12-letter words containing er
- bottom-liner — a person, as an executive, accountant, or stockholder, who puts the net profits of a business ahead of all other considerations.
- bottomfeeder — (networking) An RSS aggregator.
- boucherville — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Montreal, on the St. Lawrence.
- boulangerite — a bluish lead-gray mineral, lead antimony sulfide, Pb 5 Sb 4 S 11 , a minor ore of lead.
- boulder clay — an unstratified glacial deposit consisting of fine clay, boulders, and pebbles
- bouleuterion — a council chamber in ancient Greece.
- boulevardier — (originally in Paris) a fashionable man, esp one who frequents public places
- bovver boots — heavy boots worn by some teenage youths in Britain, used in gang fights
- bow thruster — a propeller located in a ship's bow to provide added maneuverability, as when docking.
- bowdlerizing — to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
- bowel cancer — cancer of the colon
- boxer shorts — Boxer shorts are loose-fitting men's underpants that are shaped like the shorts worn by boxers.
- brachycerous — (of insects) having short antennae
- brain teaser — A brain teaser is a question, problem, or puzzle that is difficult to answer or solve, but is not serious or important.
- brain-picker — the act of obtaining information or ideas by questioning another person.
- brain-teaser — a puzzle or problem whose solution requires great ingenuity.
- brainstormer — a person who brainstorms
- brambleberry — the fruit of a bramble.
- branch water — water from a stream, as opposed to mineral or soda water
- brand leader — The brand leader of a particular product is the brand of it that most people choose to buy.
- brassfounder — a person who makes things from brass
- breaker card — the first card in the carding process, used to open the raw stock and to convert it into sliver form.
- breaker zone — the area offshore where waves break, between the outermost breaker and the limit of wave uprush; the zone within which waves approaching the coastline start breaking, usually in water depths of 16 to 32 feet (5 to 10 meters).
- breakweather — any makeshift shelter.
- breastsummer — a girder extending across a large opening in a building to support the wall above, used primarily over shop-fronts
- breathalyser — a device for estimating the amount of alcohol in the breath: used in testing people suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol
- breathalyzer — A Breathalyzer is a bag or electronic device that the police use to test whether a driver has drunk too much alcohol.
- breechloader — any gun loaded at the breech
- brenner pass — a pass over the E Alps, between Austria and Italy. Highest point: 1372 m (4501 ft)
- breuer chair — a chair with a frame of continuous chrome tubing, no back legs, and cane seat and back
- brick veneer — (in Australia) a timber-framed house with a brick exterior
- brickfielder — a hot wind in parts of Australia, originally applied to a wind which blew over Sydney carrying dust from the neighbouring Brickfields sand hills
- broad jumper — a participant in the long jump.
- broken water — a patch of water whose surface is rippled or choppy, usually surrounded by relatively calm water.
- broncobuster — (in the western US and Canada) a cowboy who breaks in broncos or wild horses
- brown bagger — to bring (one's own liquor) to a restaurant or club, especially one that has no liquor license.
- brown butter — beurre noir.
- brown canker — a fungous disease of roses, characterized by leaf and flower lesions, stem cankers surrounded by a reddish-purple border, and dieback.
- browser skin — a changeable decorative background for a browser
- brush border — a layer of tightly packed minute finger-like protuberances on cells that line absorptive surfaces, such as those of the intestine and kidney
- brush flower — a flower or inflorescence with numerous long stamens, usually pollinated by birds or bats
- bubble under — to remain just beneath a particular level
- bubblegummer — a young teenager; adolescent.
- buccaneering — If you describe someone as buccaneering, you mean that they enjoy being involved in risky or even dishonest activities, especially in order to make money.
- buccaneerish — of or relating to a buccaneer
- buckle under — If you buckle under to a person or a situation, you do what they want you to do, even though you do not want to do it.
- buckler fern — any of various ferns of the genus Dryopteris, such as D. dilatata (broad buckler fern): family Polypodiaceae
- buffaloberry — any shrub of the genus Shepherdia native to North America
- buffer force — a force separating two opposing sides
- buffer state — A buffer state is a peaceful country situated between two or more larger hostile countries.