12-letter words containing s, i, t, r
- bactericides — Plural form of bactericide.
- bacteriostat — any substance that arrests the growth or reproduction of bacteria but does not kill them
- 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
- ballet skirt — a full skirt, often made with several layers of fabric, typical of those worn by ballet dancers
- bankruptcies — Plural form of bankruptcy.
- baptisteries — Plural form of baptistery.
- bar sinister — the condition, implication, or stigma of being of illegitimate birth
- baraesthesia — the ability to sense pressure
- barbiturates — any of a group of barbituric acid derivatives, used in medicine as sedatives and hypnotics.
- barnstorming — A barnstorming performance is full of energy and very exciting to watch.
- barquisimeto — a city in NW Venezuela. Pop: 1 009 000 (2005 est)
- barristerial — pertaining to a barrister
- bartlesville — a city in NE Oklahoma.
- bashkirtseff — Marie, original name Marya Konstantinovna Bashkirtseva. 1858–84, Russian painter and diarist who wrote in French, noted esp for her Journal (1887)
- basket chair — a chair made of wickerwork; a wicker chair
- basmati rice — a variety of long-grain rice with slender aromatic grains, used for savoury dishes
- basque shirt — a knitted pullover shirt having a crew neck, long or short sleeves, and a pattern of horizontal stripes.
- bastard file — a file of the commercial grade of coarseness between coarse and second-cut.
- 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.
- beamsplitter — Alternative spelling of beam splitter.
- bear witness — to give written or oral testimony
- beauty strip — a narrow forest corridor left uncut alongside a road or body of water.
- beggar-ticks — any of various plants, such as the bur marigold and tick trefoil, having fruits or seeds that cling to clothing, fur, etc
- belligerents — warlike; given to waging war.
- below stairs — People sometimes use below stairs to refer to the servants in a rich household and the things that are connected with them.
- beta orionis — Rigel
- beta version — beta testing
- beth midrash — a place where Jews gather to study the Talmud and other religious writings; a small synagogue.
- bilateralism — the practice of being bilateral
- bio-security — the precautions taken to protect against the spread of lethal or harmful organisms and diseases
- bioastronomy — the branch of biology which deals with the study or the discovery of life forms on other planets or in space
- biochemistry — Biochemistry is the study of the chemical processes that happen in living things.
- biodiversity — Biodiversity is the existence of a wide variety of plant and animal species living in their natural environment.
- biorhythmics — the study of biorhythms
- bioterrorism — Bioterrorism is terrorism that involves the use of biological weapons.
- bird nesting — the activity of searching for birds' nests as a hobby
- bird's mouth — a right-angled notch cut in the underside of a rafter for fitting over a longitudinal member, as a wall plate.
- bird-s--nest — nest (def 1).
- bird-spotter — a bird-watcher
- biscuit ware — unglazed earthenware
- bit of skirt — a girl or woman
- bitter aloes — a bitter purgative drug made from the leaves of several species of aloe
- bitter cress — any plant belonging to the genus Cardamine, of the mustard family, having usually pinnate leaves and clusters of white, pink, or purple flowers.
- bitter lakes — two lakes, the Great Bitter Lake and Little Bitter Lake in NE Egypt: part of the Suez Canal
- blatherskite — a talkative silly person
- blazing star — a North American liliaceous plant, Chamaelirium luteum, with a long spike of small white flowers
- blister pack — a type of packet in which small items are displayed and sold, consisting of a transparent dome of plastic or similar material mounted on a firm backing such as cardboard
- blister rust — a disease of certain pines caused by rust fungi of the genus Cronartium, causing swellings on the bark from which orange masses of spores are released