12-letter words containing i, s, o, a, b
- barnstorming — A barnstorming performance is full of energy and very exciting to watch.
- barodynamics — the branch of mechanics concerned with heavy structures
- 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)
- base bullion — smelted lead containing impurities, as gold, silver, or zinc, that are later removed.
- base station — a fixed transmitter that forms part of an otherwise mobile radio network
- bashi-bazouk — a member of the notoriously brutal 19th-cent. Turkish irregulars
- bashibazouks — Plural form of bashibazouk.
- basic jovial — (language) A subset of JOVIAL written ca. 1965.
- basidiocarps — Plural form of basidiocarp.
- basidiospore — one of the spores, usually four in number, produced in a basidium
- basification — the process of making something alkaline
- basing point — a geographical location from which freight charges are computed by the seller regardless of the point from which the goods are shipped.
- bastinadoing — Present participle of bastinado.
- bathophilous — (of an organism) living in very deep water
- beaconsfield — a town in SE England, in Buckinghamshire. Pop: 12 292 (2001)
- bed of nails — a situation or position of extreme difficulty
- behaviourism — Behaviourism is the belief held by some psychologists that the only valid method of studying the psychology of people or animals is to observe how they behave.
- below stairs — People sometimes use below stairs to refer to the servants in a rich household and the things that are connected with them.
- beta orionis — Rigel
- beta version — beta testing
- bib overalls — overall (def 3a).
- bill of sale — a deed transferring personal property, either outright or as security for a loan or debt
- bio-organism — a dangerous fast-proliferating organism that could be used as the basis of a biological weapon
- bioacoustics — the study of animals' use of sound
- bioastronomy — the branch of biology which deals with the study or the discovery of life forms on other planets or in space
- biohazardous — a pathogen, especially one used in or produced by biological research.
- biomagnetics — the study of magnetic fields as a form of therapy
- biomagnetism — animal magnetism.
- biomechanics — the study of the mechanics of the movement of living organisms
- biosatellite — an artificial satellite for carrying living organisms
- bishop's-cap — any of a genus (Mitella) of small woodland plants of the saxifrage family, with two-lobed seedcases shaped like a bishop's hat
- bitter aloes — a bitter purgative drug made from the leaves of several species of aloe
- blastocoelic — of or relating to the blastocoel
- blastulation — the process of blastula formation
- block island — an island off the coast of and a part of Rhode Island, at the E entrance to Long Island Sound.
- block signal — a fixed railroad signal governing the movements of trains entering and using a given section of track.
- blood spavin — a disease of the hock joint of horses in which enlargement occurs because of collected fluids (bog spavin) bony growth (bone spavin) or distention of the veins (blood spavin)
- bloodstained — Someone or something that is bloodstained is covered with blood.
- boardsailing — windsurfing
- boatsmanship — seamanship as applied to boats, especially rowboats and motorboats.
- body fascism — intolerance of those whose bodies do not conform to a particular view of what is desirable
- body repairs — repairs to the bodywork of cars
- bombay hills — a row of hills marking the southern boundary of greater Auckland on the North Island, New Zealand
- bond washing — a series of deals in bonds made with the intention of avoiding taxation
- borosilicate — a salt of boric and silicic acids
- braggadocios — empty boasting; bragging.
- brainstormer — a person who brainstorms
- brisbane box — a broad-leaved evergreen tree, Tristania conferta, native to Australia, having a deciduous outer bark.
- broadcasting — Broadcasting is the making and sending out of television and radio programmes.