12-letter words containing c, b
- 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.
- banach space — a vector space on which a norm is defined that is complete.
- 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 account — A bank account is an arrangement with a bank which allows you to keep your money in the bank and to take some out when you need it.
- bank balance — Your bank balance is the amount of money that you have in your bank account at a particular time.
- 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
- baseball cap — A baseball cap is a close-fitting cap with a curved part at the front that sticks out above your eyes.
- basic jovial — (language) A subset of JOVIAL written ca. 1965.
- basic salary — base pay.
- basic weight — basis weight.
- basidiocarps — Plural form of basidiocarp.
- basification — the process of making something alkaline
- basilic vein — a large vein situated on the inner side of the arm
- 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
- bathetically — in a bathetic fashion
- bathochromic — denoting or relating to a shift to a longer wavelength in the absorption spectrum of a compound
- bathtub race — a sailing race between bathtubs fitted with outboard motors
- bathygraphic — of or relating to the depths of the ocean
- bathypelagic — of, relating to, or inhabiting the lower depths of the ocean between approximately 1000 and 4000 metres
- bathyscaphes — Plural form of bathyscaphe.
- baton charge — A baton charge is an attacking forward movement made by a large group of policemen carrying batons.
- batter brace — a diagonal brace reinforcing one end of a truss.
- battery acid — acid used in batteries, esp car batteries
- batting cage — a screen with three sides and a top, in which batters practice: it keeps missed and fouled pitches within its enclosure
- battle clasp — clasp (def 4).
- battle creek — a city in S Michigan.