12-letter words that end in t
- bird-s--nest — nest (def 1).
- birth defect — an inherited disease or condition that a baby is born with
- birth parent — a biological mother (birth mother) or biological father (birth father) a biological parent.
- birth weight — the amount a baby weighs when first born
- bit of skirt — a girl or woman
- biting point — (in driving) the point at which the plates of the clutch connect as the clutch pedal is released
- black forest — wooded mountain region in SW Germany
- black knight — a person or firm that makes an unwelcome takeover bid for a company
- black locust — Also called false acacia, yellow locust. a North American tree, Robinia pseudoacacia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and clusters of fragrant white flowers.
- black market — If something is bought or sold on the black market, it is bought or sold illegally.
- black velvet — a mixture of stout and champagne in equal proportions
- black walnut — a North American walnut tree, Juglans nigra, with hard dark wood and edible oily nuts
- black-market — to black-marketeer.
- blackcurrant — In Europe, blackcurrants are a type of very small, dark purple fruits that grow in bunches on bushes.
- blandishment — the act of blandishing; cajolery
- blast effect — the damage caused by the force of an explosive blast
- blind summit — a point on a road where a vehicle approaching the top of a hill or incline cannot see vehicles approaching up the other side of the hill
- blister rust — a disease of certain pines caused by rust fungi of the genus Cronartium, causing swellings on the bark from which orange masses of spores are released
- bloody shirt — something, as a political issue or historical event, that can be used to stir up outrage, partisan support, etc.
- blue melilot — a European plant, Trigonella caerulea, of the legume family, having long-stalked clusters of blue and white flowers.
- blue-singlet — working-class
- boarding out — the local-authority practice of placing a client in a foster family or voluntary establishment and paying for it
- boiled shirt — a dress shirt with a stiff front
- boiled sweet — Boiled sweets are hard sweets that are made from boiled sugar.
- bolt upright — If someone is sitting or standing bolt upright, they are sitting or standing very straight.
- bomber pilot — the pilot of a bomber
- bond servant — a person who serves in bondage; slave.
- boom-or-bust — boom-and-bust.
- booster seat — A booster seat or a booster cushion is a special seat which allows a small child to sit in a higher position, for example at a table or in a car.
- booster shot — an injection of a vaccine or other antigen some time after the initial series of injections, for maintaining immunity
- border light — a striplight hung upstage of a border, for lighting the stage.
- 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.
- botrytis rot — a disease of many plants caused by fungi of the genus Botrytis, characterized by leaf blight, a tan-gray moldlike surface growth, and the rotting of stems and storage organs.
- bottom yeast — a yeast whose cells, in the manufacture of wine and lager beer, fall to the bottom as a sediment.
- bounce light — Also, bounce lighting. light that is bounced off a reflective surface onto the subject in order to achieve a softer lighting effect.
- bouncing bet — a perennial soapwort (Saponaria officinalis) with clusters of pinkish flowers
- bracket foot — a corner foot of a chest or the like joining the sides in a concave line.
- brains trust — a group of knowledgeable people who discuss topics in public or on radio or television
- brake assist — a part of a vehicle's braking system that automatically boosts braking pressure in an emergency situation
- branch depot — one of a several depots receiving stock from the same central supplier
- branch plant — a plant or factory in Canada belonging to a company whose headquarters are in another country
- branch point — Electricity. a point in an electric network at which three or more conductors meet.
- bread basket — If an area or region is described as the bread basket of a country, it provides a lot of the food for that country because crops grow very easily there. It therefore produces wealth for the country.
- bread-basket — a basket or similar container for bread or rolls.
- breed of cat — type; sort; variety: The new airplane is a completely different breed of cat from any that has been designed before.
- bridle joint — a heading joint in which the end of one member, notched to form two parallel tenons, is fitted into two gains cut into the edges of a second member.
- brinell test — a test for determining the relative hardness (Brinell hardness) of a metal by measuring the diameter of the indentation made when a hardened steel ball is forced into the metal under a given pressure: the measure of hardness (Brinell number) is equal to the load in kilograms divided by the surface area in square millimeters of the indentation
- british list — a list, maintained by the British Ornithologists' Union, of birds accepted as occurring at least once in the British Isles
- broken heart — If you say that someone has a broken heart, you mean that they are very sad, for example because a love affair has ended unhappily.
- brown bag it — to bring (one's own liquor) to a restaurant or club, especially one that has no liquor license.