12-letter words containing t, y, r, a, e
- attractively — In an attractive manner; with the power of attracting or drawing to.
- autoanalyzer — any of various automatic devices that test and analyze chemicals, blood, etc.
- axisymmetric — being symmetrical around an axis
- 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.
- bacteriology — Bacteriology is the science and the study of bacteria.
- balloon tyre — a pneumatic tyre containing air at a relatively low pressure and having a wide tread
- barley water — Barley water is a drink made from barley. It is sometimes flavoured with orange or lemon.
- baryta water — an aqueous solution of barium hydroxide, used chiefly as a reagent.
- bathyspheres — Plural form of bathysphere.
- battery acid — acid used in batteries, esp car batteries
- battery farm — a farm that uses batteries for raising poultry
- battery fire — the firing of a battery of weapons
- battery-park — The, a park at the S end of Manhattan, in New York City.
- battle array — the strategic arrangement of fighters and weapons in a battle
- battle royal — a fight, esp with fists or cudgels, involving more than two combatants; melee
- battleworthy — capable of engaging in combat; ready for battle: a decline in the nation's battleworthy forces.
- bay rum tree — a tropical American myrtaceous tree, Pimenta racemosa, that yields an oil used in making bay rum
- beauty cream — a cosmetic cream
- beauty quark — bottom quark
- beauty strip — a narrow forest corridor left uncut alongside a road or body of water.
- bi-quarterly — occurring twice in each quarter of a year.
- biparentally — from a biparental point of view
- boobytrapped — to set with or as if with a booby trap; attach a booby trap to or in.
- bottle party — a party to which guests bring drink
- bradykinetic — slowness of movement, as found, for example, in Parkinson's disease.
- breathalyser — a device for estimating the amount of alcohol in the breath: used in testing people suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol
- breathalyzer — A Breathalyzer is a bag or electronic device that the police use to test whether a driver has drunk too much alcohol.
- breathe easy — to take air, oxygen, etc., into the lungs and expel it; inhale and exhale; respire.
- breathlessly — without breath or breathing with difficulty; gasping; panting: We were breathless after the steep climb.
- bridge party — a gathering for the purpose of playing bridge
- buy the farm — a tract of land, usually with a house, barn, silo, etc., on which crops and often livestock are raised for livelihood.
- caméra stylo — the use of the camera as a means of personal expression, esp as practised by some directors of the New Wave
- candy stripe — a pattern of bright stripes of one color against a plain background, used chiefly in fabrics.
- carbohydrate — Carbohydrates are substances, found in certain kinds of food, that provide you with energy. Foods such as sugar and bread that contain these substances can also be referred to as carbohydrates.
- carboxylated — Simple past tense and past participle of carboxylate.
- carey street — (formerly) the street in which the London bankruptcy court was situated
- carnot cycle — an idealized reversible heat-engine cycle giving maximum efficiency and consisting of an isothermal expansion, an adiabatic expansion, an isothermal compression, and an adiabatic compression back to the initial state
- carry a tune — to be able to sing in tune
- carry permit — a license to carry a handgun on one's person.
- carry weight — to be important, influential, etc.
- case history — A person's case history is the record of past events or problems that have affected them, especially their medical history.
- categorially — in a manner relating to or involving categories
- categoricity — The quality of being categorical.
- cathode rays — a stream of electrons emitted from the surface of a cathode in a valve
- catty-corner — Something that is catty-corner or kitty-corner from another thing is placed or arranged diagonally from it.
- celebreality — a television genre that is unscripted and involves either the day-to-day documentation of a celebrity’s life or competitive challenges that a celebrity or celebrities must perform
- central city — the principal municipality of a metropolitan area, surrounded by suburbs and smaller towns; esp., the crowded, industrial, often blighted area
- cephalometry — measurement of the dimensions of the human head by radiography: used mainly in orthodontics
- cerebropathy — A hypochondriacal condition verging upon insanity, occurring in those whose brains have been unduly taxed.