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12-letter words starting with b

  • backhandedly — In a backhanded manner.
  • backlighting — Movies, Television. a light source placed behind an actor, object, or scene to create a highlight that separates the subject from the background.
  • backpedaling — to retard the forward motion by pressing backward on the pedal, especially of a bicycle with coaster brakes.
  • backpedalled — (AU, NZ, British) Simple past tense and past participle of backpedal.
  • backpressure — a resistant pressure exerted by liquid or gas against the forward motion or flow of an exhaust or pipe system: Careful control of backpressure ensures an even supply of oil from the well.
  • backroom boy — You can refer to a man as a backroom boy when he does important work in an organization and has good ideas but is not seen or known about by the public.
  • backslapping — Backslapping is noisy, cheerful behavior which people use in order to show affection or appreciation to each other.
  • backslashing — Present participle of backslash.
  • backsolution — The process or result of backsolving.
  • backsplashes — Plural form of backsplash.
  • backstabbing — Backstabbing consists of unkind and disloyal actions or remarks that are likely to harm someone such as a friend or colleague.
  • backstarting — a marketing technique in publishing, whereby new customers are sent back issues of magazines or journals as part of their subscription
  • backstitches — Plural form of backstitch.
  • backstopping — a wall, wire screen, or the like, serving to prevent a ball from going too far beyond the normal playing area.
  • backswimmers — Plural form of backswimmer.
  • backswordman — a person who uses a backsword.
  • backtrackers — Plural form of backtracker.
  • backtracking — to return over the same course or route.
  • backup light — Backup lights are the white lights on the back of a vehicle that shine when the vehicle moves backward.
  • backwardness — toward the back or rear.
  • backwoodsman — Backwoodsmen are people, especially politicians, who like the old ways of doing things, or who are involved in an organization at a local level.
  • backwoodsmen — Plural form of backwoodsman.
  • bacon-slicer — a machine for cutting bacon into slices
  • 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 hair day — People sometimes say they are having a bad hair day when they do not feel very happy or relaxed, especially because their hair does not look good.
  • bad scran to — bad luck to
  • bad-mannered — having bad manners; impolite
  • bad-tempered — Someone who is bad-tempered is not very cheerful and gets angry easily.
  • baden-powell — Robert Stephenson Smyth (smɪθ, smaɪθ), 1st Baron Baden-Powell. 1857–1941, British general, noted for his defence of Mafeking (1899–1900) in the Boer War; founder of the Boy Scouts (1908) and (with his sister Agnes) the Girl Guides (1910)
  • badger plane — a plane for finishing rabbets or the like.
  • badger skunk — hog-nosed skunk (def 1).
  • 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.
  • badger-skunk — Also called badger skunk, rooter skunk. a large, naked-muzzled skunk, Conepatus mesoleucus, common in the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having a black coat with one broad white stripe down the back and tail.
  • baffle board — 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 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.
  • bag snatcher — a thief whose main tactic is to grab women's handbags and run off with them
  • baggage hall — a large room at an airport, usually containing a number of carousels, where passengers go to collect their baggage after a flight
  • bagworm moth — any moth of the family Psychidae
  • baha'í faith — a religious system founded in 1863 by Baha'ullah, based on Babism and emphasizing the value of all religions and the spiritual unity of all mankind
  • bahama grass — Bermuda grass.
  • bahia blanca — a port in E Argentina. Pop: 276 000 (2005 est)
  • báinín skirt — a skirt made of this material
  • bainqen lama — Tashi Lama.
  • bairnsfather — Bruce. 1888–1959, British cartoonist, born in India: best known for his cartoons of the war in the trenches during World War I
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