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11-letter words containing a, b, e, r

  • banjermasin — a seaport on the S coast of Borneo, in Indonesia.
  • bank robber — someone who steals from a bank, often using violence
  • bannerstone — a North American prehistoric stone implement in the form of a double-edged ax with a notch or hole, possibly for attaching a handle.
  • banteringly — in a bantering fashion
  • banyan-tree — Also called banyan tree. an East Indian fig tree, Ficus benghalensis, of the mulberry family, having branches that send out adventitious roots to the ground and sometimes cause the tree to spread over a wide area.
  • baptistries — Plural form of baptistry.
  • bar cochebaSimon, died a.d. 135, Hebrew leader of insurrection against the Romans a.d. 132–135.
  • bárány test — a test which detects diseases of the semicircular canals of the inner ear, devised by Robert Bárány (1876–1936)
  • barbaresque — (particularly of art) stylistically barbaric
  • barbarities — Plural form of barbarity.
  • barbary ape — a tailless macaque, Macaca sylvana, that inhabits rocky cliffs and forests in NW Africa and Gibraltar: family Cercopithecidae, order Primates
  • barbastelle — an insectivorous forest bat, Barbastella barbastellus, widely distributed across Eurasia, having a wrinkled face and prominent ears: roosts in trees or caves
  • barbed tape — wire with razor-sharp edges or projections, placed in coils as a barrier along the tops of fences or walls, as at a prison.
  • barbed wire — Barbed wire is strong wire with sharp points sticking out of it, and is used to make fences.
  • barber pole — a pole with spiral stripes of red and white, used as a symbol of the barber's trade
  • barber shop — A barber shop is a shop where a barber works.
  • barber-shop — Also called, especially British, barber's shop. the place of business of a barber.
  • barbershops — Plural form of barbershop.
  • barbie doll — a teenage doll with numerous sets of clothes and accessories
  • barbiturate — A barbiturate is a drug which people take to make them calm or to help them to sleep.
  • barebacking — sexual intercourse performed without the use of a condom
  • barefacedly — In a barefaced manner.
  • bareknuckle — (of a prizefight, prizefighter, etc.) without boxing gloves; using the bare fists.
  • barents sea — a part of the Arctic Ocean, bounded by Norway, Russia, and the islands of Novaya Zemlya, Spitsbergen, and Franz Josef Land
  • baresthesia — the sense or perception of pressure.
  • bargainable — an advantageous purchase, especially one acquired at less than the usual cost: The sale offered bargains galore.
  • barge spike — a square spike with a chisel point.
  • bargeboards — Plural form of bargeboard.
  • bargemaster — the owner of a barge
  • barium meal — a preparation of barium sulphate, which is opaque to X-rays, swallowed by a patient before X-ray examination of the upper part of the alimentary canal
  • bark beetle — any small beetle of the family Scolytidae, which bore tunnels in the bark and wood of trees, causing great damage. They are closely related to the weevils
  • barley beer — an alcoholic drink brewed from barley malt, sugar, hops, and water and fermented with yeast
  • barley coal — anthracite coal in sizes ranging from 3/32 to 3/16 inch (2.4 to 4.8 mm).
  • barley sack — a burlap bag.
  • barley wine — an exceptionally strong beer
  • barley-bree — liquor, malt liquor, or the like, especially whiskey.
  • barn-burner — Informal. something that is highly exciting, impressive, etc.: The All Stars game was a real barnburner.
  • barnstormed — Simple past tense and past participle of barnstorm.
  • barnstormer — to conduct a campaign or speaking tour in rural areas by making brief stops in many small towns.
  • baroceptors — Plural form of baroceptor.
  • baron-cohen — Sacha. born 1970, British television and film comedian, best known for his creation of the characters Ali G and Borat
  • baronetical — pertaining to baronets
  • baroqueness — The state or condition of being baroque.
  • barotseland — a region in W Zambia. 44,920 sq. mi. (116,343 sq. km).
  • barquentine — a sailing ship of three or more masts rigged square on the foremast and fore-and-aft on the others
  • barrel bolt — a rod-shaped bolt for fastening a door or the like, attached to one side of the door at the edge and sliding into a socket on the frame of the opening.
  • barrel cuff — a single cuff on a tailored sleeve, formed by a band of material and usually fastened by a button.
  • barrel knot — a knot for fastening together two strands of gut or nylon, as fishing lines or leaders.
  • barrel roll — a flight manoeuvre in which an aircraft rolls about its longitudinal axis while following a spiral course in line with the direction of flight
  • barrel roof — a roof or ceiling having a semicylindrical form.
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