12-letter words containing te
- autocomplete — a feature of a word processor, email program, web browser, etc., that automatically predicts the remaining characters in a word or phrase based on what has been typed or input before: If you supply the information, your browser will be able to use autocomplete to fill out online forms.
- b lymphocyte — B cell.
- b-lymphocyte — a type of lymphocyte, originating in bone marrow, that produces antibodies
- babcock test — a test for determining the butterfat content of milk and milk products, conducted by adding sulfuric acid to a sample and then centrifuging it in a flask with a calibrated neck in which the liquefied fat collects.
- babingtonite — a rare, slightly magnetic, black or dark green silicate mineral, Ca2Fe2Si5O14OH, found in cavities in volcanic rock
- baby's-tears — a mosslike plant, Soleirolia (or Helxine) soleirolii, of the nettle family, native to Corsica and Sardinia, having small, roundish leaves and minute flowers.
- bachelorette — A bachelorette is a woman who has never married.
- back scatter — the deflection of nuclear particles or of radiation in a scattering process through an angle greater than 90°.
- bacteria bed — a layer of sand or gravel used to expose sewage effluent, in its final stages, to air and the action of microorganisms
- bactericidal — any substance capable of killing bacteria.
- bactericides — Plural form of bactericide.
- bacteriocide — Alternative form of bactericide.
- bacteriology — Bacteriology is the science and the study of bacteria.
- bacteriostat — any substance that arrests the growth or reproduction of bacteria but does not kill them
- bad-tempered — Someone who is bad-tempered is not very cheerful and gets angry easily.
- badger state — any of various burrowing, carnivorous mammals of the family Mustelidae, as Taxidea taxus, of North America, and Meles meles, of Europe and Asia.
- baffle plate — a plate or mechanical device designed to restrain or regulate the flow of a fluid, the emission of light or sound, or the distribution of sound, esp in a loudspeaker or microphone
- baffle-plate — a plate used as a baffle.
- ballet suite — music written for a ballet but suitable or arranged for performance in an orchestral concert.
- ballottement — a technique of feeling for a movable object in the body, esp confirmation of pregnancy by feeling the rebound of the fetus following a quick digital tap on the wall of the uterus
- baptisteries — Plural form of baptistery.
- bar sinister — the condition, implication, or stigma of being of illegitimate birth
- barbiturates — any of a group of barbituric acid derivatives, used in medicine as sedatives and hypnotics.
- barley water — Barley water is a drink made from barley. It is sometimes flavoured with orange or lemon.
- barristerial — pertaining to a barrister
- baryta water — an aqueous solution of barium hydroxide, used chiefly as a reagent.
- bastel house — (on the Anglo-Scottish border) a partly fortified house, usually with a vaulted ground floor.
- bated breath — to moderate or restrain: unable to bate our enthusiasm.
- batten plate — (in structural design) a horizontal rectangular plate that is used to connect pairs of steel sections by being riveted or welded across them to form a composite section
- batter board — (at a building site) one of a number of boards set horizontally to support strings for outlining the foundation plan of a building.
- batter brace — a diagonal brace reinforcing one end of a truss.
- batter bread — spoon bread.
- batter's box — box1 (def 16a).
- battery acid — acid used in batteries, esp car batteries
- battery farm — a farm that uses batteries for raising poultry
- battery fire — the firing of a battery of weapons
- battery-park — The, a park at the S end of Manhattan, in New York City.
- battlemented — Furnished with battlements, as the ramparts of a city or castle.
- beam antenna — an antenna that transmits its radiation in a particular direction.
- 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-shooter — peashooter.
- beaten track — well-trodden path or route
- beaver state — Oregon (used as a nickname).
- beech marten — stone marten.
- belly-buster — belly flop.
- belteshazzar — the Babylonian name given to Daniel. Dan. 1:7.
- beneficiated — to treat (ore) to make more suitable for smelting.
- besottedness — the state of being besotted
- beta emitter — a radioactive element, either natural or artificial, which changes into another element by emitting a beta particle