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12-letter words containing b, p, e

  • brevipennate — (of flightless birds) short-winged
  • bridge a gap — to remedy a deficiency
  • bridge party — a gathering for the purpose of playing bridge
  • 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
  • broad jumper — a participant in the long jump.
  • bronchoscope — an instrument for examining and providing access to the interior of the bronchial tubes
  • bubble point — the temperature at which bubbles just start to appear in a heated liquid mixture
  • buck private — a common soldier
  • 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-proof — Something that is bullet-proof is made of a strong material that bullets cannot pass through.
  • bumble-puppy — a game in which a ball, attached by string to a post, is hit so that the string winds round the post
  • bumper guard — either of two vertical crosspieces attached to a bumper of a motor vehicle to prevent it from locking bumpers with another vehicle.
  • 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
  • burner phone — a disposable cell phone with prepaid service, often used with the intent to temporarily obscure the true identity or contact information of the user: Members of the cartel used burner phones to evade federal surveillance. I always give out the number from my burner phone when I’m going on a blind date.
  • butcher shop — a shop in which meat, poultry, and sometimes fish are sold.
  • butter paper — a semi-transparent, waterproof paper used for wrapping butter, etc
  • buying power — the amount of services or goods a company, person, group or currency is able to purchase
  • buying spree — the hurried acquisition by a company, of goods, assets, or other companies
  • buying-power — Also called buying power. the ability to purchase goods and services.
  • by deed poll — In Britain, if you change your name by deed poll, you change it officially and legally.
  • cabbage palm — a West Indian palm, Roystonea (or Oreodoxa) oleracea, whose leaf buds are eaten like cabbage
  • camber piece — a centering for a flat arch, slightly crowned to allow for settling of the arch.
  • cancerphobia — an excessive fear of getting cancer
  • capabilities — the quality of being capable; capacity; ability: His capability was unquestionable.
  • cape buffalo — a large, black, nearly hairless, very fierce buffalo (Syncerus caffer) of South Africa, with horns joined at the bases to form a helmetlike structure
  • cape cod bay — a part of Massachusetts Bay, enclosed by the Cape Cod peninsula.
  • capped elbow — a swelling of the elbow of a horse due to irritation caused by the hoof striking the elbow when lying down.
  • captive-bred — bred in captivity
  • carbon paper — Carbon paper is thin paper with a dark substance on one side. You use it to make copies of letters, bills, and other papers.
  • carpetbagged — Simple past tense and past participle of carpetbag.
  • carpetbagger — If you call someone a carpetbagger, you disapprove of them because they are trying to become a politician in an area which is not their home, simply because they think they are more likely to succeed there.
  • carpetbeater — A tool used in housecleaning that was in common use before the invention of the vacuum cleaner.
  • cebocephalic — Exhibiting or relating to cebocephaly.
  • cerebropathy — A hypochondriacal condition verging upon insanity, occurring in those whose brains have been unduly taxed.
  • chapeau bras — a small three-cornered hat, worn by gentlemen in full dress in the 18th century, that could be folded flat and carried under the arm.
  • chapter book — a children's book, typically a work of fiction, of moderate length and complexity, divided into chapters and intended for readers approximately seven to ten years old
  • chipped beef — dried or smoked beef sliced into shavings, often served in a cream sauce
  • clapperboard — A clapperboard consists of two pieces of wood that are connected by a hinge and hit together before each scene when making a film, to make it easier to match the sound and pictures of different scenes.
  • cleptobiosis — an ecological relationship in which members of one species, as of ants, steal food from another.
  • complainable — That may be complained of.
  • compoundable — That can be compounded.
  • compressible — If something is compressible, its volume can change when pressure is applied to it.
  • computer bus — bus
  • 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.
  • copper beech — A copper beech is a type of tree with reddish-brown leaves.
  • corncob pipe — a pipe made from a dried corncob
  • crepe rubber — a type of crude natural rubber in the form of colourless or pale yellow crinkled sheets, prepared by pressing bleached coagulated latex through corrugated rollers: used for the soles of shoes and in making certain surgical and medical goods
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