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12-letter words containing o, n, e

  • barcalounger — a type of reclinable armchair with an extendable footrest
  • barnstormers — Plural form of barnstormer.
  • barrel organ — A barrel organ is a large machine that plays music when you turn the handle on the side. Barrel organs used to be played in the street to entertain people.
  • 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
  • basset hound — A basset hound is a dog with short strong legs, a long body, and long ears. It is kept as a pet or used for hunting.
  • baton charge — A baton charge is an attacking forward movement made by a large group of policemen carrying batons.
  • battle wagon — a battleship.
  • battlefronts — Plural form of battlefront.
  • battleground — A battleground is the same as a battlefield.
  • battlewagons — Plural form of battlewagon.
  • bayonet bulb — an electric light bulb which is inserted into the socket against spring pressure and turned so that pins on its side engage in slots in the socket
  • be done with — to end relations with
  • be in embryo — Something that is in embryo is at a very early stage of its development.
  • be no picnic — If you say that an experience, task, or activity is no picnic, you mean that it is quite difficult or unpleasant.
  • be no slouch — If you say that someone is no slouch at a particular activity, you mean that they are skilful at it or are willing to work hard at it.
  • be on a roll — to have a series of successes; go from success to success
  • be one thing — You can say that the first of two ideas, actions, or situations is one thing when you want to contrast it with a second idea, action, or situation and emphasize that the second one is much more difficult, important, or extreme.
  • beachcombing — The action of a beachcomber.
  • beacon light — a light signal for shipping
  • beaconsfield — a town in SE England, in Buckinghamshire. Pop: 12 292 (2001)
  • bead molding — bead (def 12).
  • bean counter — You can describe people such as accountants and business managers as bean counters if you disapprove of them because you think they are only interested in money.
  • bean sprouts — the sprouts of newly germinated mung beans, eaten as a vegetable, esp in Chinese dishes
  • bean-shooter — peashooter.
  • bear down on — to press down on; exert pressure on
  • beardtongues — Plural form of beardtongue.
  • bearing down — to hold up; support: to bear the weight of the roof.
  • beat up (on) — to give a beating to; thrash
  • beaumontague — a cement-like substance used to fill in and hide cracks and holes in woodwork and metalwork
  • beauty salon — A beauty salon is the same as a beauty parlour.
  • becomingness — The state or quality of becoming.
  • bed moulding — a moulding in an entablature between the corona and the frieze
  • bed of nails — a situation or position of extreme difficulty
  • bed-blocking — the use of hospital beds by elderly patients who cannot leave hospital because they have no place in a residential care home
  • begging bowl — If a country or organization approaches other countries or organizations with a begging bowl, it asks them for money.
  • bell housing — A bell housing is a bell-shaped extension of an engine crankcase, that contains the flywheel and the clutch.
  • belly button — Your belly button is the small round thing in the centre of your stomach.
  • below ground — If something is below ground or below the ground, it is in the ground.
  • bench jockey — a player on the bench who taunts opposing players, the officials, etc.
  • benevolently — characterized by or expressing goodwill or kindly feelings: a benevolent attitude; her benevolent smile.
  • benioff zone — a long narrow region, usually adjacent to a continent, along which earthquake foci lie on a plane which dips downwards at about 45° and along which the oceanic lithosphere is thought to be descending into the earth's interior
  • benzal group — the bivalent group C 7 H 6 –, derived from benzaldehyde.
  • benzoapyrene — a carcinogenic chemical in tobacco smoke
  • benzoic acid — a white crystalline solid occurring in many natural resins, used in the manufacture of benzoates, plasticizers, and dyes and as a food preservative (E210). Formula: C6H5COOH
  • benzonitrile — a clear, colorless, viscous, poisonous liquid, C 7 H 5 N, used chiefly as an intermediate in organic synthesis.
  • benzophenone — a white sweet-smelling crystalline solid used mainly in the manufacture of organic compounds and in perfume. Formula: C6H5COC6H5
  • benzoquinone — a yellow crystalline water-soluble unsaturated ketone manufactured from aniline and used in the production of dyestuffs. Formula: C6H4O2
  • benzyl group — the univalent group C 7 H 7 –, derived from toluene.
  • besottedness — the state of being besotted
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