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12-letter words containing e, c, b

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 weight — basis weight.
  • 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
  • bathtub race — a sailing race between bathtubs fitted with outboard motors
  • 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.
  • be expecting — to be pregnant
  • be no picnic — If you say that an experience, task, or activity is no picnic, you mean that it is quite difficult or unpleasant.
  • be no slouch — If you say that someone is no slouch at a particular activity, you mean that they are skilful at it or are willing to work hard at it.
  • beach-comber — a person who lives by gathering salable articles of jetsam, refuse, etc., from beaches.
  • beach-la-mar — an English-based creole language spoken in Vanuatu and Fiji, and formerly much more widespread
  • beachcombers — Plural form of beachcomber.
  • beachcombing — The action of a beachcomber.
  • beacon light — a light signal for shipping
  • beaconsfield — a town in SE England, in Buckinghamshire. Pop: 12 292 (2001)
  • beam balance — a piece of apparatus used for artistic gymnastics
  • beam compass — an instrument for drawing large circles or arcs, consisting of a horizontal beam along which two vertical legs slide
  • bean counter — You can describe people such as accountants and business managers as bean counters if you disapprove of them because you think they are only interested in money.
  • bearded clam — mollusc eaten as seafood
  • beaten track — well-trodden path or route
  • beatifically — bestowing bliss, blessings, happiness, or the like: beatific peace.
  • beaumarchais — Pierre Augustin Caron de (pjɛr oɡystɛ̃ karɔ̃ də). 1732–99, French dramatist, noted for his comedies The Barber of Seville (1775) and The Marriage of Figaro (1784)
  • beauty cream — a cosmetic cream
  • beaver cloth — beaver1 (def 8).
  • beche-de-mer — trepang
  • bechuanaland — former British territory (1884-1966) in S Africa: now the country of Botswana
  • becomingness — The state or quality of becoming.
  • bed-blocking — the use of hospital beds by elderly patients who cannot leave hospital because they have no place in a residential care home
  • bedford cord — a heavy corded cloth, similar to corduroy
  • beech marten — stone marten.
  • beef extract — a soluble paste of beef or beef blood extracts.
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