12-letter words containing b, i, r, c
- 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
- bookcrossing — the practice of deliberately leaving books in places where they will be found and read by other people
- booze cruise — a day trip to a foreign country, esp from England across the English Channel to France, for the purposes of buying cheap alcohol, cigarettes, etc
- borosilicate — a salt of boric and silicic acids
- bossier city — city in NW La., on the Red River opposite Shreveport: pop. 56,000
- boucherville — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Montreal, on the St. Lawrence.
- brachycranic — having a cranial index of 81.0–85.4.
- bradykinetic — slowness of movement, as found, for example, in Parkinson's disease.
- braggadocios — empty boasting; bragging.
- brain-picker — the act of obtaining information or ideas by questioning another person.
- branch point — Electricity. a point in an electric network at which three or more conductors meet.
- braunschweig — Brunswick
- breakdancing — a type of vigorous dance
- breckinridge — John Cabell1821-75; vice president of the U.S. (1857-61); Confederate general
- breech birth — birth of a baby with the feet or buttocks appearing first
- breuer chair — a chair with a frame of continuous chrome tubing, no back legs, and cane seat and back
- brevicaudate — having a short tail.
- brick cheese — a ripened, semisoft American cheese shaped like a brick and containing many small holes
- brick veneer — (in Australia) a timber-framed house with a brick exterior
- brickfielder — a hot wind in parts of Australia, originally applied to a wind which blew over Sydney carrying dust from the neighbouring Brickfields sand hills
- bridge chair — a lightweight folding chair, often part of a set of matching chairs and bridge table.
- bridge cloth — a tablecloth for a bridge table.
- brigham city — a city in N Utah.
- bring action — to start a lawsuit
- broadcasting — Broadcasting is the making and sending out of television and radio programmes.
- bronchogenic — bronchial in origin
- 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
- 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
- buck private — a common soldier
- bulk carrier — a ship that carries unpackaged cargo, usually consisting of a single dry commodity, such as coal or grain
- 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
- bunco artist — a confidence trickster or con artist
- bureaucratic — Bureaucratic means involving complicated rules and procedures which can cause long delays.
- butter icing — a mixture of butter and icing sugar used for filling or topping cakes
- butyric acid — type of acid
- by my certie — assuredly
- c beautifier — (cb) A Unix tool for reformatting C source code.
- cabinetmaker — A cabinetmaker is a person who makes high-quality wooden furniture.
- cabot strait — a channel in Canada, connecting the Gulf of St. Lawrence with the Atlantic Ocean. 68 miles (109 km) wide.
- cabriole leg — a type of furniture leg, popular in the first half of the 18th century, in which an upper convex curve descends tapering to a concave curve
- calibrations — Plural form of calibration.
- camber piece — a centering for a flat arch, slightly crowned to allow for settling of the arch.
- cancerphobia — an excessive fear of getting cancer
- cantabrigian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Cambridge or Cambridge University, or of Cambridge, Massachusetts, or Harvard University
- canterburies — Plural form of canterbury.
- captive-bred — bred in captivity
- carbocations — Plural form of carbocation.
- carbocholine — carbachol.
- carbon fiber — a very strong, lightweight synthetic fiber used in protective clothing, spacecraft components, racing shells, etc.