12-letter words containing b, r, e
- bearded seal — a large gray-to-golden seal, Erignathus barbatus, inhabiting the Arctic Ocean and adjacent waters, having square foreflippers and a thick mustache of long bristles on each side of the muzzle.
- beardtongues — Plural form of beardtongue.
- bearing down — to hold up; support: to bear the weight of the roof.
- bearing pile — a foundation pile that supports weight vertically
- bearing rail — a transverse rail carrying a drawer or drawers.
- bearing rein — a rein from the bit to the saddle, designed to keep the horse's head in the desired position
- bearing wall — any of the walls supporting a floor or the roof of a building.
- bearskin rug — the pelt of a bear, used as a rug
- beat the air — to strike violently or forcefully and repeatedly.
- beat the rap — If you beat the rap, you avoid being blamed for something wrong that you have done.
- beaten track — well-trodden path or route
- beaufort sea — part of the Arctic Ocean off the N coast of North America
- beaumarchais — Pierre Augustin Caron de (pjɛr oɡystɛ̃ karɔ̃ də). 1732–99, French dramatist, noted for his comedies The Barber of Seville (1775) and The Marriage of Figaro (1784)
- beautifuller — (obsolete) Comparative form of beautiful.
- beauty cream — a cosmetic cream
- beauty quark — bottom quark
- beauty strip — a narrow forest corridor left uncut alongside a road or body of water.
- beaver cloth — beaver1 (def 8).
- beaver falls — a city in W Pennsylvania.
- beaver fever — an infectious disease caused by drinking water that has been contaminated by wildlife
- beaver state — Oregon (used as a nickname).
- beche-de-mer — trepang
- bed of roses — If you say that a situation is not a bed of roses, you mean that it is not as pleasant as it seems, and that there are some unpleasant aspects to it.
- bedford cord — a heavy corded cloth, similar to corduroy
- bedfordshire — a county of S central England, administered since 2009 by the unitary authorities of Bedford and Central Bedfordshire: mainly low-lying, with the Chiltern Hills in the south: the geographical county includes Luton, which became a separate unitary authority in 1997. Area (excluding Luton): 1192 sq km (460 sq miles)
- bedraggledly — In a bedraggled manner.
- bedroom eyes — sexy eyes
- beech marten — stone marten.
- beef extract — a soluble paste of beef or beef blood extracts.
- beefheartian — of or recalling the music of Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band, an avant-garde rock/blues band (1966–1982); incorporating strange rhythms, free jazz elements, bizarre lyrics, and growling vocals
- beer drinker — a person who drinks beer
- beer o’clock — the time of day when it is acceptable or customary to start drinking alcohol
- beer parlour — a room in a tavern, hotel, etc in which beer is served
- beetle drive — a social occasion at which a progressive series of games of beetle is played
- beggar-ticks — any of various plants, such as the bur marigold and tick trefoil, having fruits or seeds that cling to clothing, fur, etc
- begrudgingly — If you do something begrudgingly, you do it unwillingly.
- behaviorally — manner of behaving or acting.
- behaviourism — Behaviourism is the belief held by some psychologists that the only valid method of studying the psychology of people or animals is to observe how they behave.
- beleaguering — to surround with military forces.
- belgian hare — a large red breed of domestic rabbit
- bell gardens — a town in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- bell heather — an ericaceous shrub, Erica cinerea
- bella figura — a good impression; fine appearance
- belligerence — the act or quality of being belligerent or warlike; aggressiveness
- belligerency — the state of being at war
- belligerents — warlike; given to waging war.
- belly dancer — A belly dancer is a woman who performs a Middle Eastern dance in which she moves her hips and abdomen about.
- belly-buster — belly flop.
- below ground — If something is below ground or below the ground, it is in the ground.
- below stairs — People sometimes use below stairs to refer to the servants in a rich household and the things that are connected with them.