12-letter words containing t, a, b, r, e
- attenborough — Sir David. born 1926, British naturalist and broadcaster; noted esp for his TV series Life on Earth (1978), The Living Planet (1983), The Life of Birds (1998), The Life of Mammals (2002), and First Life (2010)
- attributable — If something is attributable to an event, situation, or person, it is likely that it was caused by that event, situation or person.
- authorizable — able to be authorized
- b-s particle — a neutral meson with a mass 10,507 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of approximately 1.6 X 10 -12 seconds.
- baby brother — a younger brother
- baby's-tears — a mosslike plant, Soleirolia (or Helxine) soleirolii, of the nettle family, native to Corsica and Sardinia, having small, roundish leaves and minute flowers.
- baccalauréat — (esp in France) a school-leaving examination that qualifies the successful candidates for entrance to university
- bach trumpet — a modern small three-valved trumpet for playing clarino passages in Bach's music
- bachelorette — A bachelorette is a woman who has never married.
- back scatter — the deflection of nuclear particles or of radiation in a scattering process through an angle greater than 90°.
- back stretch — the straight part of a race track opposite the part leading to the finish line.
- backtrackers — Plural form of backtracker.
- bacteria bed — a layer of sand or gravel used to expose sewage effluent, in its final stages, to air and the action of microorganisms
- bactericidal — any substance capable of killing bacteria.
- bactericides — Plural form of bactericide.
- bacteriocide — Alternative form of bactericide.
- bacteriology — Bacteriology is the science and the study of bacteria.
- bacteriostat — any substance that arrests the growth or reproduction of bacteria but does not kill them
- bad-tempered — Someone who is bad-tempered is not very cheerful and gets angry easily.
- badger state — any of various burrowing, carnivorous mammals of the family Mustelidae, as Taxidea taxus, of North America, and Meles meles, of Europe and Asia.
- bag snatcher — a thief whose main tactic is to grab women's handbags and run off with them
- bairnsfather — Bruce. 1888–1959, British cartoonist, born in India: best known for his cartoons of the war in the trenches during World War I
- ballad metre — the metre of a ballad stanza
- ballet skirt — a full skirt, often made with several layers of fabric, typical of those worn by ballet dancers
- balloon tire — a wide, deep-walled pneumatic tire with relatively low air pressure to lessen the shock of bumps
- balloon tyre — a pneumatic tyre containing air at a relatively low pressure and having a wide tread
- ballot paper — A ballot paper is a piece of paper on which you indicate your choice or opinion in an election or ballot.
- baluchithere — a hornless rhinoceros of the extinct genus Baluchitherium that inhabited central Asia during the Oligocene and early Miocene epochs: the largest land mammal known.
- 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
- bankruptcies — Plural form of bankruptcy.
- banquet room — A banquet room is a room in a hotel where large formal meals for many people can be held.
- baptisteries — Plural form of baptistery.
- bar sinister — the condition, implication, or stigma of being of illegitimate birth
- baraesthesia — the ability to sense pressure
- barbecue pit — a trench in which wood or charcoal is burned for barbecuing
- 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.
- barley water — Barley water is a drink made from barley. It is sometimes flavoured with orange or lemon.
- barnstormers — Plural form of barnstormer.
- barometrical — (archaic) Relating to, or observed with, a barometer, barometric.
- baroreceptor — a collection of sensory nerve endings, principally in the carotid sinuses and the aortic arch, that monitor blood pressure changes in the body
- barquisimeto — a city in NW Venezuela. Pop: 1 009 000 (2005 est)
- barrel vault — a vault in the form of a half cylinder
- barristerial — pertaining to a barrister
- bartlesville — a city in NE Oklahoma.
- baryta water — an aqueous solution of barium hydroxide, used chiefly as a reagent.
- 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
- basket maker — a member of an early Native American people of the southwestern US, preceding the Pueblo people, known for skill in basket-making
- basketballer — (informal) A basketball player; a person who plays basketball.