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12-letter words containing b, r, a, c, k, e

  • bobbery pack — a mixed pack of hunting dogs, often not belonging to any of the hound breeds
  • bracket foot — a corner foot of a chest or the like joining the sides in a concave line.
  • bracket lamp — a wall light that is attached to the wall by a bracket
  • bradykinetic — slowness of movement, as found, for example, in Parkinson's disease.
  • brain-picker — the act of obtaining information or ideas by questioning another person.
  • breakdancing — a type of vigorous dance
  • breaker card — the first card in the carding process, used to open the raw stock and to convert it into sliver form.
  • brown canker — a fungous disease of roses, characterized by leaf and flower lesions, stem cankers surrounded by a reddish-purple border, and dieback.
  • brown hackle — an artificial fly having a peacock herl body, golden tag and tail, and brown hackle.
  • buck private — a common soldier
  • bulk carrier — a ship that carries unpackaged cargo, usually consisting of a single dry commodity, such as coal or grain
  • cabinetmaker — A cabinetmaker is a person who makes high-quality wooden furniture.
  • caked breast — a painful hardening of one or more lobules of a lactating breast, caused by stagnation of milk in the secreting ducts and accumulation of blood in the expanded veins; stagnation mastitis.
  • career break — If someone takes a career break, they stop working in their particular profession for a period of time, with the intention of returning to it later.
  • carrick bend — type of knot
  • central bank — a national bank that does business mainly with a government and with other banks: it regulates the volume and cost of credit
  • 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
  • checkerboard — A checkerboard is a square board with 64 black and white squares that is used for playing checkers or chess.
  • coffee break — A coffee break is a short period of time, usually in the morning or afternoon, when you stop working and have a cup of coffee.
  • crackbrained — insane, idiotic, or crazy
  • crackerberry — bunchberry.
  • cricket ball — the ball used to play cricket
  • culebra peak — a peak in S central Colorado, in the Culebra Range of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. 14,069 feet (4288 meters).
  • cyberattacks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cyberattack.
  • cyberstalker — (Internet) A stalker who operates online.
  • dasher block — a block at the end of a yard or gaff for supporting a signal or ensign halyard.
  • double track — two railways side by side, typically for traffic in two directions
  • featherbacks — Plural form of featherback.
  • greenbackism — a former political party, organized in 1874, opposed to the retirement or reduction of greenbacks and favoring their increase as the only paper currency.
  • hearken back — to go back in thought or speech; revert; hark back
  • kerb-crawler — a man who drives slowly looking to entice a prostitute into his car for sexual purposes
  • lamp bracket — a bracket for holding a lamp
  • leader block — Nautical. lead block.
  • leatherbacks — Plural form of leatherback.
  • left bracket — (character)   "[". ASCII character 91. Common: left square bracket; ITU-T: opening bracket; bracket. Rare: square; INTERCAL: U turn. Paired with right bracket ("]").
  • lumberjacket — a short, straight, wool plaid jacket or coat, for informal wear, usually belted and having patch pockets.
  • marcus bakerMount, a mountain in SE Alaska, near Anchorage: highest peak in the Chugach Mountains. 13,176 feet (4016 meters).
  • quarterbacks — Plural form of quarterback.
  • rickenbackerEdward Vernon ("Eddie") 1890–1973, U.S. aviator and aviation executive.
  • rugby tackle — A rugby tackle is a way of making someone fall over by throwing your arms around their legs or hips.
  • straddleback — astride, on horseback
  • swashbuckler — a swaggering swordsman, soldier, or adventurer; daredevil.
  • unreckonable — to count, compute, or calculate, as in number or amount.
  • vacuum brake — a brake system, used on British and many overseas railways, in which the brake is held off by a vacuum on one side of the brake-operating cylinder. If the vacuum is destroyed by controlled leakage of air or a disruptive emergency, the brake is applied. It is now largely superseded by the Westinghouse brake system
  • van riebeeck — Jan, full name Johan Anthoniszoon van Riebeeck. 1619–77, Dutch colonial administrator. Founder of the colony of the Cape of Good Hope (1652)
  • wrecking bar — pinch bar.
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