12-letter words containing n, a, r, t, i
- 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
- 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.
- boulangerite — a bluish lead-gray mineral, lead antimony sulfide, Pb 5 Sb 4 S 11 , a minor ore of lead.
- 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
- brilliantine — a perfumed oil used to make the hair smooth and shiny
- 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
- 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.
- camphorating — Present participle of camphorate.
- cancer stick — a cigarette.
- candy stripe — a pattern of bright stripes of one color against a plain background, used chiefly in fabrics.
- cantabrigian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Cambridge or Cambridge University, or of Cambridge, Massachusetts, or Harvard University
- canterburies — Plural form of canterbury.
- cantharidian — cantharidal
- cantilevered — A cantilevered structure is constructed using cantilevers.
- cantillatory — involving chanting or incantation
- canting arms — a coat of arms making visual reference to the surname of its owner
- canton river — Zhu Jiang.
- car industry — the industry concerned with the manufacture and selling of automobiles
- caravan site — A caravan site is an area of land where people can stay in a caravan on holiday, or where people live in caravans.
- carbocations — Plural form of carbocation.
- carbonatites — Plural form of carbonatite.
- cardan joint — type of universal joint
- cardinalates — Plural form of cardinalate.
- caricaturing — a picture, description, etc., ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of persons or things: His caricature of the mayor in this morning's paper is the best he's ever drawn.
- carpentering — a person who builds or repairs wooden structures, as houses, scaffolds, or shelving.
- carthaginian — of or relating to Carthage or its inhabitants