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12-letter words containing u, r, t

  • blow through — to leave; make off
  • blue norther — a cold north wind that brings rapidly falling temperatures.
  • blue pointer — a large shark, Isuropsis mako, of Australian coastal waters, having a blue back and pointed snout
  • blue vitriol — the fully hydrated blue crystalline form of copper sulphate
  • blueprinting — a process of photographic printing, used chiefly in copying architectural and mechanical drawings, which produces a white line on a blue background.
  • blues guitar — blues guitar music
  • boar-hunting — the practice of hunting wild boars
  • boarding out — the local-authority practice of placing a client in a foster family or voluntary establishment and paying for it
  • boisterously — rough and noisy; noisily jolly or rowdy; clamorous; unrestrained: the sound of boisterous laughter.
  • bolt upright — If someone is sitting or standing bolt upright, they are sitting or standing very straight.
  • bonnet rouge — a red cap worn by ardent supporters of the French Revolution
  • boom-or-bust — boom-and-bust.
  • booster pump — A booster pump is a pump which is used where pressure is low and needs to be increased.
  • bottle gourd — an Old World cucurbitaceous climbing plant, Lagenaria siceraria, having large hard-shelled gourds as fruits
  • bottom quark — a type of quark with a mass of c. 4.7 to 5.3 GeV/c2, a negative charge that is 1⁄3 the charge of an electron, zero charm, and zero strangeness
  • bottom round — a cut of beef taken from outside the round, which is below the rump and above the upper leg.
  • boulangerite — a bluish lead-gray mineral, lead antimony sulfide, Pb 5 Sb 4 S 11 , a minor ore of lead.
  • bouleuterion — a council chamber in ancient Greece.
  • bourke-white — Margaret. 1906–71, US photographer, a pioneer of modern photojournalism: noted esp for her coverage of World War II
  • bow thruster — a propeller located in a ship's bow to provide added maneuverability, as when docking.
  • brain tumour — a tumour that is situated in the brain
  • brains trust — a group of knowledgeable people who discuss topics in public or on radio or television
  • breakthrough — A breakthrough is an important development or achievement.
  • breastplough — a plough driven by the worker's breast, often used to pare turf
  • breastsummer — a girder extending across a large opening in a building to support the wall above, used primarily over shop-fronts
  • breath group — a sequence of sounds articulated in the course of a single exhalation; an utterance or part of an utterance produced between pauses for breath.
  • brevicaudate — having a short tail.
  • bridal suite — a room or set of rooms in a hotel for newly married couples
  • bristlemouth — any of several small, deep-sea fishes of the family Gonostomatidae, having numerous sharp, slender teeth covering the jaws.
  • broncobuster — (in the western US and Canada) a cowboy who breaks in broncos or wild horses
  • brontosaurus — any very large herbivorous quadrupedal dinosaur of the genus Apatosaurus, common in North America during Jurassic times, having a long neck and long tail: suborder Sauropoda (sauropods)
  • brown butter — beurre noir.
  • brush turkey — any of several gallinaceous birds, esp Alectura lathami, of New Guinea and Australia, having a black plumage: family Megapodidae (megapodes)
  • brushability — the quality of being brushable
  • buck private — a common soldier
  • buck's party — a party for men only, esp one held for a man before he is married
  • bucket truck — a truck with an attached aerial lift or movable boom.
  • buenaventura — a major port in W Colombia, on the Pacific coast. Pop: 250 000 (2005 est)
  • buffer state — A buffer state is a peaceful country situated between two or more larger hostile countries.
  • buffer stock — a stock of a commodity built up by a government or trade organization with the object of using it to stabilize prices
  • bugger about — If someone buggers about or buggers around, they waste time doing unnecessary things.
  • bull terrier — A bull terrier is a breed of strong dog with a short, whitish coat and a thick neck.
  • bullet train — a passenger train that travels at very high speed
  • bullet-proof — Something that is bullet-proof is made of a strong material that bullets cannot pass through.
  • bullock cart — a cart pulled by one or two bullocks
  • bunco artist — a confidence trickster or con artist
  • bunny rabbit — rabbit
  • bureaucratic — Bureaucratic means involving complicated rules and procedures which can cause long delays.
  • burning ghat — a platform at the top of a riverside ghat where Hindus cremate their dead.
  • burnt almond — a sweet consisting of an almond enclosed in burnt sugar
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