12-letter words containing o, i, r, e, a
- banksia rose — a climbing rose, Rosa banksiae, native to China, having long, serrated leaves and white or yellow flowers.
- barcoo river — a river in E central Australia, in SW Queensland: joins with the Thomson River to form Cooper Creek
- barium oxide — a white or yellowish-white poisonous heavy powder used esp as a dehydrating agent. Formula: BaO
- 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)
- basidiospore — one of the spores, usually four in number, produced in a basidium
- bearing down — to hold up; support: to bear the weight of the roof.
- behaviorally — manner of behaving or acting.
- 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).
- bicollateral — (of a vascular bundle) having two phloem groups to the inside and outside, respectively, of the xylem
- bill of fare — The bill of fare at a restaurant is a list of the food for a meal from which you may choose what you want to eat.
- bingo caller — the person who shouts out the numbers to bingo players
- biogeography — the branch of biology concerned with the geographical distribution of plants and animals
- biometrician — a person who is knowledgeable about biometry
- biomolecular — relating to a biomolecule
- bipropellant — a rocket propellant consisting of two substances, usually a fuel and an oxidizer
- bitter aloes — a bitter purgative drug made from the leaves of several species of aloe
- black heroin — a very potent and addictive form of heroin that is dark-colored.
- bletheration — nonsense!
- body repairs — repairs to the bodywork of cars
- boilermaking — metal-working in heavy industry; plating or welding
- boogie board — a small, flexible plastic surfboard, ridden lying down.
- boolean ring — a nonempty collection of sets having the properties that the union of two sets of the collection is a set in the collection and that the relative complement of each set with respect to any other set is in the collection.
- boomeranging — a bent or curved piece of tough wood used by the Australian Aborigines as a throwing club, one form of which can be thrown so as to return to the thrower.
- borosilicate — a salt of boric and silicic acids
- boulangerite — a bluish lead-gray mineral, lead antimony sulfide, Pb 5 Sb 4 S 11 , a minor ore of lead.
- boulevardier — (originally in Paris) a fashionable man, esp one who frequents public places
- brainstormer — a person who brainstorms
- brisbane box — a broad-leaved evergreen tree, Tristania conferta, native to Australia, having a deciduous outer bark.
- broad-minded — If you describe someone as broad-minded, you approve of them because they are willing to accept types of behaviour which other people consider immoral.
- 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)
- byelorussian — Byelorussian means belonging or relating to Byelorussia or to its people or culture.
- cabriole leg — a type of furniture leg, popular in the first half of the 18th century, in which an upper convex curve descends tapering to a concave curve
- calorie-free — containing no calories
- calorimeters — Plural form of calorimeter.
- calorimetric — the measurement of heat.
- campodeiform — resembling insects of the genus Campodea
- cancerphobia — an excessive fear of getting cancer
- canine corps — a military or law enforcement body which uses dogs for the detection of explosives or drugs or for security, tracking, etc
- canton river — Zhu Jiang.
- canyoneering — (US) Canyoning, a hybrid outdoor sport involving the traversal of river canyons.
- cape comorin — a headland at the southernmost point of India, in Tamil Nadu state
- capricornean — born under or characteristic of Capricorn
- carbocholine — carbachol.
- carbon fiber — a very strong, lightweight synthetic fiber used in protective clothing, spacecraft components, racing shells, etc.