12-letter words containing a, b, c, t
- bathyscaphes — Plural form of bathyscaphe.
- baton charge — A baton charge is an attacking forward movement made by a large group of policemen carrying batons.
- batter brace — a diagonal brace reinforcing one end of a truss.
- battery acid — acid used in batteries, esp car batteries
- batting cage — a screen with three sides and a top, in which batters practice: it keeps missed and fouled pitches within its enclosure
- battle clasp — clasp (def 4).
- battle creek — a city in S Michigan.
- battological — tending to repeat words unnecessarily
- beacon light — a light signal for shipping
- 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.
- beaten track — well-trodden path or route
- beatifically — bestowing bliss, blessings, happiness, or the like: beatific peace.
- beauty cream — a cosmetic cream
- beaver cloth — beaver1 (def 8).
- beech marten — stone marten.
- beef extract — a soluble paste of beef or beef blood extracts.
- beggar-ticks — any of various plants, such as the bur marigold and tick trefoil, having fruits or seeds that cling to clothing, fur, etc
- bell captain — a person in charge of a group of bellhops
- bell the cat — to undertake a very dangerous mission
- benefactress — a female benefactor
- beneficiated — to treat (ore) to make more suitable for smelting.
- bespectacled — Someone who is bespectacled is wearing glasses.
- beta blocker — A beta blocker is a drug which is used to treat people who have high blood pressure or heart problems.
- beta-blocker — any of various substances that interfere with the action of the beta receptors: used primarily to reduce the heart rate or force in the prevention, management, or treatment of angina, hypertension, or arrythmias.
- betacarotene — the most important form of the plant pigment carotene, which occurs in milk, vegetables, and other foods and, when eaten by man and animals, is converted in the body to vitamin A
- biarticulate — having two joints, as the antennae of certain insects.
- biauriculate — having two auricles or earlike parts
- bibliothecal — relating to a bibliotheca
- bicentennial — A bicentennial is the same as a bicentenary.
- bicollateral — (of a vascular bundle) having two phloem groups to the inside and outside, respectively, of the xylem
- bicycle path — a path designed for bicyclists
- bidialectism — proficient in or using two dialects of the same language.
- bifunctional — having two functions
- biker jacket — a short, close-fitting leather jacket with zips and studs, often worn by motorcyclists
- binocularity — binocular characteristics
- bioacoustics — the study of animals' use of sound
- biomagnetics — the study of magnetic fields as a form of therapy
- biometrician — a person who is knowledgeable about biometry
- biotechnical — relating to biotechnology
- bird watcher — a person who identifies and observes birds in their natural habitat as a recreation.
- bird-watcher — A bird-watcher is a person whose hobby is watching and studying wild birds in their natural surroundings.
- biscuit ware — unglazed earthenware
- black beauty — a Biphetamine capsule.
- black beetle — another name for the oriental cockroach
- black bottom — a dance of the late 1920s that originated in America, involving a sinuous rotation of the hips
- black butter — beurre noir.
- black forest — wooded mountain region in SW Germany
- black knight — a person or firm that makes an unwelcome takeover bid for a company
- black letter — a kind of heavy-faced, ornamental printing type
- 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.