12-letter words containing i, s, o, e
- bioterrorism — Bioterrorism is terrorism that involves the use of biological weapons.
- bird-spotter — a bird-watcher
- biting louse — any wingless insect of the order Mallophaga, such as the chicken louse: external parasites of birds and mammals with biting mouthparts
- bitter aloes — a bitter purgative drug made from the leaves of several species of aloe
- blastocoelic — of or relating to the blastocoel
- blind-emboss — blind-stamp.
- blood sister — a sister by birth
- bloodstained — Someone or something that is bloodstained is covered with blood.
- blue stilton — a rich cheese made from whole milk, blue-veined and very strong in flavour
- bluestocking — A bluestocking is an intellectual woman.
- body english — a follow-through motion of the body, as after bowling a ball, in a semi-involuntary or joking effort to control the ball's movement
- body repairs — repairs to the bodywork of cars
- bognor regis — a resort in S England, in West Sussex on the English Channel: electronics industries. Regis was added to the name after King George V's convalescence there in 1929. Pop: 62 141 (2001)
- boiled shirt — a dress shirt with a stiff front
- boiled sweet — Boiled sweets are hard sweets that are made from boiled sugar.
- boiler house — a building housing a boiler
- bois de rose — a grayish red or dark purplish red color.
- boisterously — rough and noisy; noisily jolly or rowdy; clamorous; unrestrained: the sound of boisterous laughter.
- bolshevikism — the doctrines, methods, or procedure of the Bolsheviks.
- bolshevistic — of, relating to, or characteristic of Bolshevists or Bolshevism.
- bone density — the degree of compactness of bone
- book society — book club.
- booze cruise — a day trip to a foreign country, esp from England across the English Channel to France, for the purposes of buying cheap alcohol, cigarettes, etc
- borosilicate — a salt of boric and silicic acids
- bosom friend — an intimate friend
- bossier city — city in NW La., on the Red River opposite Shreveport: pop. 56,000
- bourgeoisify — to convert to a bourgeois attitude or appearance
- brainstormer — a person who brainstorms
- bridge house — a deckhouse including a bridge or bridges for navigation.
- brisbane box — a broad-leaved evergreen tree, Tristania conferta, native to Australia, having a deciduous outer bark.
- brise-soleil — a structure used in hot climates to protect a window from the sun, usually consisting of horizontal or vertical strips of wood, concrete, etc
- bristlemouth — any of several small, deep-sea fishes of the family Gonostomatidae, having numerous sharp, slender teeth covering the jaws.
- browser skin — a changeable decorative background for a browser
- buenos aires — the capital of Argentina, a major port and industrial city on the Río de la Plata estuary: became capital in 1880; university (1821). Pop: 13 349 000 (2005 est)
- bull session — A bull session is an informal conversation among a small group of people.
- byelorussian — Byelorussian means belonging or relating to Byelorussia or to its people or culture.
- caenogenesis — the development of structures and organs in an embryo or larva that are adaptations to its way of life and are not retained in the adult form
- caesalpinoid — of, relating to, or belonging to the Caesalpinoideae, a mainly tropical subfamily of leguminous plants that have irregular flowers: includes carob, senna, brazil, cassia, and poinciana
- cafe society — people, esp intellectuals and artists who meet in cafés
- calorimeters — Plural form of calorimeter.
- calycoideous — calycoid
- canine corps — a military or law enforcement body which uses dogs for the detection of explosives or drugs or for security, tracking, etc
- canonicalise — (transitive, computing, UK) Alternative form of canonicalize.
- cape sounion — Cape, a cape in E central Greece, SE of Athens, at the tip of the Attica peninsula, in W Aegean Sea.
- capillaceous — having numerous filaments resembling hairs or threads
- captiousness — The state of being captious.
- carbonatites — Plural form of carbonatite.
- case history — A person's case history is the record of past events or problems that have affected them, especially their medical history.
- cassiopeia a — a very strong radio and X-ray source in the constellation Cassiopeia, identified as the remnant of a supernova thought to have occurred in the late 17th century
- castellation — Architecture. built like a castle, especially with turrets and battlements.