12-letter words containing c, a, b, r
- backgrounder — A backgrounder is a short article in a newspaper or magazine that provides background information about a particular subject.
- backpressure — a resistant pressure exerted by liquid or gas against the forward motion or flow of an exhaust or pipe system: Careful control of backpressure ensures an even supply of oil from the well.
- backroom boy — You can refer to a man as a backroom boy when he does important work in an organization and has good ideas but is not seen or known about by the public.
- backstarting — a marketing technique in publishing, whereby new customers are sent back issues of magazines or journals as part of their subscription
- backswimmers — Plural form of backswimmer.
- backswordman — a person who uses a backsword.
- backtrackers — Plural form of backtracker.
- backtracking — to return over the same course or route.
- backwardness — toward the back or rear.
- bacon-slicer — a machine for cutting bacon into slices
- bacteria bed — a layer of sand or gravel used to expose sewage effluent, in its final stages, to air and the action of microorganisms
- bactericidal — any substance capable of killing bacteria.
- bactericides — Plural form of bactericide.
- bacteriocide — Alternative form of bactericide.
- bacteriology — Bacteriology is the science and the study of bacteria.
- bacteriostat — any substance that arrests the growth or reproduction of bacteria but does not kill them
- bad scran to — bad luck to
- bag snatcher — a thief whose main tactic is to grab women's handbags and run off with them
- bald cypress — a tree, Taxodium distichum, of swampy areas of the southern U.S., having featherlike needles and cone-shaped projections growing up from the roots, yielding a hardwood used in construction, shipbuilding, etc.
- ball control — the skill of controlling the ball in a game such as football or tennis
- ball-carrier — the offensive player having the ball and attempting to gain ground.
- baluchithere — a hornless rhinoceros of the extinct genus Baluchitherium that inhabited central Asia during the Oligocene and early Miocene epochs: the largest land mammal known.
- banbury cake — a cake consisting of a pastry base filled with currants, raisins, candied peel, and sugar, with a crisscross pattern on the top
- bandersnatch — a fictional creature created by Lewis Carroll in his poem Jabberwocky, and appearing also in The Hunting of the Snark and Through the Looking-Glass
- bank charges — penalties charged by a bank to a customer, for example when the customer's account is overdrawn or if a cheque is not honoured
- bankruptcies — Plural form of bankruptcy.
- banner cloud — a plume-shaped cloud extending downwind from an isolated mountain peak. Also called cloud banner. Compare cap cloud (def 1).
- barbarically — without civilizing influences; uncivilized; primitive: barbaric invaders.
- barbary duck — the flesh of a Muscovy duck used as food
- barbecue pit — a trench in which wood or charcoal is burned for barbecuing
- barbecue set — a set of tools used for barbecuing
- barber chair — a chair used by barbers, adjustable in height and having an adjustable headrest, back, and footrest.
- barcalounger — a type of reclinable armchair with an extendable footrest
- barcoo river — a river in E central Australia, in SW Queensland: joins with the Thomson River to form Cooper Creek
- bare-knuckle — without boxing gloves
- barge couple — either of a pair of outside rafters along the gable end of a roof
- barge course — the overhang of the gable end of a roof
- bariatrician — a physician who specializes in bariatrics.
- barn dancing — the act of performing a progressive round country dance
- barodynamics — the branch of mechanics concerned with heavy structures
- barometrical — (archaic) Relating to, or observed with, a barometer, barometric.
- baroreceptor — a collection of sensory nerve endings, principally in the carotid sinuses and the aortic arch, that monitor blood pressure changes in the body
- barrack life — the experiences, activities, etc that are characteristic of a soldier's time spent dwelling in a barracks
- barrack room — a room inside a military barracks, esp one in which soldiers sleep
- barracks bag — a large bag containing a soldier's personal belongings and equipment
- barrel chair — a kind of upholstered chair with an upright, rounded back
- basic salary — base pay.
- basidiocarps — Plural form of basidiocarp.
- basket chair — a chair made of wickerwork; a wicker chair
- basmati rice — a variety of long-grain rice with slender aromatic grains, used for savoury dishes