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12-letter words containing or

  • be queer for — to have a strong liking for; be obsessed with
  • beaufort sea — part of the Arctic Ocean off the N coast of North America
  • bedford cord — a heavy corded cloth, similar to corduroy
  • bedfordshire — a county of S central England, administered since 2009 by the unitary authorities of Bedford and Central Bedfordshire: mainly low-lying, with the Chiltern Hills in the south: the geographical county includes Luton, which became a separate unitary authority in 1997. Area (excluding Luton): 1192 sq km (460 sq miles)
  • behaviorally — manner of behaving or acting.
  • beta orionis — Rigel
  • bimorph cell — a piezoelectric transducer consisting of two crystals cemented together, used in microphones, headphones, loudspeakers, etc. to convert vibrations into a voltage output or to convert a signal voltage into vibrations that can produce audible sounds
  • binary color — secondary color.
  • bio-organism — a dangerous fast-proliferating organism that could be used as the basis of a biological weapon
  • biocorrosion — corrosion caused by or enhanced by bacteria or other microorganisms; biologically induced corrosion.
  • bioinorganic — pertaining to the biological activity of metal complexes and nonmetal compounds based on elements other than carbon (contrasted with bioorganic).
  • biorhythmics — the study of biorhythms
  • bioterrorism — Bioterrorism is terrorism that involves the use of biological weapons.
  • black forest — wooded mountain region in SW Germany
  • black liquor — (in making wood pulp for paper) the liquor that remains after digestion.
  • bladder worm — an encysted saclike larva of the tapeworm. The main types are cysticercus, hydatid, and coenurus
  • blaze orange — a very bright orange, as on a traffic cone.
  • blennorrhoea — an excessive discharge of watery mucus, esp from the urethra or the vagina
  • blind corner — a corner where the view of the road ahead is completely obscured or very restricted
  • blood orange — a variety of orange all or part of the pulp of which is dark red when ripe
  • blue norther — a cold north wind that brings rapidly falling temperatures.
  • blue succory — a composite garden plant, Catananche caerulea, of southern Europe, having very hairy leaves and blue flower heads, used by the ancients as a love potion.
  • board shorts — shorts with longer legs, originally meant to protect a surfer's legs against the surfboard
  • bog-iron ore — a deposit of impure limonite formed in low, wet areas.
  • bognor regis — a resort in S England, in West Sussex on the English Channel: electronics industries. Regis was added to the name after King George V's convalescence there in 1929. Pop: 62 141 (2001)
  • bomb factory — a site or building in which terrorists illicitly and secretly create bombs
  • booking form — a form used to book a holiday, accommodation, etc
  • boom-or-bust — boom-and-bust.
  • border guard — a guard stationed on a border between countries
  • border light — a striplight hung upstage of a border, for lighting the stage.
  • border state — a state adjacent to a border
  • border taxes — taxes payable on goods taken across a border
  • born-digital — relating to or noting documents, images, etc., that are created and managed in electronic form: electronic preservation of born-digital content; a born-digital e-book that will not be available in print.
  • borosilicate — a salt of boric and silicic acids
  • borough hall — a building housing the administrative offices of a borough.
  • borscht belt — (sometimes initial capital letters) the hotels of the predominantly Jewish resort area in the Catskill Mountains, many of them offering nightclub or cabaret entertainment.
  • boxer shorts — Boxer shorts are loose-fitting men's underpants that are shaped like the shorts worn by boxers.
  • brainstormer — a person who brainstorms
  • broken chord — a chord played as an arpeggio
  • 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
  • buffer force — a force separating two opposing sides
  • burnt orange — of a dark orange colour, sometimes due to calcination of orange pigment
  • buying order — an order to buy a certain security
  • by the score — If things happen or exist by the score, they happen or exist in large numbers.
  • byelorussian — Byelorussian means belonging or relating to Byelorussia or to its people or culture.
  • cabora bassa — the site on the Zambezi River in N Mozambique of the largest dam in southern Africa
  • cache memory — a small area of memory in a computer that can be accessed very quickly
  • cachinnatory — Pertaining to loud or immoderate laughter.
  • caloreceptor — a receptor stimulated by heat.
  • calorescence — the absorption of radiation by a body, subsequently re-emitted at a higher frequency (lower wavelength)
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