10-letter words containing a, b, i, r
- babia gora — the highest peak in Beskids mountain range, on the border of Poland and Slovakia. 5659 feet (1726 meters).
- babysitter — to take charge of a child while the parents are temporarily away.
- bacilluria — the presence of bacilli in the urine
- bacitracin — an antibiotic used mainly in treating bacterial skin infections: obtained from the bacterium Bacillus subtilis
- back river — a river in N Canada, flowing northeast through Nunavut to the Arctic Ocean. Length: about 966 km (600 miles)
- back-trail — to backtrack.
- backbiters — Plural form of backbiter.
- backfiring — Present participle of backfire.
- backslider — A recidivist; one who backslides, especially in a religious sense; an apostate.
- backstairs — a secondary staircase in a house, esp one originally for the use of servants
- bacon rind — the outer edge of a slice of bacon, corresponding to the skin of the pig
- bacteremia — the presence of bacteria in the bloodstream
- bacteremic — Of, pertaining to or having bacteremia.
- bacteriol. — bacteriological
- baculiform — shaped like a rod
- bahuvrihis — Plural form of bahuvrihi.
- bain-marie — a vessel for holding hot water, in which sauces and other dishes are gently cooked or kept warm
- bainbridge — Beryl.1934–2010, British novelist and playwright. Novels include The Dressmaker (1973), Injury Time (1977), Master Georgie (1998), and According to Queeney (2001)
- balbriggan — a knitted unbleached cotton fabric
- ballardian — of James Graham Ballard (1930–2009), the British novelist, or his works
- ballerinas — Plural form of ballerina.
- balsam fir — a fir tree, Abies balsamea, of NE North America, that yields Canada balsam
- banderilla — a decorated barbed dart, thrust into the bull's neck or shoulder
- bandoliers — Plural form of bandolier.
- banffshire — (until 1975) a county of NE Scotland: formerly (1975–96) part of Grampian region, now part of Aberdeenshire
- banistered — Simple past tense and past participle of banister.
- bannisters — a baluster.
- baptistery — a place, esp. a part of a church, used for baptizing
- baragnosis — loss of the ability to estimate or perceive the weight of an object.
- barasingha — Rucervus duvaucelii, the swamp deer.
- barbarians — Plural form of barbarian.
- barbarious — (dated, before 20th century, now literary) barbarous, barbaric.
- barbarisms — Plural form of barbarism.
- barbarized — Simple past tense and past participle of barbarize.
- barbecuing — Present participle of barbecue.
- barberries — Plural form of barberry.
- barbirolli — Sir John. 1899–1970, English conductor of the Hallé Orchestra (1943–68)
- barbituric — of or derived from barbituric acid
- bardacious — bodacious.
- bargain on — to rely or depend on (something)
- bargainers — Plural form of bargainer.
- bargaining — an advantageous purchase, especially one acquired at less than the usual cost: The sale offered bargains galore.
- bargainous — (informal) cheap (characteristic of a bargain).
- bariatrics — the study of obesity and its treatment
- barium 140 — the radioactive isotope of barium having a mass number of 140 and a half-life of 12.8 days, used chiefly as a tracer.
- barkantine — a sailing vessel having three or more masts, square-rigged on the foremast and fore-and-aft-rigged on the other masts.
- barkentine — a sailing ship of three or more masts rigged square on the foremast and fore-and-aft on the others
- barmecidal — giving only the illusion of plenty; illusory: a Barmecidal banquet.
- baroclinic — of, relating to, or having the property of baroclinity.
- barognosis — the ability to judge weight