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12-letter words containing b, e, r, s

  • battle dress — military field uniform and accouterments, generally camouflaged and stripped of all ornamentation.
  • battlefronts — Plural form of battlefront.
  • beachcombers — Plural form of beachcomber.
  • beamsplitter — Alternative spelling of beam splitter.
  • bean sprouts — the sprouts of newly germinated mung beans, eaten as a vegetable, esp in Chinese dishes
  • bean-shooter — peashooter.
  • bear witness — to give written or oral testimony
  • bearableness — The characteristic of being bearable.
  • bearded seal — a large gray-to-golden seal, Erignathus barbatus, inhabiting the Arctic Ocean and adjacent waters, having square foreflippers and a thick mustache of long bristles on each side of the muzzle.
  • beardtongues — Plural form of beardtongue.
  • bearskin rug — the pelt of a bear, used as a rug
  • beaufort sea — part of the Arctic Ocean off the N coast of North America
  • 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)
  • beauty strip — a narrow forest corridor left uncut alongside a road or body of water.
  • beaver falls — a city in W Pennsylvania.
  • beaver state — Oregon (used as a nickname).
  • bed of roses — If you say that a situation is not a bed of roses, you mean that it is not as pleasant as it seems, and that there are some unpleasant aspects to it.
  • bedfordshire — a county of S central England, administered since 2009 by the unitary authorities of Bedford and Central Bedfordshire: mainly low-lying, with the Chiltern Hills in the south: the geographical county includes Luton, which became a separate unitary authority in 1997. Area (excluding Luton): 1192 sq km (460 sq miles)
  • bedroom eyes — sexy eyes
  • beggar-ticks — any of various plants, such as the bur marigold and tick trefoil, having fruits or seeds that cling to clothing, fur, etc
  • behaviourism — Behaviourism is the belief held by some psychologists that the only valid method of studying the psychology of people or animals is to observe how they behave.
  • bell gardens — a town in SW California, near Los Angeles.
  • belligerents — warlike; given to waging war.
  • belly-buster — belly flop.
  • below stairs — People sometimes use below stairs to refer to the servants in a rich household and the things that are connected with them.
  • belteshazzar — the Babylonian name given to Daniel. Dan. 1:7.
  • benefactress — a female benefactor
  • bernese alps — a mountain range in SW Switzerland, the N central part of the Alps. Highest peak: Finsteraarhorn, 4274 m (14 022 ft)
  • bernina alps — a mountain group in SE Switzerland, extending from the Rhateian Alps on the Italian border. Highest peak, Piz Bernina, 13,304 feet (4055 meters).
  • bernina pass — a pass in the Alps between SE Switzerland and N Italy, east of Piz Bernina. Height: 2323 m (7622 ft)
  • berwickshire — (until 1975) a county of SE Scotland: part of the Borders region from 1975 to 1996, now part of Scottish Borders council area
  • beta orionis — Rigel
  • beta version — beta testing
  • beth midrash — a place where Jews gather to study the Talmud and other religious writings; a small synagogue.
  • bevel square — a woodworker's square with an adjustable arm that can be set to mark out an angle or to check the slope of a surface
  • bhubaneshwar — a state in E India. 60,136 sq. mi. (155,752 sq. km). Capital: Bhubaneshwar.
  • bib overalls — overall (def 3a).
  • bicameralism — having two branches, chambers, or houses, as a legislative body.
  • bichon frise — a small white poodle-like dog of European origin, with a silky, loosely curling coat
  • bilateralism — the practice of being bilateral
  • bio-security — the precautions taken to protect against the spread of lethal or harmful organisms and diseases
  • biochemistry — Biochemistry is the study of the chemical processes that happen in living things.
  • biodiversity — Biodiversity is the existence of a wide variety of plant and animal species living in their natural environment.
  • bioterrorism — Bioterrorism is terrorism that involves the use of biological weapons.
  • bird nesting — the activity of searching for birds' nests as a hobby
  • bird-s--nest — nest (def 1).
  • bird-spotter — a bird-watcher
  • 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
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