12-letter words containing br
- fibromatosis — (pathology) The presence of multiple fibromas.
- fibromyalgia — a syndrome characterized by fatigue and chronic pain in the muscles and in tissues surrounding the joints.
- fibrosarcoma — a sarcoma derived from fibroblast cells, often able to generate collagen.
- fibrous root — a root, as in most grasses, having numerous, very fine branches of approximately the same length.
- film library — a collection of films, motion pictures, videodiscs, videocassettes, and any other materials stored on film.
- fire brigade — a group of firefighters, especially as formed temporarily or called upon to assist a fire department in an emergency.
- firebreather — A performer who creates fireballs by breathing a fine mist of fuel over an open flame.
- fixed bridge — a partial denture that is secured permanently in the mouth by being cemented to the adjacent teeth or roots.
- float bridge — a bridge, as from a pier to a boat, floating at one end and hinged at the other to permit loading and unloading at any level of water.
- floor broker — a member of a stock or commodity exchange who executes orders on the floor of the exchange for other brokers.
- flow breccia — a volcanic breccia that has solidified from a lava flow.
- french bread — a yeast-raised bread made of dough containing water and distinguished by its thick, well-browned crust, usually made in long, slender, tapered loaves. Compare baguette (def 3).
- french broad — a river in W North Carolina and E Tennessee, flowing N and NW to join the Holston River at Knoxville to form the Tennessee River. 210 miles (338 km) long.
- fresh breeze — a wind of 19–24 miles per hour (9–11 m/sec). Compare breeze1 (def 2).
- gambrel roof — a gable roof, each side of which has a shallower slope above a steeper one. Compare mansard (def 1).
- garlic bread — baguette toasted with garlic and butter
- gebrselassie — Haile (ˈhaɪlɪ). born 1973, Ethiopian athlete; won gold medals in the 10,000 metres at the Olympics (1996, 2000) and in four consecutive World Championships (1993–99)
- gene library — a collection of gene clones that represents the genetic material of an organism: used in genetic engineering
- gibraltarian — a British crown colony comprising a fortress and seaport located on a narrow promontory near the S tip of Spain. 1.875 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).
- gingerbreads — Plural form of gingerbread.
- gingerbready — Resembling or characteristic of gingerbread.
- glabrousness — The quality of being glabrous.
- gluten bread — bread made from gluten flour.
- go for broke — a simple past tense of break.
- goldbricking — Present participle of goldbrick.
- golden-brown — of brown with a golden tinge
- graft hybrid — a hybrid plant that is produced by grafting and that exhibits characters of both the stock and the scion.
- griddlebread — bread or cake made on a griddle
- hairsbreadth — a very small space or distance: We escaped an accident by a hairsbreadth.
- half brother — brother (def 2).
- half-brother — brother (def 2).
- half-cup bra — a bra that covers three-quarters of the breasts rather than all of the breasts
- handbreadths — Plural form of handbreadth.
- handsbreadth — A small distance.
- hare-brained — giddy; reckless.
- havana brown — a breed of medium-sized cat with large eyes, large ears, and a sleek brown coat
- heartbreaker — a person, event, or thing causing heartbreak.
- honor bright — upon my honor; really and truly: I did sweep the floor, honor bright.
- horsebreaker — One who trains, or breaks in, horses.
- house-broken — (of a pet) trained to avoid excreting inside the house or in improper places.
- housebreaker — a person who breaks into and enters a house with a felonious intent.
- hybrid basis — A hybrid basis is a system of accounting that combines some of the features of cost basis with some of the features of accrual basis.
- hybrid vigor — heterosis.
- hydrobromate — (chemistry) hydrobromide.
- hydrobromide — a salt formed by the direct union of hydrobromic acid and an organic base, especially an alkaloid, usually more soluble than the base.
- incrossbreed — to breed (animals) by crossbreeding inbred parents, whether of the same or of different breeds
- incumbrancer — (legal) One who holds incumbrance, or some legal claim, lien, or charge on an estate.
- incumbrances — Plural form of incumbrance.
- indian bread — corn bread.
- indian cobra — a highly venomous cobra, Naja naja, common in India, having markings resembling a pair of spectacles on the back of the hood.