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12-letter words containing n, s, r

  • astronomical — If you describe an amount, especially the cost of something as astronomical, you are emphasizing that it is very large indeed.
  • astroturfing — a PR tactic used in politics and advertising in which actors are paid to display overt and apparently spontaneous grassroots support for a particular product, policy, or event
  • asynchronies — a lack of synchronism or coincidence in time.
  • asynchronism — a lack of synchronism; occurrence at different times
  • asynchronous — An asynchronous electric machine is one in which the magnetic field and the rotation are not exactly the same.
  • at intervals — If something happens at intervals, it happens several times with gaps or pauses in between.
  • atorvastatin — a statin, (C 33 H 34 FN 2 O 5) 2 ·Ca 3 H 2 O, used in the prevention and treatment of heart disease.
  • attorneyship — The office or profession of an attorney.
  • attributions — Plural form of attribution.
  • aurene glass — an iridescent American art glass colored gold and blue.
  • austin friar — one of the Hermits of St. Augustine.
  • australasian — Australasian means belonging or relating to Australasia or to its people.
  • austronesian — of or relating to Austronesia, its peoples, or their languages
  • autochangers — Plural form of autochanger.
  • aversiveness — the condition of being characterized by aversion
  • awe-stricken — filled with awe.
  • babe-in-arms — a young baby that has to be carried
  • backbenchers — Plural form of backbencher.
  • backcrossing — (genetics) The crossing of a hybrid with one of its parents or an individual genetically similar to its parent.
  • backstarting — a marketing technique in publishing, whereby new customers are sent back issues of magazines or journals as part of their subscription
  • backswordman — a person who uses a backsword.
  • backwardness — toward the back or rear.
  • bacon-slicer — a machine for cutting bacon into slices
  • bad scran to — bad luck to
  • badger skunk — hog-nosed skunk (def 1).
  • badger-skunk — Also called badger skunk, rooter skunk. a large, naked-muzzled skunk, Conepatus mesoleucus, common in the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having a black coat with one broad white stripe down the back and tail.
  • bag snatcher — a thief whose main tactic is to grab women's handbags and run off with them
  • báinín skirt — a skirt made of this material
  • bairnsfather — Bruce. 1888–1959, British cartoonist, born in India: best known for his cartoons of the war in the trenches during World War I
  • baker island — an island in the central Pacific near the equator, belonging to the U.S. 1 sq. mi. (2.6 sq. km).
  • baker's oven — an oven used esp for baking bread
  • ballanwrasse — a slow-growing fish (Labrus bergylta) found in rocky waters
  • banana shrub — a tall Chinese shrub, Michelia figo, of the magnolia family, having cream-yellow flowers with a reddish edge and a strong banana odor.
  • bandar abbas — a seaport in S Iran.
  • bandersnatch — a fictional creature created by Lewis Carroll in his poem Jabberwocky, and appearing also in The Hunting of the Snark and Through the Looking-Glass
  • bandjarmasin — Banjarmasin
  • bandjermasin — a seaport on the S coast of Borneo, in Indonesia.
  • bank charges — penalties charged by a bank to a customer, for example when the customer's account is overdrawn or if a cheque is not honoured
  • bankruptcies — Plural form of bankruptcy.
  • banksia rose — a climbing rose, Rosa banksiae, native to China, having long, serrated leaves and white or yellow flowers.
  • bar sinister — the condition, implication, or stigma of being of illegitimate birth
  • barbados nut — an ornamental, tropical American tree, Jatropha curcas, of the spurge family, having ivylike leaves, small, yellow or greenish-yellow flowers, and olive-shaped fruit yielding a purgative, poisonous oil.
  • barbarianism — a person in a savage, primitive state; uncivilized person.
  • bargain sale — an event at which goods are sold at low prices, usually to clear old stocks
  • 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.
  • barn swallow — the US and Canadian name for the common swallow, Hirundo rustica
  • barnstormers — Plural form of barnstormer.
  • barnstorming — A barnstorming performance is full of energy and very exciting to watch.
  • barodynamics — the branch of mechanics concerned with heavy structures
  • base pairing — the hydrogen bonding that occurs between complementary nitrogenous bases in the two polynucleotide chains of a DNA molecule
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