12-letter words containing i, r
- ball turning — the turning of arms or legs on furniture to make them resemble a continuous row of balls.
- ball-carrier — the offensive player having the ball and attempting to gain ground.
- 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.
- bandaranaike — Chandrika
- banderillero — a bullfighter's assistant who sticks banderillas into the bull
- bandjarmasin — Banjarmasin
- bandjermasin — a seaport on the S coast of Borneo, in Indonesia.
- bankruptcies — Plural form of bankruptcy.
- banksia rose — a climbing rose, Rosa banksiae, native to China, having long, serrated leaves and white or yellow flowers.
- baptisteries — Plural form of baptistery.
- bar sinister — the condition, implication, or stigma of being of illegitimate birth
- baraesthesia — the ability to sense pressure
- barbarianism — a person in a savage, primitive state; uncivilized person.
- barbarianize — to make barbarian.
- barbarically — without civilizing influences; uncivilized; primitive: barbaric invaders.
- barbarossa i — (Aruj) died 1518, Barbary pirate, born in Greece.
- 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.
- barbiturates — any of a group of barbituric acid derivatives, used in medicine as sedatives and hypnotics.
- barcoo river — a river in E central Australia, in SW Queensland: joins with the Thomson River to form Cooper Creek
- bargain away — to lose or renounce (freedom, rights, etc) in return for something valueless or of little value
- bargain sale — an event at which goods are sold at low prices, usually to clear old stocks
- bariatrician — a physician who specializes in bariatrics.
- barium enema — an injection into the rectum of a preparation of barium sulphate, which is opaque to X-rays, before X-raying the lower alimentary canal
- barium oxide — a white or yellowish-white poisonous heavy powder used esp as a dehydrating agent. Formula: BaO
- barium x-ray — gastrointestinal series: x-ray examination of the upper or lower gastrointestinal tract after barium sulfate is given rectally (barium enema) or orally as a contrast medium.
- barking deer — muntjac.
- barking frog — a robber frog, Hylactophryne augusti, of Texas, New Mexico, and Mexico, having a call like a dog's bark.
- barley field — a piece of land cleared of trees and undergrowth, usually enclosed with a fence or hedge and used for growing barley
- barn dancing — the act of performing a progressive round country dance
- barn raising — (in rural areas) a party, usually providing food, drink, etc., for the purpose of assisting a neighbor to put up a new barn.
- barnstorming — A barnstorming performance is full of energy and very exciting to watch.
- barodynamics — the branch of mechanics concerned with heavy structures
- barometrical — (archaic) Relating to, or observed with, a barometer, barometric.
- barophoresis — the diffusion of suspended particles at a rate dependent on external forces
- barquisimeto — a city in NW Venezuela. Pop: 1 009 000 (2005 est)
- barrack life — the experiences, activities, etc that are characteristic of a soldier's time spent dwelling in a barracks
- barranquilla — a port in N Colombia, on the Magdalena River. Pop: 1 918 000 (2005 est)
- barrel chair — a kind of upholstered chair with an upright, rounded back
- barrier reef — a long narrow coral reef near and lying parallel to the shore, separated from it by deep water
- barristerial — pertaining to a barrister
- barrow point — the northernmost tip of Alaska, on the Arctic Ocean
- bartlesville — a city in NE Oklahoma.
- base pairing — the hydrogen bonding that occurs between complementary nitrogenous bases in the two polynucleotide chains of a DNA molecule
- base-pairing — the process of binding separate DNA sequences by base pairs.
- bashkirtseff — Marie, original name Marya Konstantinovna Bashkirtseva. 1858–84, Russian painter and diarist who wrote in French, noted esp for her Journal (1887)
- basic salary — base pay.
- basidiocarps — Plural form of basidiocarp.