12-letter words containing f, e, b
- benioff zone — a long narrow region, usually adjacent to a continent, along which earthquake foci lie on a plane which dips downwards at about 45° and along which the oceanic lithosphere is thought to be descending into the earth's interior
- beurre fondu — melted butter.
- bichon frise — a small white poodle-like dog of European origin, with a silky, loosely curling coat
- bid defiance — to resist boldly
- biflagellate — having two flagella
- bill of fare — The bill of fare at a restaurant is a list of the food for a meal from which you may choose what you want to eat.
- bill of sale — a deed transferring personal property, either outright or as security for a loan or debt
- bindle stiff — a hobo.
- bird fancier — a person who keeps, breeds, or sells birds
- bird of prey — A bird of prey is a bird such as an eagle or a hawk that kills and eats other birds and animals.
- birth defect — an inherited disease or condition that a baby is born with
- birth father — a biological mother (birth mother) or biological father (birth father) a biological parent.
- black coffee — coffee with no milk, milk substitute, or cream added
- black forest — wooded mountain region in SW Germany
- black-figure — pertaining to or designating a style of vase painting developed in Greece in the 7th and 6th centuries b.c., chiefly characterized by silhouetted figures painted in black slip on a red clay body, details incised into the design, and a two-dimensional structure of form and space.
- bladder fern — a small fern, Cystoperis fragilis, with graceful lanceolate leaves, typically growing on limestone rocks and walls
- blast effect — the damage caused by the force of an explosive blast
- blind flange — a disk for closing the end of a pipe, having holes for bolting it to a flange.
- blissfulness — full of, abounding in, enjoying, or conferring bliss.
- bloemfontein — a city in central South Africa: capital of Free State province and judicial capital of the country. Pop: 111 698 (2001)
- blue catfish — a large freshwater catfish, Ictalurus furcatus, that is a popular food fish in the states of the Mississippi River valley.
- bluefin tuna — the largest tuna (Thunnus thynnus): it has bright red flesh and is important as a game and food fish
- bluesnarfing — the practice of using one Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone to steal contact details, ring tones, images, etc from another
- bog of allen — a region of peat bogs in central Ireland, west of Dublin. Area: over 10 sq km (3.75 sq miles)
- bogon filter — /boh'gon fil'tr/ Any device, software or hardware, that limits or suppresses the flow and/or emission of bogons. "Engineering hacked a bogon filter between the Cray and the VAXen, and now we're getting fewer dropped packets." See also bogosity.
- boniface iii — pope a.d. 607.
- boniface vii — antipope a.d. 974, 984–985.
- boning knife — a small kitchen knife having a narrow blade for boning meat or fish.
- book of odes — a collection of 305 poems compiled in the 6th century b.c. by Confucius.
- bosom friend — an intimate friend
- bottomfeeder — (networking) An RSS aggregator.
- bounce flash — a flash lamp designed to produce a bounced flash.
- bourgeoisify — to convert to a bourgeois attitude or appearance
- braced frame — a building frame employing a heavy, braced framework of solid girts mortised into solid posts the full height of the frame, with studs one story high filling the interstices.
- bracket foot — a corner foot of a chest or the like joining the sides in a concave line.
- brain freeze — Also called ice-cream headache. a pain in the temples and forehead brought on by quickly consuming very cold food or drink.
- brassfounder — a person who makes things from brass
- brazen-faced — shameless or impudent
- break of day — dawn; daybreak.
- breed of cat — type; sort; variety: The new airplane is a completely different breed of cat from any that has been designed before.
- brickfielder — a hot wind in parts of Australia, originally applied to a wind which blew over Sydney carrying dust from the neighbouring Brickfields sand hills
- bright-field — of or relating to the illuminated region about the object of a microscope.
- broken-field — of or having to do with running in which the ball carrier zigzags so as to go past defenders and avoid being tackled by them
- brush flower — a flower or inflorescence with numerous long stamens, usually pollinated by birds or bats
- bubble float — a hollow spherical float that can be weighted with water to aid casting
- buckler fern — any of various ferns of the genus Dryopteris, such as D. dilatata (broad buckler fern): family Polypodiaceae
- buffalo robe — a carriage robe or rug made of the skin of the bison, dressed with the hair on
- buffaloberry — any shrub of the genus Shepherdia native to North America
- buffel grass — grass used for pasture in Africa, India, and Australia
- buffer force — a force separating two opposing sides