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12-letter words containing e, u, r

  • 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).
  • banquet room — A banquet room is a room in a hotel where large formal meals for many people can be held.
  • barbecue pit — a trench in which wood or charcoal is burned for barbecuing
  • barbecue set — a set of tools used for barbecuing
  • barbiturates — any of a group of barbituric acid derivatives, used in medicine as sedatives and hypnotics.
  • barcalounger — a type of reclinable armchair with an extendable footrest
  • 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
  • barium enema — an injection into the rectum of a preparation of barium sulphate, which is opaque to X-rays, before X-raying the lower alimentary canal
  • barium oxide — a white or yellowish-white poisonous heavy powder used esp as a dehydrating agent. Formula: BaO
  • barley sugar — Barley sugar is a sweet made from boiled sugar.
  • barquisimeto — a city in NW Venezuela. Pop: 1 009 000 (2005 est)
  • barrel vault — a vault in the form of a half cylinder
  • basque shirt — a knitted pullover shirt having a crew neck, long or short sleeves, and a pattern of horizontal stripes.
  • bathtub race — a sailing race between bathtubs fitted with outboard motors
  • battle group — a group of warships usually consisting of at least one aircraft carrier, other surface ships, submarines, landing craft, etc
  • battleground — A battleground is the same as a battlefield.
  • bay rum tree — a tropical American myrtaceous tree, Pimenta racemosa, that yields an oil used in making bay rum
  • be queer for — to have a strong liking for; be obsessed with
  • 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.
  • bean sprouts — the sprouts of newly germinated mung beans, eaten as a vegetable, esp in Chinese dishes
  • beardtongues — Plural form of beardtongue.
  • bearskin rug — the pelt of a bear, used as a rug
  • beaufort sea — part of the Arctic Ocean off the N coast of North America
  • 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)
  • beautifuller — (obsolete) Comparative form of beautiful.
  • beauty cream — a cosmetic cream
  • beauty quark — bottom quark
  • beauty strip — a narrow forest corridor left uncut alongside a road or body of water.
  • beer parlour — a room in a tavern, hotel, etc in which beer is served
  • begrudgingly — If you do something begrudgingly, you do it unwillingly.
  • behaviourism — Behaviourism is the belief held by some psychologists that the only valid method of studying the psychology of people or animals is to observe how they behave.
  • beleaguering — to surround with military forces.
  • bella figura — a good impression; fine appearance
  • belly-buster — belly flop.
  • below ground — If something is below ground or below the ground, it is in the ground.
  • benzal group — the bivalent group C 7 H 6 –, derived from benzaldehyde.
  • benzyl group — the univalent group C 7 H 7 –, derived from toluene.
  • bermuda high — a subtropical high centered near Bermuda.
  • bermuda lily — a lily, Lilium longiflorum eximium, having white, funnel-shaped flowers, cultivated especially as an Easter lily.
  • beurre blanc — an emulsion of cold butter in a white wine or vinegar and shallot reduction
  • beurre fondu — melted butter.
  • beurre manie — butterpaste.
  • bevel square — a woodworker's square with an adjustable arm that can be set to mark out an angle or to check the slope of a surface
  • bezier curve — (graphics)   A type of curve defined by mathematical formulae, used in computer graphics. A curve with coordinates P(u), where u varies from 0 at one end of the curve to 1 at the other, is defined by a set of n+1 "control points" (X(i), Y(i), Z(i)) for i = 0 to n. P(u) = Sum i=0..n [(X(i), Y(i), Z(i)) * B(i, n, u)] B(i, n, u) = C(n, i) * u^i * (1-u)^(n-i) C(n, i) = n!/i!/(n-i)! A Bezier curve (or surface) is defined by its control points, which makes it invariant under any affine mapping (translation, rotation, parallel projection), and thus even under a change in the axis system. You need only to transform the control points and then compute the new curve. The control polygon defined by the points is itself affine invariant. Bezier curves also have the variation-diminishing property. This makes them easier to split compared to other types of curve such as Hermite or B-spline. Other important properties are multiple values, global and local control, versatility, and order of continuity.
  • bhubaneshwar — a state in E India. 60,136 sq. mi. (155,752 sq. km). Capital: Bhubaneshwar.
  • bi-quarterly — occurring twice in each quarter of a year.
  • biarticulate — having two joints, as the antennae of certain insects.
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