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12-letter words containing r, i, n, s

  • astronautics — the science and technology of space flight
  • astronomical — If you describe an amount, especially the cost of something as astronomical, you are emphasizing that it is very large indeed.
  • astroturfing — a PR tactic used in politics and advertising in which actors are paid to display overt and apparently spontaneous grassroots support for a particular product, policy, or event
  • asynchronies — a lack of synchronism or coincidence in time.
  • asynchronism — a lack of synchronism; occurrence at different times
  • at intervals — If something happens at intervals, it happens several times with gaps or pauses in between.
  • atorvastatin — a statin, (C 33 H 34 FN 2 O 5) 2 ·Ca 3 H 2 O, used in the prevention and treatment of heart disease.
  • attorneyship — The office or profession of an attorney.
  • attributions — Plural form of attribution.
  • austin friar — one of the Hermits of St. Augustine.
  • australasian — Australasian means belonging or relating to Australasia or to its people.
  • austronesian — of or relating to Austronesia, its peoples, or their languages
  • aversiveness — the condition of being characterized by aversion
  • awe-stricken — filled with awe.
  • babe-in-arms — a young baby that has to be carried
  • backcrossing — (genetics) The crossing of a hybrid with one of its parents or an individual genetically similar to its parent.
  • backstarting — a marketing technique in publishing, whereby new customers are sent back issues of magazines or journals as part of their subscription
  • bacon-slicer — a machine for cutting bacon into slices
  • 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).
  • bandjarmasin — Banjarmasin
  • bandjermasin — a seaport on the S coast of Borneo, in Indonesia.
  • bankruptcies — Plural form of bankruptcy.
  • banksia rose — a climbing rose, Rosa banksiae, native to China, having long, serrated leaves and white or yellow flowers.
  • bar sinister — the condition, implication, or stigma of being of illegitimate birth
  • barbarianism — a person in a savage, primitive state; uncivilized person.
  • bargain sale — an event at which goods are sold at low prices, usually to clear old stocks
  • barn raising — (in rural areas) a party, usually providing food, drink, etc., for the purpose of assisting a neighbor to put up a new barn.
  • barnstorming — A barnstorming performance is full of energy and very exciting to watch.
  • barodynamics — the branch of mechanics concerned with heavy structures
  • base pairing — the hydrogen bonding that occurs between complementary nitrogenous bases in the two polynucleotide chains of a DNA molecule
  • base-pairing — the process of binding separate DNA sequences by base pairs.
  • bastard wing — a tuft of feathers attached to the first digit of a bird, distinct from the wing feathers attached to the other digits and the ulna
  • bastardizing — Present participle of bastardize.
  • bear witness — to give written or oral testimony
  • bearskin rug — the pelt of a bear, used as a rug
  • belligerents — warlike; given to waging war.
  • bernina alps — a mountain group in SE Switzerland, extending from the Rhateian Alps on the Italian border. Highest peak, Piz Bernina, 13,304 feet (4055 meters).
  • bernina pass — a pass in the Alps between SE Switzerland and N Italy, east of Piz Bernina. Height: 2323 m (7622 ft)
  • beta orionis — Rigel
  • beta version — beta testing
  • bichon frise — a small white poodle-like dog of European origin, with a silky, loosely curling coat
  • bio-organism — a dangerous fast-proliferating organism that could be used as the basis of a biological weapon
  • bioastronomy — the branch of biology which deals with the study or the discovery of life forms on other planets or in space
  • biocorrosion — corrosion caused by or enhanced by bacteria or other microorganisms; biologically induced corrosion.
  • bird nesting — the activity of searching for birds' nests as a hobby
  • bird-s--nest — nest (def 1).
  • biscay green — a yellowish green.
  • blazing star — a North American liliaceous plant, Chamaelirium luteum, with a long spike of small white flowers
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