12-letter words containing c, r, i, n
- autoinjector — A medical device designed to deliver a single dose of a particular, typically life-saving, drug.
- avuncularity — the condition of being an uncle
- awe-stricken — filled with awe.
- azithromycin — A macrolide antibiotic derived from erythromycin.
- backbreaking — demanding great effort; exhausting
- backcrossing — (genetics) The crossing of a hybrid with one of its parents or an individual genetically similar to its parent.
- backstarting — a marketing technique in publishing, whereby new customers are sent back issues of magazines or journals as part of their subscription
- backtracking — to return over the same course or route.
- bacon-slicer — a machine for cutting bacon into slices
- bankruptcies — Plural form of bankruptcy.
- 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
- belligerence — the act or quality of being belligerent or warlike; aggressiveness
- belligerency — the state of being at war
- benchmarking — In business, benchmarking is a process in which a company compares its products and methods with those of the most successful companies in its field, in order to try to improve its own performance.
- berlichingen — Götz von (ɡœts fɔn), called the Iron Hand. 1480–1562, German warrior knight, who robbed merchants and kidnapped nobles for ransom
- beyond price — invaluable or priceless
- bichon frise — a small white poodle-like dog of European origin, with a silky, loosely curling coat
- binary color — secondary color.
- bingo caller — the person who shouts out the numbers to bingo players
- binocularity — binocular characteristics
- biocorrosion — corrosion caused by or enhanced by bacteria or other microorganisms; biologically induced corrosion.
- bioinorganic — pertaining to the biological activity of metal complexes and nonmetal compounds based on elements other than carbon (contrasted with bioorganic).
- biometrician — a person who is knowledgeable about biometry
- bird colonel — a full colonel in the US Army
- bird fancier — a person who keeps, breeds, or sells birds
- biscay green — a yellowish green.
- black heroin — a very potent and addictive form of heroin that is dark-colored.
- black prince — Edward2 (Prince of Wales)
- blackbirding — a common European thrush, Turdus merula, the male of which is black with a yellow bill.
- blind corner — a corner where the view of the road ahead is completely obscured or very restricted
- bliss carman — (William) Bliss, 1861–1929, Canadian poet and journalist in the U.S.
- bookcrossing — the practice of deliberately leaving books in places where they will be found and read by other people
- brachycranic — having a cranial index of 81.0–85.4.
- bradykinetic — slowness of movement, as found, for example, in Parkinson's disease.
- brain-picker — the act of obtaining information or ideas by questioning another person.
- branch point — Electricity. a point in an electric network at which three or more conductors meet.
- braunschweig — Brunswick
- breakdancing — a type of vigorous dance
- breckinridge — John Cabell1821-75; vice president of the U.S. (1857-61); Confederate general
- brick veneer — (in Australia) a timber-framed house with a brick exterior
- bring action — to start a lawsuit
- broadcasting — Broadcasting is the making and sending out of television and radio programmes.
- bronchogenic — bronchial in origin
- 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
- 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
- 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
- bunco artist — a confidence trickster or con artist