12-letter words containing i, n, s, t, r
- astronomical — If you describe an amount, especially the cost of something as astronomical, you are emphasizing that it is very large indeed.
- astroturfing — a PR tactic used in politics and advertising in which actors are paid to display overt and apparently spontaneous grassroots support for a particular product, policy, or event
- at intervals — If something happens at intervals, it happens several times with gaps or pauses in between.
- atorvastatin — a statin, (C 33 H 34 FN 2 O 5) 2 ·Ca 3 H 2 O, used in the prevention and treatment of heart disease.
- attorneyship — The office or profession of an attorney.
- attributions — Plural form of attribution.
- austin friar — one of the Hermits of St. Augustine.
- australasian — Australasian means belonging or relating to Australasia or to its people.
- austronesian — of or relating to Austronesia, its peoples, or their languages
- awe-stricken — filled with awe.
- backstarting — a marketing technique in publishing, whereby new customers are sent back issues of magazines or journals as part of their subscription
- báinín skirt — a skirt made of this material
- bairnsfather — Bruce. 1888–1959, British cartoonist, born in India: best known for his cartoons of the war in the trenches during World War I
- bankruptcies — Plural form of bankruptcy.
- bar sinister — the condition, implication, or stigma of being of illegitimate birth
- barnstorming — A barnstorming performance is full of energy and very exciting to watch.
- bastard wing — a tuft of feathers attached to the first digit of a bird, distinct from the wing feathers attached to the other digits and the ulna
- bastardizing — Present participle of bastardize.
- bear witness — to give written or oral testimony
- belligerents — warlike; given to waging war.
- beta orionis — Rigel
- beta version — beta testing
- bioastronomy — the branch of biology which deals with the study or the discovery of life forms on other planets or in space
- bird nesting — the activity of searching for birds' nests as a hobby
- bird-s--nest — nest (def 1).
- blazing star — a North American liliaceous plant, Chamaelirium luteum, with a long spike of small white flowers
- blisteringly — causing a blister or blisters.
- brain teaser — A brain teaser is a question, problem, or puzzle that is difficult to answer or solve, but is not serious or important.
- brain-teaser — a puzzle or problem whose solution requires great ingenuity.
- brains trust — a group of knowledgeable people who discuss topics in public or on radio or television
- brainstormer — a person who brainstorms
- brinell test — a test for determining the relative hardness (Brinell hardness) of a metal by measuring the diameter of the indentation made when a hardened steel ball is forced into the metal under a given pressure: the measure of hardness (Brinell number) is equal to the load in kilograms divided by the surface area in square millimeters of the indentation
- broadcasting — Broadcasting is the making and sending out of television and radio programmes.
- bunco artist — a confidence trickster or con artist
- burnt sienna — a reddish-brown dye or pigment obtained by roasting raw sienna in a furnace
- calibrations — Plural form of calibration.
- calumniators — Plural form of calumniator.
- cancer stick — a cigarette.
- candy stripe — a pattern of bright stripes of one color against a plain background, used chiefly in fabrics.
- canterburies — Plural form of canterbury.
- canting arms — a coat of arms making visual reference to the surname of its owner
- car industry — the industry concerned with the manufacture and selling of automobiles
- caravan site — A caravan site is an area of land where people can stay in a caravan on holiday, or where people live in caravans.
- carbocations — Plural form of carbocation.
- carbonatites — Plural form of carbonatite.
- cardinalates — Plural form of cardinalate.
- cartoonishly — in a cartoonish manner
- categorising — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- cater-cousin — a close friend
- celebrations — Plural form of celebration.