10-letter words containing a, b, i, r
- barometric — Barometric pressure is the atmospheric pressure that is shown by a barometer.
- baronetize — to make (someone) a baronet; confer a baronetcy upon.
- barophilic — (of living organisms) growing best in conditions of high atmospheric pressure
- barophobia — The fear of gravity or objects falling.
- baroscopic — Relating to, or determined by, the baroscope.
- baroswitch — a switch actuated by barometric pressure.
- barotropic — having a density that is a function only of pressure.
- barracking — Present participle of barrack.
- barramundi — any of several large edible Australian fishes esp the percoid species Lates calcarifer (family Centropomidae) of NE coastal waters or the freshwater species Scleropages leichardti (family Osteoglossidae) of Queensland
- barrelfish — a blackish stromateid fish, Hyperoglyphe perciformis, inhabiting New England coastal waters.
- barrelling — a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- barricaded — a defensive barrier hastily constructed, as in a street, to stop an enemy.
- barricades — Plural form of barricade.
- barrington — Jonah. born 1940, British squash player; winner of the Open Championship 1966–67, 1969–72
- barristers — Plural form of barrister.
- barrow pit — a roadside borrow pit dug for drainage purposes.
- bartending — to serve or work as a bartender.
- bartolozzi — Francesco [frahn-ches-kaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1725?–1815? Italian engraver.
- bas-relief — Bas-relief is a technique of sculpture in which shapes are carved so that they stand out from the background.
- base price — a price quoted as a base without including additional charges.
- baseliners — Plural form of baseliner.
- basic rate — the standard or lowest level on a scale of money payable, esp in taxation
- bast fiber — bast (def 2).
- bast-fiber — Botany. phloem.
- bastardise — to lower in condition or worth; debase: hybrid works that neither preserve nor bastardize existing art forms.
- bastardism — the condition of being illegitimate
- bastardize — to debase; corrupt
- bath brick — a brick-shaped piece of calcareous earth, used for cleaning polished metal
- bath chair — a wheelchair for invalids, often with a hood
- batrachian — any amphibian, esp a frog or toad
- batterings — Plural form of battering.
- baudelaire — Charles Pierre (ʃarl pjɛr). 1821–67, French poet, noted for his macabre imagery; author of Les fleurs du mal (1857)
- baumeister — Willi [vil-ee] /ˈvɪl i/ (Show IPA), 1889–1955, German painter.
- bayberries — Plural form of bayberry.
- beam brick — a face brick for bonding to a concrete lintel poured in place, having a section like a right triangle.
- bear fruit — plant: produce fruit
- bear river — a river in NE Utah, SW Wyoming, and SE Idaho, flowing into the Great Salt Lake. 350 miles (565 km) long.
- beautifier — A person who or a thing which beautifies or makes beautiful.
- bee martin — kingbird.
- behavioral — Behavioral means relating to the behavior of a person or animal, or to the study of their behavior.
- behaviours — manner of behaving or acting.
- belisarius — ?505–565 ad, Byzantine general under Justinian I. He recovered North Africa from the Vandals and Italy from the Ostrogoths and led forces against the Persians
- bellarmine — Saint Robert. 1542–1621, Italian Jesuit theologian and cardinal; an important influence during the Counter-Reformation
- belorussia — historical region in central Europe corresponding to present-day Belarus
- berecyntia — Cybele.
- bering sea — a part of the N Pacific Ocean, between NE Siberia and Alaska. Area: about 2 275 000 sq km (878 000 sq miles)
- berkeleian — denoting or relating to the philosophy of George Berkeley
- bernardine — a monk of one of the reformed and stricter branches of the Cistercian order
- bessarabia — a region in E Europe, mostly in Moldova and Ukraine: long disputed by the Turks and Russians; a province of Romania from 1918 until 1940. Area: about 44 300 sq km (17 100 sq miles)
- beta fiber — a nonflammable glass fiber made into fabrics, insulation, etc.