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12-letter words containing b, e, n, i

  • bournonville — Auguste [French oh-gyst] /French oʊˈgüst/ (Show IPA), 1805–79, Danish ballet dancer and choreographer.
  • bowdlerizing — to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
  • box magazine — a rectangular cartridge holder in a submachine or light machine gun.
  • boxing glove — Boxing gloves are big padded gloves worn for boxing.
  • bradykinesia — abnormal slowness of physical movement, esp as an effect of Parkinson's disease
  • bradykinetic — slowness of movement, as found, for example, in Parkinson's disease.
  • brain damage — If someone suffers brain damage, their brain is damaged by an illness or injury so that they cannot function normally.
  • brain freeze — Also called ice-cream headache. a pain in the temples and forehead brought on by quickly consuming very cold food or drink.
  • brain teaser — A brain teaser is a question, problem, or puzzle that is difficult to answer or solve, but is not serious or important.
  • brain-picker — the act of obtaining information or ideas by questioning another person.
  • brain-teaser — a puzzle or problem whose solution requires great ingenuity.
  • brainstormer — a person who brainstorms
  • brake lining — a curved thin strip of an asbestos composition riveted to a brake shoe to provide it with a renewable surface
  • braunschweig — Brunswick
  • brazilianite — a mineral, sodium aluminum phosphate, Na 2 Al 6 P 4 O 16 (OH) 8 , occurring in yellow-green crystals with a vitreous luster: used as a gem.
  • breadwinning — a person who earns a livelihood, especially one who also supports dependents.
  • breakdancing — a type of vigorous dance
  • breathtaking — If you say that something is breathtaking, you are emphasizing that it is extremely beautiful or amazing.
  • breckinridge — John Cabell1821-75; vice president of the U.S. (1857-61); Confederate general
  • brevipennate — (of flightless birds) short-winged
  • brick veneer — (in Australia) a timber-framed house with a brick exterior
  • bridle joint — a heading joint in which the end of one member, notched to form two parallel tenons, is fitted into two gains cut into the edges of a second member.
  • brilliantine — a perfumed oil used to make the hair smooth and shiny
  • brine shrimp — any of a genus (Artemia) of small fairy shrimp found in salt lakes and marshes and used as living, frozen, or dried food in aquariums
  • brinell test — a test for determining the relative hardness (Brinell hardness) of a metal by measuring the diameter of the indentation made when a hardened steel ball is forced into the metal under a given pressure: the measure of hardness (Brinell number) is equal to the load in kilograms divided by the surface area in square millimeters of the indentation
  • brisbane box — a broad-leaved evergreen tree, Tristania conferta, native to Australia, having a deciduous outer bark.
  • broad-minded — If you describe someone as broad-minded, you approve of them because they are willing to accept types of behaviour which other people consider immoral.
  • broken-field — of or having to do with running in which the ball carrier zigzags so as to go past defenders and avoid being tackled by them
  • bronchogenic — bronchial in origin
  • browser skin — a changeable decorative background for a browser
  • brunelleschi — Filippo (fiˈlippo). 1377–1446, Italian architect, whose works in Florence include the dome of the cathedral, the Pazzi chapel of Santa Croce, and the church of San Lorenzo
  • bubble point — the temperature at which bubbles just start to appear in a heated liquid mixture
  • buccaneering — If you describe someone as buccaneering, you mean that they enjoy being involved in risky or even dishonest activities, especially in order to make money.
  • buccaneerish — of or relating to a buccaneer
  • buenos aires — the capital of Argentina, a major port and industrial city on the Río de la Plata estuary: became capital in 1880; university (1821). Pop: 13 349 000 (2005 est)
  • bull session — A bull session is an informal conversation among a small group of people.
  • bullet point — A bullet point is one of a series of important items for discussion or action in a document, usually marked by a square or round symbol.
  • bullet train — a passenger train that travels at very high speed
  • bumping race — (esp at Oxford and Cambridge) a race in which rowing eights start an equal distance one behind the other and each tries to bump the boat in front
  • bunny boiler — a person, esp a woman, who is considered to be emotionally unstable and likely to be dangerously vengeful
  • burnt sienna — a reddish-brown dye or pigment obtained by roasting raw sienna in a furnace
  • bush singlet — a black woollen singlet often worn by farm labourers
  • business end — The business end of a tool or weapon is the end of it which does the work or causes damage rather than the end that you hold.
  • businesslike — If you describe someone as businesslike, you mean that they deal with things in an efficient way without wasting time.
  • butter icing — a mixture of butter and icing sugar used for filling or topping cakes
  • butter knife — a knife, often with a curved tip, used for picking up butter at a table
  • buying order — an order to buy a certain security
  • buying power — the amount of services or goods a company, person, group or currency is able to purchase
  • buying spree — the hurried acquisition by a company, of goods, assets, or other companies
  • buying-power — Also called buying power. the ability to purchase goods and services.
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