12-letter words containing b, w
- bench-warmer — a substitute who rarely gets to play in a game.
- berwickshire — (until 1975) a county of SE Scotland: part of the Borders region from 1975 to 1996, now part of Scottish Borders council area
- best in show — an award to the dog, cat, or other animal judged best of all breeds in a competition.
- betting news — the news of the latest odds on winners of matches, races and competitions
- between-deck — 'tween deck.
- betweenbrain — the posterior part of the forebrain
- betweentimes — between other activities; during intervals
- betws-y-coed — a village in N Wales, in Conwy county borough, on the River Conwy: noted for its scenery. Pop: 534 (2001)
- bewilderedly — in a bewildered manner
- bewilderment — Bewilderment is the feeling of being bewildered.
- bhubaneshwar — a state in E India. 60,136 sq. mi. (155,752 sq. km). Capital: Bhubaneshwar.
- billow cloud — a cloud consisting of broad, parallel bands oriented perpendicularly to the wind.
- billy wilder — Billy (Samuel Wilder) 1906–2002, U.S. film director, producer, and writer; born in Austria.
- binder twine — a strong, coarse twine, as of sisal, used especially in binding sheaves of grain and bales of hay.
- bird watcher — a person who identifies and observes birds in their natural habitat as a recreation.
- bird-watcher — A bird-watcher is a person whose hobby is watching and studying wild birds in their natural surroundings.
- birth weight — the amount a baby weighs when first born
- biscuit ware — unglazed earthenware
- black pewter — pewter composed of 60 percent tin and 40 percent lead.
- black powder — gunpowder as used in sports involving modern muzzleloading firearms
- black walnut — a North American walnut tree, Juglans nigra, with hard dark wood and edible oily nuts
- black wattle — a small Australian acacia tree, A. mearnsii, with yellow flowers
- bladder worm — an encysted saclike larva of the tapeworm. The main types are cysticercus, hydatid, and coenurus
- bladderwrack — any of several seaweeds of the genera Fucus and Ascophyllum, esp F. vesiculosus, that grow in the intertidal regions of rocky shores and have branched brown fronds with air bladders
- blow by blow — precisely detailed; describing every minute detail and step: a blow-by-blow account of the tennis match; a blow-by-blow report on the wedding ceremony.
- blow molding — Blow molding is a process for forming plastic objects in which plastic is melted, put in a mold, and then shaped by having compressed air blown into it.
- blow through — to leave; make off
- blow-by-blow — A blow-by-blow account of an event describes every stage of it in great detail.
- blow-molding — the sound of any vapor or gas issuing from a vent under pressure.
- blue dogwood — a shrub or small tree, Cornus alternifolia, of eastern North America, having clusters of white flowers and bluish fruit.
- blue swimmer — an edible bluish Australian swimming crab, Portunus pelagicus
- blue whiting — a fish of the cod family, Micromesistius poutassou
- blue-sky law — a state law regulating the trading of securities: intended to protect investors from fraud
- boil down to — If you say that a situation or problem boils down to a particular thing or can be boiled down to a particular thing, you mean that this is the most important or the most basic aspect of it.
- boiled sweet — Boiled sweets are hard sweets that are made from boiled sugar.
- bond washing — a series of deals in bonds made with the intention of avoiding taxation
- bonding wire — A bonding wire is a wire connecting two pieces of equipment, often for hazard prevention.
- bottled wine — wine that has been transferred from barrel to bottle
- bottlewasher — a person or machine that washes bottles.
- bourke-white — Margaret. 1906–71, US photographer, a pioneer of modern photojournalism: noted esp for her coverage of World War II
- bow thruster — a propeller located in a ship's bow to provide added maneuverability, as when docking.
- bowdlerizing — to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
- bowel cancer — cancer of the colon
- bowling ball — a round, heavy ball for bowling, usually made of hard rubber or plastic, with holes drilled into it for the bowler's thumb and two fingers.
- brainwashing — the process of brainwashing.
- branch water — water from a stream, as opposed to mineral or soda water
- braunschweig — Brunswick
- breadwinning — a person who earns a livelihood, especially one who also supports dependents.
- breakweather — any makeshift shelter.
- breast wheel — a waterwheel onto which the propelling water is fed at the height of a horizontal axle.