12-letter words containing r, e, l, t
- breathlessly — without breath or breathing with difficulty; gasping; panting: We were breathless after the steep climb.
- bridal suite — a room or set of rooms in a hotel for newly married couples
- bridge cloth — a tablecloth for a bridge table.
- bridge table — a square card table with folding legs.
- bridle joint — a heading joint in which the end of one member, notched to form two parallel tenons, is fitted into two gains cut into the edges of a second member.
- bright-field — of or relating to the illuminated region about the object of a microscope.
- brilliantine — a perfumed oil used to make the hair smooth and shiny
- brinell test — a test for determining the relative hardness (Brinell hardness) of a metal by measuring the diameter of the indentation made when a hardened steel ball is forced into the metal under a given pressure: the measure of hardness (Brinell number) is equal to the load in kilograms divided by the surface area in square millimeters of the indentation
- bristlemouth — any of several small, deep-sea fishes of the family Gonostomatidae, having numerous sharp, slender teeth covering the jaws.
- brittle star — any echinoderm of the class Ophiuroidea, having the body composed of a central, rounded disk from which radiate long, slender, fragile arms.
- brittle-star — any echinoderm of the class Ophiuroidea, occurring on the sea bottom and having five long slender arms radiating from a small central disc
- bull terrier — A bull terrier is a breed of strong dog with a short, whitish coat and a thick neck.
- bullet train — a passenger train that travels at very high speed
- bullet-proof — Something that is bullet-proof is made of a strong material that bullets cannot pass through.
- butter cloth — a type of open, unsized muslin
- butyl rubber — a copolymer of isobutene and isoprene, used in tyres and as a waterproofing material
- calendar art — a type of sentimental, picturesque, or sexually titillating picture used on some calendars.
- call letters — Call letters are the letters and numbers which identify a person, vehicle, or organization that is broadcasting on the radio or sending messages by radio.
- caloreceptor — a receptor stimulated by heat.
- calorimeters — Plural form of calorimeter.
- calorimetric — the measurement of heat.
- calreticulin — (protein) A multifunctional protein that binds calcium ions.
- caméra stylo — the use of the camera as a means of personal expression, esp as practised by some directors of the New Wave
- cameralistic — of or relating to public finance.
- cantilevered — A cantilevered structure is constructed using cantilevers.
- cape ortegal — a cape in NW Spain, projecting into the Bay of Biscay
- capitularies — Plural form of capitulary.
- carbon steel — steel whose characteristics are determined by the amount of carbon it contains
- carboxylated — Simple past tense and past participle of carboxylate.
- cardinalates — Plural form of cardinalate.
- carload rate — a special low rate for shipment by carloads
- carnot cycle — an idealized reversible heat-engine cycle giving maximum efficiency and consisting of an isothermal expansion, an adiabatic expansion, an isothermal compression, and an adiabatic compression back to the initial state
- carol stream — a town in NE Illinois.
- carpet tiles — small pieces of carpeting laid as tiles to cover a floor
- cartwheeling — Present participle of cartwheel.
- carunculated — Alternative form of carunculate.
- carvel-built — (of a vessel) having a hull with planks made flush at the seams
- caster angle — the forward or backward tilt of the steering axis in a vehicle, when considered from the side
- cat squirrel — the gray squirrel, as distinguished from the fox squirrel.
- cat's cradle — a game played by making intricate patterns with a loop of string between the fingers
- categorially — in a manner relating to or involving categories
- caterpillars — Plural form of caterpillar.
- caterpillers — Archaic spelling of caterpillarst; Plural form of caterpiller.
- caterwauling — the shrieking and yowling made by a cat, for example when it is on heat or fighting
- cattle drive — the process of moving cattle across country, often carried out by cowboys on horseback
- cattle egret — a small, white egret (Bubulcus ibis), an Old World bird that has expanded its range to North and South America: it often feeds on insects attracted to cattle and other grazing animals
- cattle guard — A cattle guard is the same as a cattle grid.
- cattle truck — a railway wagon designed for carrying livestock
- cattleduffer — a cattle thief.
- cattleperson — Someone who works with, or rears cattle.