12-letter words containing u, n, e
- banquet room — A banquet room is a room in a hotel where large formal meals for many people can be held.
- barcalounger — a type of reclinable armchair with an extendable footrest
- bare-knuckle — without boxing gloves
- barium enema — an injection into the rectum of a preparation of barium sulphate, which is opaque to X-rays, before X-raying the lower alimentary canal
- base bullion — smelted lead containing impurities, as gold, silver, or zinc, that are later removed.
- base jumping — a sport in which a participant parachutes from any of a variety of fixed objects such as high buildings, cliffs, etc
- basset hound — A basset hound is a dog with short strong legs, a long body, and long ears. It is kept as a pet or used for hunting.
- battleground — A battleground is the same as a battlefield.
- bayonet bulb — an electric light bulb which is inserted into the socket against spring pressure and turned so that pins on its side engage in slots in the socket
- be no slouch — If you say that someone is no slouch at a particular activity, you mean that they are skilful at it or are willing to work hard at it.
- bean counter — You can describe people such as accountants and business managers as bean counters if you disapprove of them because you think they are only interested in money.
- bean sprouts — the sprouts of newly germinated mung beans, eaten as a vegetable, esp in Chinese dishes
- beardtongues — Plural form of beardtongue.
- bearskin rug — the pelt of a bear, used as a rug
- beat up (on) — to give a beating to; thrash
- beaumontague — a cement-like substance used to fill in and hide cracks and holes in woodwork and metalwork
- beauty queen — A beauty queen is a woman who has won a beauty contest.
- beauty salon — A beauty salon is the same as a beauty parlour.
- bechuanaland — former British territory (1884-1966) in S Africa: now the country of Botswana
- bed moulding — a moulding in an entablature between the corona and the frieze
- befuddlement — to confuse, as with glib statements or arguments: politicians befuddling the public with campaign promises.
- begrudgingly — If you do something begrudgingly, you do it unwillingly.
- beijing duck — a roasted duck prized for its crisp skin, prepared by forcing air between skin and meat, brushing with sugar water, and hanging up to dry before final cooking.
- beleaguering — to surround with military forces.
- bell housing — A bell housing is a bell-shaped extension of an engine crankcase, that contains the flywheel and the clutch.
- belly button — Your belly button is the small round thing in the centre of your stomach.
- below ground — If something is below ground or below the ground, it is in the ground.
- benefit club — a club whose members enjoy certain benefits, such as reduced prices for travel or sporting events
- benumbedness — the condition of being benumbed
- benzal group — the bivalent group C 7 H 6 –, derived from benzaldehyde.
- benzoquinone — a yellow crystalline water-soluble unsaturated ketone manufactured from aniline and used in the production of dyestuffs. Formula: C6H4O2
- benzyl group — the univalent group C 7 H 7 –, derived from toluene.
- bequeathment — to dispose of (personal property, especially money) by last will: She bequeathed her half of the company to her niece.
- beurre blanc — an emulsion of cold butter in a white wine or vinegar and shallot reduction
- beurre fondu — melted butter.
- beurre manie — butterpaste.
- beyond doubt — You say that something is beyond doubt or beyond reasonable doubt when you are certain that it is true and it cannot be contradicted or disproved.
- bhubaneshwar — a state in E India. 60,136 sq. mi. (155,752 sq. km). Capital: Bhubaneshwar.
- bien entendu — certainly; to be sure
- big business — Big business is business which involves very large companies and very large sums of money.
- bimillennium — a period of two thousand years
- birket karun — a lake in N Egypt. 25 miles (40 km) long; about 5 miles (8 km) wide; 90 sq. mi. (233 sq. km).
- bismuthinite — a grey mineral consisting of bismuth sulphide in orthorhombic crystalline form. It occurs in veins associated with tin, copper, silver, lead, etc, and is a source of bismuth. Formula: Bi2S3
- biting louse — any wingless insect of the order Mallophaga, such as the chicken louse: external parasites of birds and mammals with biting mouthparts
- biuniqueness — the quality of a one-to-one correspondence
- black tongue — canine pellagra.
- blank cheque — If someone is given a blank cheque, they are given the authority to spend as much money as they need or want.
- blissfulness — full of, abounding in, enjoying, or conferring bliss.
- blue jasmine — a southern U.S. shrubby vine, Clematis crispa, of the buttercup family, having solitary, bell-shaped, blue or bluish-purple to pink flowers and bearing fruit with silky appendages.
- blue norther — a cold north wind that brings rapidly falling temperatures.