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12-letter words containing b, r, u, n, e

  • bourbon rose — a hybrid rose, Rosa borboniana, having dark, carmine-colored flowers, cultivated in many horticultural varieties.
  • bourne shell — (sh, Shellish). The original command-line interpreter shell and script language for Unix written by S.R. Bourne of Bell Laboratories in 1978. sh has been superseded for interactive use by the Berkeley C shell, csh but still widely used for writing shell scripts. There were even earlier shells, see glob. [Details?]
  • bournonville — Auguste [French oh-gyst] /French oʊˈgüst/ (Show IPA), 1805–79, Danish ballet dancer and choreographer.
  • bradmanesque — (of a batsman or innings) reminiscent of Sir Don Bradman in terms of dominance over the opposing bowlers
  • brassfounder — a person who makes things from brass
  • braunschweig — Brunswick
  • break ground — to do something that has not been done before
  • broncobuster — (in the western US and Canada) a cowboy who breaks in broncos or wild horses
  • brown butter — beurre noir.
  • brunelleschi — Filippo (fiˈlippo). 1377–1446, Italian architect, whose works in Florence include the dome of the cathedral, the Pazzi chapel of Santa Croce, and the church of San Lorenzo
  • bubble under — to remain just beneath a particular level
  • buccaneering — If you describe someone as buccaneering, you mean that they enjoy being involved in risky or even dishonest activities, especially in order to make money.
  • buccaneerish — of or relating to a buccaneer
  • buckle under — If you buckle under to a person or a situation, you do what they want you to do, even though you do not want to do it.
  • buckler fern — any of various ferns of the genus Dryopteris, such as D. dilatata (broad buckler fern): family Polypodiaceae
  • buenaventura — a major port in W Colombia, on the Pacific coast. Pop: 250 000 (2005 est)
  • buenos aires — the capital of Argentina, a major port and industrial city on the Río de la Plata estuary: became capital in 1880; university (1821). Pop: 13 349 000 (2005 est)
  • bullet train — a passenger train that travels at very high speed
  • 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
  • bunny boiler — a person, esp a woman, who is considered to be emotionally unstable and likely to be dangerously vengeful
  • 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.
  • burnt orange — of a dark orange colour, sometimes due to calcination of orange pigment
  • burnt sienna — a reddish-brown dye or pigment obtained by roasting raw sienna in a furnace
  • butter icing — a mixture of butter and icing sugar used for filling or topping cakes
  • butter knife — a knife, often with a curved tip, used for picking up butter at a table
  • buying order — an order to buy a certain security
  • 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.
  • byelorussian — Byelorussian means belonging or relating to Byelorussia or to its people or culture.
  • canterburies — Plural form of canterbury.
  • carbon value — an empirical measurement of the tendency of a lubricant to form carbon when in use
  • carbonaceous — of, resembling, or containing carbon
  • carnal abuse — Law. any lascivious contact with the sexual organs of a child by an adult, especially without sexual intercourse.
  • chinese burn — a minor torture inflicted by twisting the skin of a person's wrist or arm in two different directions simultaneously
  • cloud banner — banner cloud.
  • configurable — to design or adapt to form a specific configuration or for some specific purpose: The planes are being configured to hold more passengers in each row.
  • contributers — Misspelling of contributors.
  • contributive — to give (money, time, knowledge, assistance, etc.) to a common supply, fund, etc., as for charitable purposes.
  • counterblast — A counterblast is a strong angry reply to something that has been said, written, or done.
  • counterbluff — a bluff made in opposition to another bluff
  • counterbrace — a rope on the leeward side of a ship, controlling the position of the fore-topsail
  • country-bred — brought up in the country
  • cumbrousness — The state or quality of being cumbrous.
  • currency bar — a long narrow iron bar, often sword-like or spear-like in shape, dating from the pre-Roman and Roman period in Britain; the purpose of currency bars is not certain, and while they may have been used in trade, they may have had a ritual significance
  • cusip number — A CUSIP number is a number that identifies an individual security like a stock or a bond.
  • cybersurfing — The practice of using and browsing the Internet, especially as a habitual pastime.
  • danube river — a river in central and SE Europe, flowing E from southern Germany to the Black Sea. 1725 miles (2775 km) long.
  • dibenzofuran — an organic compound (C12H8O) composed of two benzene rings fused to a central furan ring
  • disburdening — Present participle of disburden.
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