12-letter words containing ra
- barratrously — In a barratrous manner.
- bathing wrap — a loose robe to wear after bathing, often made of towelling
- bathtub race — a sailing race between bathtubs fitted with outboard motors
- bathygraphic — of or relating to the depths of the ocean
- batter brace — a diagonal brace reinforcing one end of a truss.
- battle array — the strategic arrangement of fighters and weapons in a battle
- bearableness — The characteristic of being bearable.
- bearing rail — a transverse rail carrying a drawer or drawers.
- beat the rap — If you beat the rap, you avoid being blamed for something wrong that you have done.
- beaten track — well-trodden path or route
- bedraggledly — In a bedraggled manner.
- beef extract — a soluble paste of beef or beef blood extracts.
- behaviorally — manner of behaving or acting.
- bella figura — a good impression; fine appearance
- ben franklin — Aretha [uh-ree-thuh] /əˈri θə/ (Show IPA), born 1942, U.S. singer.
- beth midrash — a place where Jews gather to study the Talmud and other religious writings; a small synagogue.
- betweenbrain — the posterior part of the forebrain
- bib overalls — overall (def 3a).
- bibliography — A bibliography is a list of books on a particular subject.
- bicameralism — having two branches, chambers, or houses, as a legislative body.
- bicollateral — (of a vascular bundle) having two phloem groups to the inside and outside, respectively, of the xylem
- bicycle race — cycling (def 2).
- bicycle rack — a metal frame for securing bicycles when they are not in use
- bilateralism — the practice of being bilateral
- biogeography — the branch of biology concerned with the geographical distribution of plants and animals
- biographical — Biographical facts, notes, or details are concerned with the events in someone's life.
- bird-brained — silly; stupid
- birth trauma — an emotional shock caused by being born.
- blackcurrant — In Europe, blackcurrants are a type of very small, dark purple fruits that grow in bunches on bushes.
- bladderwrack — any of several seaweeds of the genera Fucus and Ascophyllum, esp F. vesiculosus, that grow in the intertidal regions of rocky shores and have branched brown fronds with air bladders
- blaze orange — a very bright orange, as on a traffic cone.
- bletheration — nonsense!
- blood orange — a variety of orange all or part of the pulp of which is dark red when ripe
- boobytrapped — to set with or as if with a booby trap; attach a booby trap to or in.
- boomeranging — a bent or curved piece of tough wood used by the Australian Aborigines as a throwing club, one form of which can be thrown so as to return to the thrower.
- boot-scraper — a contraption consisting of an upright metal shape formerly placed outside some houses to enable people to scrape the mud from their boots before going in
- bottom grass — any grass that grows on bottoms or lowlands.
- braced frame — a building frame employing a heavy, braced framework of solid girts mortised into solid posts the full height of the frame, with studs one story high filling the interstices.
- brachycephal — a person with a brachycephalic head
- brachycerous — (of insects) having short antennae
- brachycranic — having a cranial index of 81.0–85.4.
- brachygraphy — shorthand; stenography
- bracket foot — a corner foot of a chest or the like joining the sides in a concave line.
- bracket lamp — a wall light that is attached to the wall by a bracket
- bradmanesque — (of a batsman or innings) reminiscent of Sir Don Bradman in terms of dominance over the opposing bowlers
- bradykinesia — abnormal slowness of physical movement, esp as an effect of Parkinson's disease
- bradykinetic — slowness of movement, as found, for example, in Parkinson's disease.
- braggadocios — empty boasting; bragging.
- brahma samaj — a modern Hindu movement advocating a monotheistic religion based on the Upanishads, and social and educational reforms according to Western principles.
- brahmacharya — the stage of life of the student, entailing study of the Vedas and complete celibacy, usually lasting for twelve years.