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12-letter words containing r, o

  • batter board — (at a building site) one of a number of boards set horizontally to support strings for outlining the foundation plan of a building.
  • batter's box — box1 (def 16a).
  • battle group — a group of warships usually consisting of at least one aircraft carrier, other surface ships, submarines, landing craft, etc
  • battle royal — a fight, esp with fists or cudgels, involving more than two combatants; melee
  • battlefronts — Plural form of battlefront.
  • battleground — A battleground is the same as a battlefield.
  • battleworthy — capable of engaging in combat; ready for battle: a decline in the nation's battleworthy forces.
  • be in embryo — Something that is in embryo is at a very early stage of its development.
  • be on a roll — to have a series of successes; go from success to success
  • be queer for — to have a strong liking for; be obsessed with
  • beach-comber — a person who lives by gathering salable articles of jetsam, refuse, etc., from beaches.
  • beachcombers — Plural form of beachcomber.
  • bean counter — You can describe people such as accountants and business managers as bean counters if you disapprove of them because you think they are only interested in money.
  • bean sprouts — the sprouts of newly germinated mung beans, eaten as a vegetable, esp in Chinese dishes
  • bean-shooter — peashooter.
  • bear down on — to press down on; exert pressure on
  • beardtongues — Plural form of beardtongue.
  • bearing down — to hold up; support: to bear the weight of the roof.
  • beaufort sea — part of the Arctic Ocean off the N coast of North America
  • beaver cloth — beaver1 (def 8).
  • bed of roses — If you say that a situation is not a bed of roses, you mean that it is not as pleasant as it seems, and that there are some unpleasant aspects to it.
  • bedford cord — a heavy corded cloth, similar to corduroy
  • bedfordshire — a county of S central England, administered since 2009 by the unitary authorities of Bedford and Central Bedfordshire: mainly low-lying, with the Chiltern Hills in the south: the geographical county includes Luton, which became a separate unitary authority in 1997. Area (excluding Luton): 1192 sq km (460 sq miles)
  • bedroom eyes — sexy eyes
  • beer o’clock — the time of day when it is acceptable or customary to start drinking alcohol
  • beer parlour — a room in a tavern, hotel, etc in which beer is served
  • behaviorally — manner of behaving or acting.
  • 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 ground — If something is below ground or below the ground, it is in the ground.
  • below stairs — People sometimes use below stairs to refer to the servants in a rich household and the things that are connected with them.
  • benzal group — the bivalent group C 7 H 6 –, derived from benzaldehyde.
  • benzoapyrene — a carcinogenic chemical in tobacco smoke
  • benzonitrile — a clear, colorless, viscous, poisonous liquid, C 7 H 5 N, used chiefly as an intermediate in organic synthesis.
  • benzyl group — the univalent group C 7 H 7 –, derived from toluene.
  • beta blocker — A beta blocker is a drug which is used to treat people who have high blood pressure or heart problems.
  • beta orionis — Rigel
  • beta version — beta testing
  • beta-blocker — any of various substances that interfere with the action of the beta receptors: used primarily to reduce the heart rate or force in the prevention, management, or treatment of angina, hypertension, or arrythmias.
  • betacarotene — the most important form of the plant pigment carotene, which occurs in milk, vegetables, and other foods and, when eaten by man and animals, is converted in the body to vitamin A
  • beurre fondu — melted butter.
  • beyond price — invaluable or priceless
  • beyond reach — inaccessible
  • bib overalls — overall (def 3a).
  • bibliography — A bibliography is a list of books on a particular subject.
  • bichon frise — a small white poodle-like dog of European origin, with a silky, loosely curling coat
  • bicollateral — (of a vascular bundle) having two phloem groups to the inside and outside, respectively, of the xylem
  • bill of fare — The bill of fare at a restaurant is a list of the food for a meal from which you may choose what you want to eat.
  • bimorph cell — a piezoelectric transducer consisting of two crystals cemented together, used in microphones, headphones, loudspeakers, etc. to convert vibrations into a voltage output or to convert a signal voltage into vibrations that can produce audible sounds
  • binary color — secondary color.
  • bingo caller — the person who shouts out the numbers to bingo players
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