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12-letter words containing i, b, c

  • 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.
  • backflipping — the process of reversing one's position
  • backlighting — Movies, Television. a light source placed behind an actor, object, or scene to create a highlight that separates the subject from the background.
  • backpedaling — to retard the forward motion by pressing backward on the pedal, especially of a bicycle with coaster brakes.
  • backslapping — Backslapping is noisy, cheerful behavior which people use in order to show affection or appreciation to each other.
  • backslashing — Present participle of backslash.
  • backsolution — The process or result of backsolving.
  • backstabbing — Backstabbing consists of unkind and disloyal actions or remarks that are likely to harm someone such as a friend or colleague.
  • backstarting — a marketing technique in publishing, whereby new customers are sent back issues of magazines or journals as part of their subscription
  • backstitches — Plural form of backstitch.
  • backstopping — a wall, wire screen, or the like, serving to prevent a ball from going too far beyond the normal playing area.
  • backswimmers — Plural form of backswimmer.
  • backtracking — to return over the same course or route.
  • backup light — Backup lights are the white lights on the back of a vehicle that shine when the vehicle moves backward.
  • bacon-slicer — a machine for cutting bacon into slices
  • bacteria bed — a layer of sand or gravel used to expose sewage effluent, in its final stages, to air and the action of microorganisms
  • bactericidal — any substance capable of killing bacteria.
  • bactericides — Plural form of bactericide.
  • bacteriocide — Alternative form of bactericide.
  • bacteriology — Bacteriology is the science and the study of bacteria.
  • bacteriostat — any substance that arrests the growth or reproduction of bacteria but does not kill them
  • bahia blanca — a port in E Argentina. Pop: 276 000 (2005 est)
  • bait casting — the act or technique of casting an artificial or natural lure attached to a silk or nylon line wound on a reel having a revolving spool, the rod used being shorter and less flexible than that used in fly casting.
  • bait-casting — designating fishing equipment designed for use with live bait or artificial lures, in which the weight of the bait or lure pulls the line from a winch-type reel, as during casting or trolling
  • balance pipe — a pipe between two points used to equalize pressure
  • balinese cat — a breed of cat with medium-length silky hair, a plumed tail, blue eyes, large ears, and a dark mask, tail, and paws
  • ball-carrier — the offensive player having the ball and attempting to gain ground.
  • balletically — in a balletic fashion; gracefully
  • balto-slavic — the Baltic and Slavic languages, when considered as constituting a subfamily within the Indo-European family of languages: the Baltic and Slavic branches are now generally considered by scholars as independently derived from Indo-European
  • baluchithere — a hornless rhinoceros of the extinct genus Baluchitherium that inhabited central Asia during the Oligocene and early Miocene epochs: the largest land mammal known.
  • bankruptcies — Plural form of bankruptcy.
  • barbarically — without civilizing influences; uncivilized; primitive: barbaric invaders.
  • barbecue pit — a trench in which wood or charcoal is burned for barbecuing
  • barber chair — a chair used by barbers, adjustable in height and having an adjustable headrest, back, and footrest.
  • barcoo river — a river in E central Australia, in SW Queensland: joins with the Thomson River to form Cooper Creek
  • 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
  • barometrical — (archaic) Relating to, or observed with, a barometer, barometric.
  • 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
  • basic jovial — (language)   A subset of JOVIAL written ca. 1965.
  • basic salary — base pay.
  • basic weight — basis weight.
  • basidiocarps — Plural form of basidiocarp.
  • basification — the process of making something alkaline
  • basilic vein — a large vein situated on the inner side of the arm
  • 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
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