12-letter words containing b, p, o
- bean sprouts — the sprouts of newly germinated mung beans, eaten as a vegetable, esp in Chinese dishes
- beat up (on) — to give a beating to; thrash
- beer parlour — a room in a tavern, hotel, etc in which beer is served
- belle epoque — the period of comfortable well-established life in Europe before World War I
- benzal group — the bivalent group C 7 H 6 –, derived from benzaldehyde.
- benzoapyrene — a carcinogenic chemical in tobacco smoke
- benzophenone — a white sweet-smelling crystalline solid used mainly in the manufacture of organic compounds and in perfume. Formula: C6H5COC6H5
- benzyl group — the univalent group C 7 H 7 –, derived from toluene.
- besom pocket — an interior pocket with edging or stitching around the opening.
- betanaphthol — a colorless, crystalline isomer of naphthol, C10H8O, used as an antiseptic and parasiticide
- betting shop — A betting shop is a place where people can go to bet on something such as a horse race.
- beyond price — invaluable or priceless
- bibliography — A bibliography is a list of books on a particular subject.
- bibliopegist — a bookbinder
- bibliophilic — pertaining to a bibliophile
- bibliophobia — an aversion to books
- bicycle shop — a shop that sells and usually repairs bicycles and bicycle parts
- bimorph cell — a piezoelectric transducer consisting of two crystals cemented together, used in microphones, headphones, loudspeakers, etc. to convert vibrations into a voltage output or to convert a signal voltage into vibrations that can produce audible sounds
- binding post — one of several metal pegs or rods, fitted into a loose-leaf binder, for holding sheets with prepunched holes.
- biocomputing — the application of computing to problems in biology, biochemistry, and genetics
- biogeography — the branch of biology concerned with the geographical distribution of plants and animals
- biographical — Biographical facts, notes, or details are concerned with the events in someone's life.
- biopesticide — a naturally occurring or derived substance or an organism that controls pests by nontoxic means
- bipropellant — a rocket propellant consisting of two substances, usually a fuel and an oxidizer
- 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-spotter — a bird-watcher
- bishop's-cap — any of a genus (Mitella) of small woodland plants of the saxifrage family, with two-lobed seedcases shaped like a bishop's hat
- biting point — (in driving) the point at which the plates of the clutch connect as the clutch pedal is released
- black copper — a regulus of 95-percent-pure copper, produced in a blast furnace by smelting oxidized copper ores.
- black poplar — a Eurasian tree, Populus nigra
- black powder — gunpowder as used in sports involving modern muzzleloading firearms
- black sapote — a tropical American tree, Diospyros digyna, related to the persimmon, having sweet, edible, green fruit that turns black when ripe.
- blastosphere — blastula
- blood doping — the illegal practice of removing a quantity of blood from an athlete long before a race and reinjecting it shortly before a race, so boosting oxygenation of the blood
- blood plasma — the pale yellow fluid portion of the blood; blood from which red and white blood cells and platelets have been removed
- blood sample — an amount of a person's blood taken from their body for use in medical tests
- blood spavin — a disease of the hock joint of horses in which enlargement occurs because of collected fluids (bog spavin) bony growth (bone spavin) or distention of the veins (blood spavin)
- blood supply — the flow of blood to different parts of the body
- blood typing — the classification of human blood cells to determine compatible blood types as for transfusion or organ transplant
- blotting-pad — an object to one side of which a piece of blotting paper is attached for blotting text handwritten in ink
- blue pointer — a large shark, Isuropsis mako, of Australian coastal waters, having a blue back and pointed snout
- boating trip — a trip or holiday in a boat such as a sailing boat or canal boat
- boatsmanship — seamanship as applied to boats, especially rowboats and motorboats.
- bobbery pack — a mixed pack of hunting dogs, often not belonging to any of the hound breeds
- body politic — The body politic is all the people of a nation when they are considered as a complete political group.
- body popping — a dance style involving muscular jerking of the upper body
- body repairs — repairs to the bodywork of cars
- bog asphodel — either of two liliaceous plants, Narthecium ossifragum of Europe or N. americanum of North America, that grow in boggy places and have small yellow flowers and grasslike leaves
- bolt upright — If someone is sitting or standing bolt upright, they are sitting or standing very straight.
- bomber pilot — the pilot of a bomber