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12-letter words containing b, i, r, t

  • born-digital — relating to or noting documents, images, etc., that are created and managed in electronic form: electronic preservation of born-digital content; a born-digital e-book that will not be available in print.
  • borosilicate — a salt of boric and silicic acids
  • bossier city — city in NW La., on the Red River opposite Shreveport: pop. 56,000
  • botrytis rot — a disease of many plants caused by fungi of the genus Botrytis, characterized by leaf blight, a tan-gray moldlike surface growth, and the rotting of stems and storage organs.
  • bottom-liner — a person, as an executive, accountant, or stockholder, who puts the net profits of a business ahead of all other considerations.
  • boulangerite — a bluish lead-gray mineral, lead antimony sulfide, Pb 5 Sb 4 S 11 , a minor ore of lead.
  • bouleuterion — a council chamber in ancient Greece.
  • bourke-white — Margaret. 1906–71, US photographer, a pioneer of modern photojournalism: noted esp for her coverage of World War II
  • bradykinetic — slowness of movement, as found, for example, in 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 tumour — a tumour that is situated in the brain
  • brain-teaser — a puzzle or problem whose solution requires great ingenuity.
  • brains trust — a group of knowledgeable people who discuss topics in public or on radio or television
  • brainstormer — a person who brainstorms
  • brake assist — a part of a vehicle's braking system that automatically boosts braking pressure in an emergency situation
  • branch point — Electricity. a point in an electric network at which three or more conductors meet.
  • 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.
  • breast drill — a geared drill that can be braced against the chest for additional leverage.
  • breathtaking — If you say that something is breathtaking, you are emphasizing that it is extremely beautiful or amazing.
  • breech birth — birth of a baby with the feet or buttocks appearing first
  • brevicaudate — having a short tail.
  • brevipennate — (of flightless birds) short-winged
  • bridal party — the people who accompany the bride as she comes to her wedding
  • bridal suite — a room or set of rooms in a hotel for newly married couples
  • bridge cloth — a tablecloth for a bridge table.
  • bridge party — a gathering for the purpose of playing bridge
  • bridge table — a square card table with folding legs.
  • 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.
  • brigham city — a city in N Utah.
  • bright spark — If you say that some bright spark had a particular idea or did something, you mean that their idea or action was clever, or that it seemed clever but was silly in some way.
  • bright-field — of or relating to the illuminated region about the object of a microscope.
  • brilliantine — a perfumed oil used to make the hair smooth and shiny
  • 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
  • bring action — to start a lawsuit
  • bring to bay — to force into a position from which retreat is impossible
  • bristlemouth — any of several small, deep-sea fishes of the family Gonostomatidae, having numerous sharp, slender teeth covering the jaws.
  • british list — a list, maintained by the British Ornithologists' Union, of birds accepted as occurring at least once in the British Isles
  • british rail — the organization that ran the British railway system from 1948 until privatization in the mid-1990s
  • british warm — an army officer's short thick overcoat
  • brittle star — any echinoderm of the class Ophiuroidea, having the body composed of a central, rounded disk from which radiate long, slender, fragile arms.
  • brittle-star — any echinoderm of the class Ophiuroidea, occurring on the sea bottom and having five long slender arms radiating from a small central disc
  • broadcasting — Broadcasting is the making and sending out of television and radio programmes.
  • brown bag it — to bring (one's own liquor) to a restaurant or club, especially one that has no liquor license.
  • brushability — the quality of being brushable
  • buck private — a common soldier
  • bull terrier — A bull terrier is a breed of strong dog with a short, whitish coat and a thick neck.
  • bullet train — a passenger train that travels at very high speed
  • bunco artist — a confidence trickster or con artist
  • bunny rabbit — rabbit
  • bureaucratic — Bureaucratic means involving complicated rules and procedures which can cause long delays.
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