12-letter words containing r, a, i, s, e, o
- 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).
- bitter aloes — a bitter purgative drug made from the leaves of several species of aloe
- body repairs — repairs to the bodywork of cars
- borosilicate — a salt of boric and silicic acids
- brainstormer — a person who brainstorms
- brisbane box — a broad-leaved evergreen tree, Tristania conferta, native to Australia, having a deciduous outer bark.
- 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.
- calorimeters — Plural form of calorimeter.
- canine corps — a military or law enforcement body which uses dogs for the detection of explosives or drugs or for security, tracking, etc
- carbonatites — Plural form of carbonatite.
- case history — A person's case history is the record of past events or problems that have affected them, especially their medical history.
- cataphoresis — electrophoresis
- categorising — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- cater-cousin — a close friend
- cauliflowers — Plural form of cauliflower.
- celebrations — Plural form of celebration.
- centimorgans — Plural form of centimorgan.
- ceratopsians — Plural form of ceratopsian.
- cerebrations — Plural form of cerebration.
- ceroplastics — the art of wax modelling
- chaetiferous — having bristles
- chain smoker — person: smokes heavily
- chain-smoker — A chain-smoker is a person who chain-smokes.
- chairpersons — Plural form of chairperson.
- chicharrones — A Hispanic dish; made of fried pork rinds.
- chiropterans — Plural form of chiropteran.
- chocolatiers — Plural form of chocolatier.
- choirmasters — Plural form of choirmaster.
- cichoraceous — relating to plants of the sub-order Cichoraceae
- clerofascist — A cleric supporting fascism or advocating a synthesis of religion and fascism.
- closegrained — having a fine, compact grain or texture
- coarse grain — granularity
- code-sharing — a commercial agreement between two airlines that allows passengers to use a ticket from one airline to travel on another
- commanderies — the office or rank of a commander.
- commentaries — Plural form of commentary.
- commiserable — worthy of commiseration; pitiable
- commiserated — Simple past tense and past participle of commiserate.
- commiserates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of commiserate.
- commiserator — to feel or express sorrow or sympathy for; empathize with; pity.
- commissaries — Plural form of commissary.
- comparatives — Plural form of comparative.
- connaisseurs — Plural form of connaisseur.
- consecrating — Present participle of consecrate.
- consecration — the part of the Mass after the sermon during which the bread and wine are believed to change into the Body and Blood of Christ
- conservating — Present participle of conservate.