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12-letter words containing s, e, n, a

  • bounce flash — a flash lamp designed to produce a bounced flash.
  • bradmanesque — (of a batsman or innings) reminiscent of Sir Don Bradman in terms of dominance over the opposing bowlers
  • bradykinesia — abnormal slowness of physical movement, esp as an effect of Parkinson's disease
  • brain teaser — A brain teaser is a question, problem, or puzzle that is difficult to answer or solve, but is not serious or important.
  • brain-teaser — a puzzle or problem whose solution requires great ingenuity.
  • brainstormer — a person who brainstorms
  • brassfounder — a person who makes things from brass
  • braunschweig — Brunswick
  • brenner pass — a pass over the E Alps, between Austria and Italy. Highest point: 1372 m (4501 ft)
  • brisbane box — a broad-leaved evergreen tree, Tristania conferta, native to Australia, having a deciduous outer bark.
  • brooks range — a mountain range in N Alaska. Highest peak: Mount Isto, 2761 m (9058 ft)
  • buccaneerish — of or relating to a buccaneer
  • 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)
  • burnt sienna — a reddish-brown dye or pigment obtained by roasting raw sienna in a furnace
  • by all means — You can say 'by all means' to tell someone that you are very willing to allow them to do something.
  • by any means — in any way possible; at all; somehow
  • by reason of — If one thing happens by reason of another, it happens because of it.
  • byelorussian — Byelorussian means belonging or relating to Byelorussia or to its people or culture.
  • cablecasting — relating to broadcasting by cable
  • cadent house — any of the four houses that precede the angles: the third, sixth, ninth, and twelfth houses, which correspond, respectively, to neighborhood and relatives, work and health, philosophy and foreign travel, and secret matters and service to others.
  • caenogenesis — the development of structures and organs in an embryo or larva that are adaptations to its way of life and are not retained in the adult form
  • caesalpinoid — of, relating to, or belonging to the Caesalpinoideae, a mainly tropical subfamily of leguminous plants that have irregular flowers: includes carob, senna, brazil, cassia, and poinciana
  • calisthenics — Calisthenics are simple exercises that you can do to keep fit and healthy.
  • callisthenes — c360–327 b.c, Greek philosopher: chronicled Alexander the Great's conquests.
  • callisthenic — Alternative spelling of calisthenic.
  • calorescence — the absorption of radiation by a body, subsequently re-emitted at a higher frequency (lower wavelength)
  • cameraperson — a camera operator
  • camiknickers — women's knickers attached to a camisole top
  • camping site — A camping site is the same as a campsite.
  • campshedding — to line (the bank of a river) with campshot.
  • canada goose — A Canada goose is a grayish-brown wild goose that comes from North America.
  • cancer stick — a cigarette.
  • candlefishes — Plural form of candlefish.
  • candlesticks — Plural form of candlestick.
  • candy stripe — a pattern of bright stripes of one color against a plain background, used chiefly in fabrics.
  • canine corps — a military or law enforcement body which uses dogs for the detection of explosives or drugs or for security, tracking, etc
  • cankeredness — spitefulness or crabbedness
  • canned goods — tinned food produce
  • cannibalised — Simple past tense and past participle of cannibalise.
  • cannibalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cannibalize.
  • canoe slalom — a competitive event in which a canoeist maneuvers through a slalom course, usually in white water.
  • canonicalise — (transitive, computing, UK) Alternative form of canonicalize.
  • canorousness — The quality of being musical.
  • cantankerous — Someone who is cantankerous is always finding things to argue or complain about.
  • canterburies — Plural form of canterbury.
  • canvas shoes — soft shoes with a canvas upper
  • capacitances — Plural form of capacitance.
  • cape jasmine — a widely cultivated gardenia shrub, Gardenia jasminoides
  • cape sounionCape, a cape in E central Greece, SE of Athens, at the tip of the Attica peninsula, in W Aegean Sea.
  • captiousness — The state of being captious.
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