12-letter words containing c, a, t, s
- axisymmetric — being symmetrical around an axis
- b-s particle — a neutral meson with a mass 10,507 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of approximately 1.6 X 10 -12 seconds.
- babcock test — a test for determining the butterfat content of milk and milk products, conducted by adding sulfuric acid to a sample and then centrifuging it in a flask with a calibrated neck in which the liquefied fat collects.
- back scatter — the deflection of nuclear particles or of radiation in a scattering process through an angle greater than 90°.
- back stretch — the straight part of a race track opposite the part leading to the finish line.
- back to taws — back to the beginning
- back-stabbed — to attempt to discredit (a person) by underhanded means, as innuendo, accusation, or the like.
- back-stopped — a wall, wire screen, or the like, serving to prevent a ball from going too far beyond the normal playing area.
- backsolution — The process or result of backsolving.
- backstabbing — Backstabbing consists of unkind and disloyal actions or remarks that are likely to harm someone such as a friend or colleague.
- backstarting — a marketing technique in publishing, whereby new customers are sent back issues of magazines or journals as part of their subscription
- backstitches — Plural form of backstitch.
- backstopping — a wall, wire screen, or the like, serving to prevent a ball from going too far beyond the normal playing area.
- backtrackers — Plural form of backtracker.
- bactericides — Plural form of bactericide.
- 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
- bait casting — the act or technique of casting an artificial or natural lure attached to a silk or nylon line wound on a reel having a revolving spool, the rod used being shorter and less flexible than that used in fly casting.
- bait-casting — designating fishing equipment designed for use with live bait or artificial lures, in which the weight of the bait or lure pulls the line from a winch-type reel, as during casting or trolling
- balinese cat — a breed of cat with medium-length silky hair, a plumed tail, blue eyes, large ears, and a dark mask, tail, and paws
- balto-slavic — the Baltic and Slavic languages, when considered as constituting a subfamily within the Indo-European family of languages: the Baltic and Slavic branches are now generally considered by scholars as independently derived from Indo-European
- 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
- bankruptcies — Plural form of bankruptcy.
- barbecue set — a set of tools used for barbecuing
- basic weight — basis weight.
- basification — the process of making something alkaline
- basket catch — a catch made with open glove with the palm up and the wrist kept close to and in front of the body.
- 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
- bathyscaphes — Plural form of bathyscaphe.
- battle clasp — clasp (def 4).
- beggar-ticks — any of various plants, such as the bur marigold and tick trefoil, having fruits or seeds that cling to clothing, fur, etc
- benefactress — a female benefactor
- bespectacled — Someone who is bespectacled is wearing glasses.
- bidialectism — proficient in or using two dialects of the same language.
- bioacoustics — the study of animals' use of sound
- biomagnetics — the study of magnetic fields as a form of therapy
- biscuit ware — unglazed earthenware
- black forest — wooded mountain region in SW Germany
- black locust — Also called false acacia, yellow locust. a North American tree, Robinia pseudoacacia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and clusters of fragrant white flowers.
- black sapote — a tropical American tree, Diospyros digyna, related to the persimmon, having sweet, edible, green fruit that turns black when ripe.
- black scoter — a scoter of Eurasia and North America, Melanitta nigra, the adult male of which is black.
- black stream — a warm ocean current in the Pacific, flowing N along the E coast of Taiwan, NE along the E coast of Japan, and continuing in an easterly direction into the open Pacific.
- blast effect — the damage caused by the force of an explosive blast
- blastocoelic — of or relating to the blastocoel
- blastomycete — any of a genus (Blastomyces) of yeastlike imperfect fungi that cause diseases in people and animals
- blister pack — a type of packet in which small items are displayed and sold, consisting of a transparent dome of plastic or similar material mounted on a firm backing such as cardboard
- blue catfish — a large freshwater catfish, Ictalurus furcatus, that is a popular food fish in the states of the Mississippi River valley.
- book matches — safety matches made of paper and fastened into a small cardboard folder