12-letter words containing b, o, n, e, t
- 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.
- broken heart — If you say that someone has a broken heart, you mean that they are very sad, for example because a love affair has ended unhappily.
- broken water — a patch of water whose surface is rippled or choppy, usually surrounded by relatively calm water.
- bromoacetone — a colorless and highly toxic liquid, CH 2 BrCOCH 3 , used as a lachrymatory compound in tear gas and chemical warfare gas.
- bromomethane — methyl bromide.
- broncobuster — (in the western US and Canada) a cowboy who breaks in broncos or wild horses
- brown butter — beurre noir.
- bubble point — the temperature at which bubbles just start to appear in a heated liquid mixture
- 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 wound — a wound made by a bullet
- burnt orange — of a dark orange colour, sometimes due to calcination of orange pigment
- by the dozen — in large quantities
- bye-election — a special election, not held at the time of a general election, to fill a vacancy in Parliament.
- carbon steel — steel whose characteristics are determined by the amount of carbon it contains
- carbonatites — Plural form of carbonatite.
- celebrations — Plural form of celebration.
- centerboards — Plural form of centerboard.
- cerebrations — Plural form of cerebration.
- cerebrotonia — a personality type characterized by restraint, alertness, and an intellectual approach to life: said to be correlated with an ectomorph body type
- cerebrotonic — relating to or resembling a personality type characterized by shyness, introspection, and emotional restraint, and often associated with an ectomorphic physique
- cobalt green — a medium, yellowish-green color.
- cobaltammine — any of the various complex derivatives of cobalt containing one or more molecules of ammonia bonded to the cobalt.
- cobblestoned — Cobbled; laid with cobblestones.
- cobblestones — Plural form of cobblestone.
- cocaine bust — an arrest for the possession of cocaine
- combat knife — a large knife for military use
- come between — If someone or something comes between two people, or comes between a person and a thing, they make the relationship or connection between them less close or happy.
- concelebrant — each of the priests celebrating the Eucharist or Mass jointly
- concelebrate — to celebrate (the Eucharist or Mass) jointly with one or more other priests
- confabulated — Simple past tense and past participle of confabulate.
- conglobulate — to form into a globe or ball
- contabescent — unable to produce pollen
- contaminable — to make impure or unsuitable by contact or mixture with something unclean, bad, etc.: to contaminate a lake with sewage.
- contemplable — able to be contemplated
- contemptable — Contemptible.
- contemptible — If you feel that someone or something is contemptible, you feel strong dislike and disrespect for them.
- contemptibly — deserving of or held in contempt; despicable.
- contrabasses — Plural form of contrabass.
- contractable — capable of being contracted
- contractible — an agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of something specified.
- contrastable — to compare in order to show unlikeness or differences; note the opposite natures, purposes, etc., of: Contrast the political rights of Romans and Greeks.
- contributers — Misspelling of contributors.
- contributive — to give (money, time, knowledge, assistance, etc.) to a common supply, fund, etc., as for charitable purposes.
- controllable — If something is controllable you are able to control or influence it.
- convertibles — Plural form of convertible.
- corner table — a table of the 18th century having a triangular top with a triangular drop leaf of the same size.
- cost-benefit — denoting or relating to a method of assessing a project that takes into account its costs and its benefits to society as well as the revenue it generates
- counterblast — A counterblast is a strong angry reply to something that has been said, written, or done.
- counterbluff — a bluff made in opposition to another bluff
- counterbrace — a rope on the leeward side of a ship, controlling the position of the fore-topsail