observes birds in their natural habitat as a recreation.
- bird-brained — silly; stupid
- bird-s--nest — nest (def 1).
- bird-spotter — a bird-watcher
- bird-watcher — A bird-watcher is a person whose hobby is watching and studying wild birds in their natural surroundings.
- birket karun — a lake in N Egypt. 25 miles (40 km) long; about 5 miles (8 km) wide; 90 sq. mi. (233 sq. km).
- birth defect — an inherited disease or condition that a baby is born with
- birth father — a biological mother (birth mother) or biological father (birth father) a biological parent.
- birth mother — the woman who gives birth to a child, regardless of whether she is the genetic mother or subsequently brings up the child
- birth parent — a biological mother (birth mother) or biological father (birth father) a biological parent.
- birth weight — the amount a baby weighs when first born
- biscay green — a yellowish green.
- biscuit ware — unglazed earthenware
- bismarck sea — an arm of the Pacific Ocean north of New Britain and north-east of New Guinea
- bitter aloes — a bitter purgative drug made from the leaves of several species of aloe
- bitter apple — colocynth
- bitter cress — any plant belonging to the genus Cardamine, of the mustard family, having usually pinnate leaves and clusters of white, pink, or purple flowers.
- bitter lakes — two lakes, the Great Bitter Lake and Little Bitter Lake in NE Egypt: part of the Suez Canal
- bitter lemon — a non-alcoholic, fizzy drink with a lemon flavour
- bitter melon — balsam pear.
- bitter-ender — a person who persists in a hopeless cause; one who will not give in
- black heroin — a very potent and addictive form of heroin that is dark-colored.
- black prince — Edward2 (Prince of Wales)
- black-figure — pertaining to or designating a style of vase painting developed in Greece in the 7th and 6th centuries b.c., chiefly characterized by silhouetted figures painted in black slip on a red clay body, details incised into the design, and a two-dimensional structure of form and space.
- blatherskite — a talkative silly person
- blaue reiter — der Blaue Reiter. a group of German expressionist painters formed in Munich in 1911, including Kandinsky and Klee, who sought to express the spiritual side of man and nature, which they felt had been neglected by impressionism
- bleeder tile — a terra-cotta pipe for conveying water from a drainage tile to a sewer or drain.
- bletheration — nonsense!
- blind corner — a corner where the view of the road ahead is completely obscured or very restricted
- blind roller — a long ocean swell that rises almost to breaking as it passes over shoals.
- 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
- blister rust — a disease of certain pines caused by rust fungi of the genus Cronartium, causing swellings on the bark from which orange masses of spores are released
- blisteringly — causing a blister or blisters.
- blitzkrieged — blitz (defs 1, 2, 5).
- blood sister — a sister by birth
- blue pointer — a large shark, Isuropsis mako, of Australian coastal waters, having a blue back and pointed snout
- blue springs — a town in W Missouri.
- blue swimmer — an edible bluish Australian swimming crab, Portunus pelagicus
- blue vitriol — the fully hydrated blue crystalline form of copper sulphate
- blueprinting — a process of photographic printing, used chiefly in copying architectural and mechanical drawings, which produces a white line on a blue background.
- blues guitar — blues guitar music
- bluesnarfing — the practice of using one Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone to steal contact details, ring tones, images, etc from another
- body repairs — repairs to the bodywork of cars
- bog-iron ore — a deposit of impure limonite formed in low, wet areas.
- bognor regis — a resort in S England, in West Sussex on the English Channel: electronics industries. Regis was added to the name after King George V's convalescence there in 1929. Pop: 62 141 (2001)