12-letter words containing r, a, b, n
- antiroll bar — a horizontal bar in the suspension system of some automotive vehicles, that stabilizes the body of the vehicle and thereby reduces sway, esp. during turns
- antisway bar — stabilizer bar.
- antithrombin — a substance that counteracts the action of thrombin, preventing the formation of blood clots
- antwerp blue — any of several iron-blue pigments, usually containing a considerable amount of extender.
- apple brandy — an alcoholic liquor made with apples
- approbations — approval; commendation.
- arabian gulf — an arm of the Arabian Sea, between SW Iran and Arabia. 600 miles (965 km) long.
- arabica bean — a high-quality coffee bean, obtained from the tree Coffea arabica
- arachnophobe — a person who is afraid of spiders
- arba kanfoth — a rectangular piece of cloth with fringes at the four corners and a hole in the center for the head, worn under the clothes by Orthodox Jewish males.
- arbitrations — Plural form of arbitration.
- arborescence — treelike in size and form.
- arborization — a branching treelike appearance in certain fossils and minerals
- archibenthos — the ocean bottom between the littoral and abyssal zones: from depths of approximately 200 feet (60 meters) to 3300 feet (1000 meters).
- area bombing — aerial bombing in which bombs are dropped over the general area of a target.
- around about — Around about means approximately.
- ashurbanipal — died ?626 bc, king of Assyria (?668–?626): son of Esarhaddon. He built the magnificent palace and library at Nineveh
- assurbanipal — Ashurbanipal
- atrabilarian — Characterized by melancholy or glum; atrabilarious; atrabilious.
- attenborough — Sir David. born 1926, British naturalist and broadcaster; noted esp for his TV series Life on Earth (1978), The Living Planet (1983), The Life of Birds (1998), The Life of Mammals (2002), and First Life (2010)
- attributions — Plural form of attribution.
- b'nai b'rith — a Jewish fraternal organization founded in New York in 1843, having moral, philanthropic, social, educational, and political aims
- babe-in-arms — a young baby that has to be carried
- baby monitor — a device that transmits sounds made by a baby to another room
- baby-bouncer — a seat on springs suspended from a door frame, etc, in which a baby may be placed for exercise
- baccalaurean — of a baccalaureate
- back country — The back country is an area that is a long way from any city and has very few people living in it.
- backbenchers — Plural form of backbencher.
- backbreaking — demanding great effort; exhausting
- backcourtman — any of the players stationed in the backcourt; a guard
- backcrossing — (genetics) The crossing of a hybrid with one of its parents or an individual genetically similar to its parent.
- backgrounded — Simple past tense and past participle of background.
- backgrounder — A backgrounder is a short article in a newspaper or magazine that provides background information about a particular subject.
- 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.
- backtracking — to return over the same course or route.
- backwardness — toward the back or rear.
- bacon-slicer — a machine for cutting bacon into slices
- bad scran to — bad luck to
- bad-mannered — having bad manners; impolite
- badger plane — a plane for finishing rabbets or the like.
- 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
- baldwin park — city in SW Calif.: suburb of Los Angeles: pop. 76,000
- balkan frame — an overhead frame, fastened to a bed, from which a splinted, fractured leg or arm is suspended and held in traction.