12-letter words containing b, e, s, n
- bosom friend — an intimate friend
- bounce flash — a flash lamp designed to produce a bounced flash.
- bourbon rose — a hybrid rose, Rosa borboniana, having dark, carmine-colored flowers, cultivated in many horticultural varieties.
- bourne shell — (sh, Shellish). The original command-line interpreter shell and script language for Unix written by S.R. Bourne of Bell Laboratories in 1978. sh has been superseded for interactive use by the Berkeley C shell, csh but still widely used for writing shell scripts. There were even earlier shells, see glob. [Details?]
- bradmanesque — (of a batsman or innings) reminiscent of Sir Don Bradman in terms of dominance over the opposing bowlers
- bradykinesia — abnormal slowness of physical movement, esp as an effect of Parkinson's disease
- 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-teaser — a puzzle or problem whose solution requires great ingenuity.
- brainstormer — a person who brainstorms
- brassfounder — a person who makes things from brass
- braunschweig — Brunswick
- brenner pass — a pass over the E Alps, between Austria and Italy. Highest point: 1372 m (4501 ft)
- 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.
- bronchoscope — an instrument for examining and providing access to the interior of the bronchial tubes
- broncobuster — (in the western US and Canada) a cowboy who breaks in broncos or wild horses
- brooks range — a mountain range in N Alaska. Highest peak: Mount Isto, 2761 m (9058 ft)
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- buying spree — the hurried acquisition by a company, of goods, assets, or other companies
- by all means — You can say 'by all means' to tell someone that you are very willing to allow them to do something.
- by any means — in any way possible; at all; somehow
- by reason of — If one thing happens by reason of another, it happens because of it.
- byelorussian — Byelorussian means belonging or relating to Byelorussia or to its people or culture.
- cablecasting — relating to broadcasting by cable
- cannibalised — Simple past tense and past participle of cannibalise.
- cannibalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cannibalize.
- canterburies — Plural form of canterbury.
- carbon steel — steel whose characteristics are determined by the amount of carbon it contains
- carbonaceous — of, resembling, or containing carbon
- carbonatites — Plural form of carbonatite.
- carnal abuse — Law. any lascivious contact with the sexual organs of a child by an adult, especially without sexual intercourse.
- cassel brown — Vandyke brown.
- celebrations — Plural form of celebration.
- celebutantes — Plural form of celebutante.
- centerboards — Plural form of centerboard.
- cerebrations — Plural form of cerebration.
- chamberlains — Plural form of chamberlain.
- channel bass — red drum.
- chinaberries — Plural form of chinaberry.
- chinese burn — a minor torture inflicted by twisting the skin of a person's wrist or arm in two different directions simultaneously
- cobblestoned — Cobbled; laid with cobblestones.