12-letter words containing i, n, t, r
- bird-s--nest — nest (def 1).
- birket karun — a lake in N Egypt. 25 miles (40 km) long; about 5 miles (8 km) wide; 90 sq. mi. (233 sq. km).
- birth parent — a biological mother (birth mother) or biological father (birth father) a biological parent.
- bitter lemon — a non-alcoholic, fizzy drink with a lemon flavour
- bitter melon — balsam pear.
- bitter-ender — a person who persists in a hopeless cause; one who will not give in
- blazing star — a North American liliaceous plant, Chamaelirium luteum, with a long spike of small white flowers
- bletheration — nonsense!
- blisteringly — causing a blister or blisters.
- blue pointer — a large shark, Isuropsis mako, of Australian coastal waters, having a blue back and pointed snout
- blueprinting — a process of photographic printing, used chiefly in copying architectural and mechanical drawings, which produces a white line on a blue background.
- boar-hunting — the practice of hunting wild boars
- boarding out — the local-authority practice of placing a client in a foster family or voluntary establishment and paying for it
- boating trip — a trip or holiday in a boat such as a sailing boat or canal boat
- 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.
- born-digital — relating to or noting documents, images, etc., that are created and managed in electronic form: electronic preservation of born-digital content; a born-digital e-book that will not be available in print.
- bottom-liner — a person, as an executive, accountant, or stockholder, who puts the net profits of a business ahead of all other considerations.
- boulangerite — a bluish lead-gray mineral, lead antimony sulfide, Pb 5 Sb 4 S 11 , a minor ore of lead.
- bouleuterion — a council chamber in ancient Greece.
- bradykinetic — slowness of movement, as found, for example, in Parkinson's disease.
- 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 tumour — a tumour that is situated in the brain
- 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
- branch point — Electricity. a point in an electric network at which three or more conductors meet.
- brazilianite — a mineral, sodium aluminum phosphate, Na 2 Al 6 P 4 O 16 (OH) 8 , occurring in yellow-green crystals with a vitreous luster: used as a gem.
- breathtaking — If you say that something is breathtaking, you are emphasizing that it is extremely beautiful or amazing.
- brevipennate — (of flightless birds) short-winged
- bridle joint — a heading joint in which the end of one member, notched to form two parallel tenons, is fitted into two gains cut into the edges of a second member.
- brilliantine — a perfumed oil used to make the hair smooth and shiny
- 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
- bring action — to start a lawsuit
- bring to bay — to force into a position from which retreat is impossible
- broadcasting — Broadcasting is the making and sending out of television and radio programmes.
- brown bag it — to bring (one's own liquor) to a restaurant or club, especially one that has no liquor license.
- bullet train — a passenger train that travels at very high speed
- bunco artist — a confidence trickster or con artist
- bunny rabbit — rabbit
- burning ghat — a platform at the top of a riverside ghat where Hindus cremate their dead.
- burnt sienna — a reddish-brown dye or pigment obtained by roasting raw sienna in a furnace
- butter icing — a mixture of butter and icing sugar used for filling or topping cakes
- butter knife — a knife, often with a curved tip, used for picking up butter at a table
- cabinetmaker — A cabinetmaker is a person who makes high-quality wooden furniture.
- cachinnatory — Pertaining to loud or immoderate laughter.
- cafe curtain — a short curtain suspended directly downward from a series of rings sliding on a horizontal rod so as to cover the lower and sometimes upper portions of a window.
- calibrations — Plural form of calibration.
- calreticulin — (protein) A multifunctional protein that binds calcium ions.
- calumniators — Plural form of calumniator.
- calumniatory — of, involving, or using calumny; slanderous; defamatory.