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12-letter words containing b, o, r

  • bird of prey — A bird of prey is a bird such as an eagle or a hawk that kills and eats other birds and animals.
  • bird's mouth — a right-angled notch cut in the underside of a rafter for fitting over a longitudinal member, as a wall plate.
  • bird-dogging — to follow, watch carefully, or investigate.
  • bird-spotter — a bird-watcher
  • birth mother — the woman who gives birth to a child, regardless of whether she is the genetic mother or subsequently brings up the child
  • birthday boy — the boy or man whose birthday is being celebrated
  • bit of skirt — a girl or woman
  • bitter aloes — a bitter purgative drug made from the leaves of several species of aloe
  • bitter lemon — a non-alcoholic, fizzy drink with a lemon flavour
  • bitter melon — balsam pear.
  • blabbermouth — a person who talks too much or indiscreetly
  • black bryony — a climbing herbaceous Eurasian plant, Tamus communis, having small greenish flowers and poisonous red berries: family Dioscoreaceae
  • black copper — a regulus of 95-percent-pure copper, produced in a blast furnace by smelting oxidized copper ores.
  • black forest — wooded mountain region in SW Germany
  • black grouse — a large N European grouse, Lyrurus tetrix, the male of which has a bluish-black plumage and lyre-shaped tail
  • black heroin — a very potent and addictive form of heroin that is dark-colored.
  • black liquor — (in making wood pulp for paper) the liquor that remains after digestion.
  • black poplar — a Eurasian tree, Populus nigra
  • black powder — gunpowder as used in sports involving modern muzzleloading firearms
  • black scoter — a scoter of Eurasia and North America, Melanitta nigra, the adult male of which is black.
  • bladder worm — an encysted saclike larva of the tapeworm. The main types are cysticercus, hydatid, and coenurus
  • blanket roll — a blanket or sleeping bag rolled into a cylindrical pack for easy carrying and outdoor use by hikers, soldiers, cowboys, etc., often with cooking utensils, food, and personal articles carried inside.
  • blastosphere — blastula
  • blaze orange — a very bright orange, as on a traffic cone.
  • blennorrhoea — an excessive discharge of watery mucus, esp from the urethra or the vagina
  • bletheration — nonsense!
  • blind corner — a corner where the view of the road ahead is completely obscured or very restricted
  • blind roller — a long ocean swell that rises almost to breaking as it passes over shoals.
  • block heater — an electrically operated immersion heater fitted either to enter the water hose or the water jacket surrounding the cylinder block of a motor to warm the coolant in cold weather.
  • block letter — a plain capital letter
  • blood orange — a variety of orange all or part of the pulp of which is dark red when ripe
  • blood sister — a sister by birth
  • bloodcurdler — something causing great fright or horror: a bloodcurdler of a mystery novel.
  • bloodthirsty — Bloodthirsty people are eager to use violence or display a strong interest in violent things. You can also use bloodthirsty to refer to very violent situations.
  • bloody shirt — something, as a political issue or historical event, that can be used to stir up outrage, partisan support, etc.
  • blow through — to leave; make off
  • blue norther — a cold north wind that brings rapidly falling temperatures.
  • blue pointer — a large shark, Isuropsis mako, of Australian coastal waters, having a blue back and pointed snout
  • blue succory — a composite garden plant, Catananche caerulea, of southern Europe, having very hairy leaves and blue flower heads, used by the ancients as a love potion.
  • blue vitriol — the fully hydrated blue crystalline form of copper sulphate
  • boar-hunting — the practice of hunting wild boars
  • board member — a member of board of directors
  • board school — (formerly) a school managed by a board elected by local ratepayers
  • board shorts — shorts with longer legs, originally meant to protect a surfer's legs against the surfboard
  • boarder baby — an infant or young child who is abandoned or orphaned and left in a hospital for lack of a foster home.
  • boarding out — the local-authority practice of placing a client in a foster family or voluntary establishment and paying for it
  • boardsailing — windsurfing
  • boating trip — a trip or holiday in a boat such as a sailing boat or canal boat
  • bobbery pack — a mixed pack of hunting dogs, often not belonging to any of the hound breeds
  • body bolster — the lower transverse member of a car body to which the body center plate is attached.
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