12-letter words containing i, r, t
- ballet skirt — a full skirt, often made with several layers of fabric, typical of those worn by ballet dancers
- balloon tire — a wide, deep-walled pneumatic tire with relatively low air pressure to lessen the shock of bumps
- 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.
- baptisteries — Plural form of baptistery.
- bar sinister — the condition, implication, or stigma of being of illegitimate birth
- baraesthesia — the ability to sense pressure
- barbecue pit — a trench in which wood or charcoal is burned for barbecuing
- barbiturates — any of a group of barbituric acid derivatives, used in medicine as sedatives and hypnotics.
- bariatrician — a physician who specializes in bariatrics.
- barnstorming — A barnstorming performance is full of energy and very exciting to watch.
- barometrical — (archaic) Relating to, or observed with, a barometer, barometric.
- barquisimeto — a city in NW Venezuela. Pop: 1 009 000 (2005 est)
- barristerial — pertaining to a barrister
- barrow point — the northernmost tip of Alaska, on the Arctic Ocean
- bartlesville — a city in NE Oklahoma.
- bashkirtseff — Marie, original name Marya Konstantinovna Bashkirtseva. 1858–84, Russian painter and diarist who wrote in French, noted esp for her Journal (1887)
- 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
- basque shirt — a knitted pullover shirt having a crew neck, long or short sleeves, and a pattern of horizontal stripes.
- bastard file — a file of the commercial grade of coarseness between coarse and second-cut.
- 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.
- bat printing — ornamenting of ceramics by means of an adhesive substance, as linseed oil, transferred onto the ceramic surface from a sheet of glue or gelatin, dusted with color, and fired.
- bathing wrap — a loose robe to wear after bathing, often made of towelling
- bathochromic — denoting or relating to a shift to a longer wavelength in the absorption spectrum of a compound
- bathygraphic — of or relating to the depths of the ocean
- battery acid — acid used in batteries, esp car batteries
- battery fire — the firing of a battery of weapons
- beamsplitter — Alternative spelling of beam splitter.
- bear witness — to give written or oral testimony
- bear-baiting — (formerly) an entertainment in which dogs attacked and enraged a chained bear
- beat the air — to strike violently or forcefully and repeatedly.
- beautifuller — (obsolete) Comparative form of beautiful.
- beauty strip — a narrow forest corridor left uncut alongside a road or body of water.
- beefheartian — of or recalling the music of Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band, an avant-garde rock/blues band (1966–1982); incorporating strange rhythms, free jazz elements, bizarre lyrics, and growling vocals
- beetle drive — a social occasion at which a progressive series of games of beetle is played
- beggar-ticks — any of various plants, such as the bur marigold and tick trefoil, having fruits or seeds that cling to clothing, fur, etc
- belligerents — warlike; given to waging war.
- below stairs — People sometimes use below stairs to refer to the servants in a rich household and the things that are connected with them.
- bengal tiger — a large tiger found in S. Asia
- benzonitrile — a clear, colorless, viscous, poisonous liquid, C 7 H 5 N, used chiefly as an intermediate in organic synthesis.
- beta emitter — a radioactive element, either natural or artificial, which changes into another element by emitting a beta particle
- beta orionis — Rigel
- beta version — beta testing
- beth midrash — a place where Jews gather to study the Talmud and other religious writings; a small synagogue.
- betweenbrain — the posterior part of the forebrain
- bewilderment — Bewilderment is the feeling of being bewildered.
- bhakti-marga — any of the three ways to salvation, which are those of devotion to certain gods (bhakti-marga) of study (jnana-marga) and of actions (karma-marga)
- bi-quarterly — occurring twice in each quarter of a year.