12-letter words containing br
- creme brulee — a cream or custard dessert covered with caramelized sugar
- culebra peak — a peak in S central Colorado, in the Culebra Range of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. 14,069 feet (4288 meters).
- cumbrousness — The state or quality of being cumbrous.
- cytomembrane — a membrane around a cell that encloses cytoplasm and acts as a semi-permeable barrier
- debrouillard — (one who is) skilled or resourceful at handling any difficulty
- decerebrated — Simple past tense and past participle of decerebrate.
- defibrillate — to stop fibrillation of (the heart), as by the use of electric current
- dermabrasion — a procedure in cosmetic surgery in which rough facial skin is removed by scrubbing
- dibranchiate — of, relating to, or belonging to the Dibranchiata, a group or former order of cephalopod molluscs, including the octopuses, squids, and cuttlefish, having two gills
- disembrangle — to disentangle (a person or thing)
- disembroiled — Simple past tense and past participle of disembroil.
- drop a brick — a block of clay hardened by drying in the sun or burning in a kiln, and used for building, paving, etc.: traditionally, in the U.S., a rectangle 2.25 × 3.75 × 8 inches (5.7 × 9.5 × 20.3 cm), red, brown, or yellow in color.
- dyer's-broom — woadwaxen.
- early hebrew — noting or pertaining to the alphabetical script used for the writing of Hebrew mainly from the 11th to the 6th centuries b.c.
- ebracteolate — having no bractlets
- elasmobranch — A cartilaginous fish of a group that comprises the sharks, rays, and skates.
- elucubration — the practice of elucubrating
- embranchment — A branching forth, as of trees for example.
- embrocations — Plural form of embrocation.
- embroiderers — Plural form of embroiderer.
- embroideries — Plural form of embroidery.
- embroidering — Present participle of embroider.
- embryologist — An expert or specialist in embryology.
- en brochette — (esp of meat) roasted or grilled on a skewer
- encumbrancer — Alternative form of incumbrancer.
- encumbrances — Plural form of encumbrance.
- endomembrane — (biology) All the membraneous components inside a eukaryotic cell, including the nuclear envelope, endoplastic reticulum, and Golgi apparatus.
- equilibrants — Plural form of equilibrant.
- equilibrated — Simple past tense and past participle of equilibrate.
- equilibrator — Lb rare A device that maintain equilibrium or balance, especially a part of a heavy gun (e.g. an artillery piece or a tank gun) which balances the barrel and other parts so as to enable the gun to be elevated easily.
- equilibrious — In equilibrium; balanced.
- equilibrists — Plural form of equilibrist.
- equilibriums — Plural form of equilibrium.
- exprobration — the act of reproaching
- exprobrative — signifying reproach, reproachful
- exprobratory — acting as a reproach
- fabrications — Plural form of fabrication.
- featherbrain — a foolish or giddy person; scatterbrain.
- febrifacient — producing fever.
- ferry bridge — transporter bridge.
- fibre optics — optical fibre
- fibrillating — Present participle of fibrillate.
- fibrillation — the formation of fibrils.
- fibrilliform — of the form of a fibril.
- fibrinogenic — producing fibrin.
- fibrinolysin — a proteolytic enzyme, formed in the blood from plasminogen, that causes the breakdown of the fibrin in blood clots.
- fibrinolysis — the disintegration or dissolution of fibrin, especially by enzymatic action.
- fibrinolytic — the disintegration or dissolution of fibrin, especially by enzymatic action.
- fibroadenoma — a benign tumor originating from glandular tissue, as in the female breast.
- fibroblastic — a cell that contributes to the formation of connective tissue fibers.