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12-letter words containing b

  • battle array — the strategic arrangement of fighters and weapons in a battle
  • battle clasp — clasp (def 4).
  • battle creek — a city in S Michigan.
  • battle dress — military field uniform and accouterments, generally camouflaged and stripped of all ornamentation.
  • battle group — a group of warships usually consisting of at least one aircraft carrier, other surface ships, submarines, landing craft, etc
  • battle royal — a fight, esp with fists or cudgels, involving more than two combatants; melee
  • battle wagon — a battleship.
  • battlefields — Plural form of battlefield.
  • battlefronts — Plural form of battlefront.
  • battleground — A battleground is the same as a battlefield.
  • battlemented — Furnished with battlements, as the ramparts of a city or castle.
  • battlewagons — Plural form of battlewagon.
  • battleworthy — capable of engaging in combat; ready for battle: a decline in the nation's battleworthy forces.
  • battological — tending to repeat words unnecessarily
  • bay of fundy — an inlet of the Atlantic in SE Canada, between S New Brunswick and W Nova Scotia: remarkable for its swift tides of up to 21 m (70 ft)
  • bay rum tree — a tropical American myrtaceous tree, Pimenta racemosa, that yields an oil used in making bay rum
  • bay-head bar — a sand bar at the head of a bay.
  • 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 at a loss — If you say that you are at a loss, you mean that you do not know what to do in a particular situation.
  • be damned if — If someone says 'I'm damned if I'm going to do it' or 'I'll be damned if I'll do it', they are emphasizing that they do not intend to do something and think it is unreasonable for anyone to expect them to do it.
  • be done with — to end relations with
  • be expecting — to be pregnant
  • be in embryo — Something that is in embryo is at a very early stage of its development.
  • be let loose — If you say that someone has been let loose in a place or situation, you mean that they have been given complete freedom to do what they like in that place or situation, and you suggest that this may be risky.
  • be no picnic — If you say that an experience, task, or activity is no picnic, you mean that it is quite difficult or unpleasant.
  • 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.
  • be on a roll — to have a series of successes; go from success to success
  • be one thing — You can say that the first of two ideas, actions, or situations is one thing when you want to contrast it with a second idea, action, or situation and emphasize that the second one is much more difficult, important, or extreme.
  • be queer for — to have a strong liking for; be obsessed with
  • beach-comber — a person who lives by gathering salable articles of jetsam, refuse, etc., from beaches.
  • beach-la-mar — an English-based creole language spoken in Vanuatu and Fiji, and formerly much more widespread
  • beachcombers — Plural form of beachcomber.
  • beachcombing — The action of a beachcomber.
  • beacon light — a light signal for shipping
  • beaconsfield — a town in SE England, in Buckinghamshire. Pop: 12 292 (2001)
  • bead molding — bead (def 12).
  • beaked whale — any of a worldwide family (Ziphiidae) of medium-sized toothed whales characterized by a long, narrow snout
  • beam antenna — an antenna that transmits its radiation in a particular direction.
  • beam balance — a piece of apparatus used for artistic gymnastics
  • beam compass — an instrument for drawing large circles or arcs, consisting of a horizontal beam along which two vertical legs slide
  • beamsplitter — Alternative spelling of beam splitter.
  • 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
  • bean-shooter — peashooter.
  • bear down on — to press down on; exert pressure on
  • bear in mind — to remember
  • bear witness — to give written or oral testimony
  • bear-baiting — (formerly) an entertainment in which dogs attacked and enraged a chained bear
  • bearableness — The characteristic of being bearable.
  • bearded clam — mollusc eaten as seafood
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