12-letter words containing o, t, i, s, e
- attorneyship — The office or profession of an attorney.
- auction sale — an instance of items being sold by auction
- auction site — a commercial website on which items are sold by internet auction
- audio system — integrated equipment for producing amplified sound, as in a hi-fi or a mobile disco, or as a public-address system on stage
- austronesian — of or relating to Austronesia, its peoples, or their languages
- auto-erotism — the arousal and satisfaction of sexual excitement within or by oneself, as by masturbation.
- autodiallers — Plural form of autodialler.
- autoeciously — in an autoecious manner
- autotheistic — Self-worshiping; prideful in the extreme.
- bacteriostat — any substance that arrests the growth or reproduction of bacteria but does not kill them
- bandoneonist — One who plays the bandoneon.
- bank deposit — money placed in a bank account
- barquisimeto — a city in NW Venezuela. Pop: 1 009 000 (2005 est)
- base station — a fixed transmitter that forms part of an otherwise mobile radio network
- below stairs — People sometimes use below stairs to refer to the servants in a rich household and the things that are connected with them.
- best in show — an award to the dog, cat, or other animal judged best of all breeds in a competition.
- beta orionis — Rigel
- beta version — beta testing
- betting shop — A betting shop is a place where people can go to bet on something such as a horse race.
- bibliopegist — a bookbinder
- bio-security — the precautions taken to protect against the spread of lethal or harmful organisms and diseases
- biochemistry — Biochemistry is the study of the chemical processes that happen in living things.
- biodiversity — Biodiversity is the existence of a wide variety of plant and animal species living in their natural environment.
- biomagnetics — the study of magnetic fields as a form of therapy
- biomagnetism — animal magnetism.
- biopesticide — a naturally occurring or derived substance or an organism that controls pests by nontoxic means
- biosatellite — an artificial satellite for carrying living organisms
- bioscientist — any science that deals with the biological aspects of living organisms.
- biosynthesis — the formation of complex compounds from simple substances by living organisms
- biosynthetic — of, relating to, or characterized by biosynthesis, the formation of chemical compounds by a living organism, or a laboratory process modeled after these reactions in living organisms.
- 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
- 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.
- boiled shirt — a dress shirt with a stiff front
- boiled sweet — Boiled sweets are hard sweets that are made from boiled sugar.
- boisterously — rough and noisy; noisily jolly or rowdy; clamorous; unrestrained: the sound of boisterous laughter.
- bolshevistic — of, relating to, or characteristic of Bolshevists or Bolshevism.
- bone density — the degree of compactness of bone
- book society — book club.
- borosilicate — a salt of boric and silicic acids
- bossier city — city in NW La., on the Red River opposite Shreveport: pop. 56,000
- brainstormer — a person who brainstorms
- bristlemouth — any of several small, deep-sea fishes of the family Gonostomatidae, having numerous sharp, slender teeth covering the jaws.
- cafe society — people, esp intellectuals and artists who meet in cafés