12-letter words containing e, r, y, t
- attractively — In an attractive manner; with the power of attracting or drawing to.
- autoanalyzer — any of various automatic devices that test and analyze chemicals, blood, etc.
- axisymmetric — being symmetrical around an axis
- baby brother — a younger brother
- baby's-tears — a mosslike plant, Soleirolia (or Helxine) soleirolii, of the nettle family, native to Corsica and Sardinia, having small, roundish leaves and minute flowers.
- bacteriology — Bacteriology is the science and the study of bacteria.
- balloon tyre — a pneumatic tyre containing air at a relatively low pressure and having a wide tread
- barley water — Barley water is a drink made from barley. It is sometimes flavoured with orange or lemon.
- baryta water — an aqueous solution of barium hydroxide, used chiefly as a reagent.
- bathyspheres — Plural form of bathysphere.
- battery acid — acid used in batteries, esp car batteries
- battery farm — a farm that uses batteries for raising poultry
- battery fire — the firing of a battery of weapons
- battery-park — The, a park at the S end of Manhattan, in New York City.
- battle array — the strategic arrangement of fighters and weapons in a battle
- battle royal — a fight, esp with fists or cudgels, involving more than two combatants; melee
- battleworthy — capable of engaging in combat; ready for battle: a decline in the nation's battleworthy forces.
- bay rum tree — a tropical American myrtaceous tree, Pimenta racemosa, that yields an oil used in making bay rum
- beauty cream — a cosmetic cream
- beauty quark — bottom quark
- beauty strip — a narrow forest corridor left uncut alongside a road or body of water.
- belly-buster — belly flop.
- bi-quarterly — occurring twice in each quarter of a year.
- bio-security — the precautions taken to protect against the spread of lethal or harmful organisms and diseases
- biochemistry — Biochemistry is the study of the chemical processes that happen in living things.
- biodiversity — Biodiversity is the existence of a wide variety of plant and animal species living in their natural environment.
- biotelemetry — the monitoring of biological functions in humans or animals by means of a miniature transmitter that sends data to a distant point to be read by electronic instruments
- biparentally — from a biparental point of view
- blisteringly — causing a blister or blisters.
- body bolster — the lower transverse member of a car body to which the body center plate is attached.
- body-centred — (of a crystal) having a lattice point at the centre of each unit cell as well as at the corners
- boisterously — rough and noisy; noisily jolly or rowdy; clamorous; unrestrained: the sound of boisterous laughter.
- boobytrapped — to set with or as if with a booby trap; attach a booby trap to or in.
- bossier city — city in NW La., on the Red River opposite Shreveport: pop. 56,000
- bottle party — a party to which guests bring drink
- bradykinetic — slowness of movement, as found, for example, in Parkinson's disease.
- breathalyser — a device for estimating the amount of alcohol in the breath: used in testing people suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol
- breathalyzer — A Breathalyzer is a bag or electronic device that the police use to test whether a driver has drunk too much alcohol.
- breathe easy — to take air, oxygen, etc., into the lungs and expel it; inhale and exhale; respire.
- breathlessly — without breath or breathing with difficulty; gasping; panting: We were breathless after the steep climb.
- bridge party — a gathering for the purpose of playing bridge
- brush turkey — any of several gallinaceous birds, esp Alectura lathami, of New Guinea and Australia, having a black plumage: family Megapodidae (megapodes)
- butyl rubber — a copolymer of isobutene and isoprene, used in tyres and as a waterproofing material
- buy the farm — a tract of land, usually with a house, barn, silo, etc., on which crops and often livestock are raised for livelihood.
- by my certie — assuredly
- by the score — If things happen or exist by the score, they happen or exist in large numbers.
- by virtue of — on account of or by reason of
- caméra stylo — the use of the camera as a means of personal expression, esp as practised by some directors of the New Wave
- candy stripe — a pattern of bright stripes of one color against a plain background, used chiefly in fabrics.
- carbohydrate — Carbohydrates are substances, found in certain kinds of food, that provide you with energy. Foods such as sugar and bread that contain these substances can also be referred to as carbohydrates.