12-letter words containing b, e, k
- banksia rose — a climbing rose, Rosa banksiae, native to China, having long, serrated leaves and white or yellow flowers.
- bare-knuckle — without boxing gloves
- barking deer — muntjac.
- barrack life — the experiences, activities, etc that are characteristic of a soldier's time spent dwelling in a barracks
- bashkirtseff — Marie, original name Marya Konstantinovna Bashkirtseva. 1858–84, Russian painter and diarist who wrote in French, noted esp for her Journal (1887)
- basket catch — a catch made with open glove with the palm up and the wrist kept close to and in front of the body.
- basket chair — a chair made of wickerwork; a wicker chair
- basket maker — a member of an early Native American people of the southwestern US, preceding the Pueblo people, known for skill in basket-making
- basket weave — a weave of fabrics resembling the weave used in basket making
- basketballer — (informal) A basketball player; a person who plays basketball.
- basketmaking — The construction of baskets, especially by traditional means.
- basketweaver — a person who advocates simple, natural, and unsophisticated living
- battery-park — The, a park at the S end of Manhattan, in New York City.
- battle creek — a city in S Michigan.
- beaked whale — any of a worldwide family (Ziphiidae) of medium-sized toothed whales characterized by a long, narrow snout
- bearskin rug — the pelt of a bear, used as a rug
- beaten track — well-trodden path or route
- beauty quark — bottom quark
- bed-blocking — the use of hospital beds by elderly patients who cannot leave hospital because they have no place in a residential care home
- beer drinker — a person who drinks beer
- beer o’clock — the time of day when it is acceptable or customary to start drinking alcohol
- beggar-ticks — any of various plants, such as the bur marigold and tick trefoil, having fruits or seeds that cling to clothing, fur, etc
- beijing duck — a roasted duck prized for its crisp skin, prepared by forcing air between skin and meat, brushing with sugar water, and hanging up to dry before final cooking.
- beit knesset — a synagogue: often used in the names of congregations
- ben franklin — Aretha [uh-ree-thuh] /əˈri θə/ (Show IPA), born 1942, U.S. singer.
- bench jockey — a player on the bench who taunts opposing players, the officials, etc.
- benchmarking — In business, benchmarking is a process in which a company compares its products and methods with those of the most successful companies in its field, in order to try to improve its own performance.
- berkeley 4.2 — Berkeley Software Distribution
- berwickshire — (until 1975) a county of SE Scotland: part of the Borders region from 1975 to 1996, now part of Scottish Borders council area
- besom pocket — an interior pocket with edging or stitching around the opening.
- 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.
- between-deck — 'tween deck.
- bicycle kick — a kick in which a player throws himself into the air feet first, then kicks the ball backward over his own head
- bicycle rack — a metal frame for securing bicycles when they are not in use
- biker jacket — a short, close-fitting leather jacket with zips and studs, often worn by motorcyclists
- billie burke — Billie (Mary William Ethelbert Appleton Burke) 1886–1970, U.S. actress.
- birket karun — a lake in N Egypt. 25 miles (40 km) long; about 5 miles (8 km) wide; 90 sq. mi. (233 sq. km).
- bismarck sea — an arm of the Pacific Ocean north of New Britain and north-east of New Guinea
- bitter lakes — two lakes, the Great Bitter Lake and Little Bitter Lake in NE Egypt: part of the Suez Canal
- black beauty — a Biphetamine capsule.
- black beetle — another name for the oriental cockroach
- black butter — beurre noir.
- black cherry — a tree of the species Prunus serotina, having a small fleshy rounded edible fruit containing a hard stone
- black coffee — coffee with no milk, milk substitute, or cream added
- black comedy — a comedy dealing with an unpleasant situation in a pessimistic or macabre manner
- black copper — a regulus of 95-percent-pure copper, produced in a blast furnace by smelting oxidized copper ores.
- black forest — wooded mountain region in SW Germany
- black grouse — a large N European grouse, Lyrurus tetrix, the male of which has a bluish-black plumage and lyre-shaped tail
- black heroin — a very potent and addictive form of heroin that is dark-colored.