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12-letter words containing s, a, b

  • bag snatcher — a thief whose main tactic is to grab women's handbags and run off with them
  • bahama grass — Bermuda grass.
  • 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
  • bait casting — the act or technique of casting an artificial or natural lure attached to a silk or nylon line wound on a reel having a revolving spool, the rod used being shorter and less flexible than that used in fly casting.
  • bait-casting — designating fishing equipment designed for use with live bait or artificial lures, in which the weight of the bait or lure pulls the line from a winch-type reel, as during casting or trolling
  • baked alaska — a dessert consisting of cake and ice cream covered with meringue and cooked very quickly in a hot oven
  • 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
  • baking sheet — A baking sheet is a flat piece of metal on which you bake foods such as biscuits or pies in an oven.
  • bald cypress — a tree, Taxodium distichum, of swampy areas of the southern U.S., having featherlike needles and cone-shaped projections growing up from the roots, yielding a hardwood used in construction, shipbuilding, etc.
  • balinese cat — a breed of cat with medium-length silky hair, a plumed tail, blue eyes, large ears, and a dark mask, tail, and paws
  • ballanwrasse — a slow-growing fish (Labrus bergylta) found in rocky waters
  • ballast line — the level to which a vessel is immersed when in ballast.
  • ballet skirt — a full skirt, often made with several layers of fabric, typical of those worn by ballet dancers
  • ballet suite — music written for a ballet but suitable or arranged for performance in an orchestral concert.
  • balletomanes — Plural form of balletomane.
  • balloon sail — a large light bellying sail used in light winds
  • balloon seat — (on some 18th-century chairs) a seat having an outline resembling that of a bell.
  • balsam apple — an ornamental cucurbitaceous vine, Momordica balsamina, of the Old World tropics, with yellow flowers and orange egg-shaped fruits
  • balsamaceous — any of various fragrant exudations from certain trees, especially trees of the genus Commiphora, as balm-of-Gilead. Compare balm (def 1).
  • balto-slavic — the Baltic and Slavic languages, when considered as constituting a subfamily within the Indo-European family of languages: the Baltic and Slavic branches are now generally considered by scholars as independently derived from Indo-European
  • banach space — a vector space on which a norm is defined that is complete.
  • banana shrub — a tall Chinese shrub, Michelia figo, of the magnolia family, having cream-yellow flowers with a reddish edge and a strong banana odor.
  • banana split — A banana split is a kind of dessert. It consists of a banana cut in half along its length, with ice cream, nuts, and sauce on top.
  • bandar abbas — a seaport in S Iran.
  • bandersnatch — a fictional creature created by Lewis Carroll in his poem Jabberwocky, and appearing also in The Hunting of the Snark and Through the Looking-Glass
  • bandjarmasin — Banjarmasin
  • bandjermasin — a seaport on the S coast of Borneo, in Indonesia.
  • bandoneonist — One who plays the bandoneon.
  • bank charges — penalties charged by a bank to a customer, for example when the customer's account is overdrawn or if a cheque is not honoured
  • bank deposit — money placed in a bank account
  • bank swallow — a swallow, Riparia riparia, of the Northern Hemisphere, that nests in tunnels dug in sand or clay banks.
  • bankruptcies — Plural form of bankruptcy.
  • banks island — an island of N Canada, in the Northwest Territories: the westernmost island of the Arctic Archipelago. Area: about 67 340 sq km (26 000 sq miles)
  • banksia rose — a climbing rose, Rosa banksiae, native to China, having long, serrated leaves and white or yellow flowers.
  • baptisteries — Plural form of baptistery.
  • bar sinister — the condition, implication, or stigma of being of illegitimate birth
  • baraesthesia — the ability to sense pressure
  • barbados nut — an ornamental, tropical American tree, Jatropha curcas, of the spurge family, having ivylike leaves, small, yellow or greenish-yellow flowers, and olive-shaped fruit yielding a purgative, poisonous oil.
  • barbarianism — a person in a savage, primitive state; uncivilized person.
  • barbarossa i — (Aruj) died 1518, Barbary pirate, born in Greece.
  • barbecue set — a set of tools used for barbecuing
  • barbiturates — any of a group of barbituric acid derivatives, used in medicine as sedatives and hypnotics.
  • bardolatrous — relating to or characterized by bardolatry
  • bargain sale — an event at which goods are sold at low prices, usually to clear old stocks
  • barge course — the overhang of the gable end of a roof
  • barley sugar — Barley sugar is a sweet made from boiled sugar.
  • 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.
  • barn swallow — the US and Canadian name for the common swallow, Hirundo rustica
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