11-letter words containing a, b, o, n, e
- blacktongue — canine pellagra.
- bladdernose — hooded seal
- blanket bog — a very acid peat bog, low in nutrients, extending widely over a flat terrain, found in cold wet climates
- bloatedness — the state of being swollen, as with a liquid, air, or wind
- block plane — a carpenter's small plane used to cut across the end grain of wood
- blonde lace — a French pillow lace, originally of unbleached cream-coloured Chinese silk, later of bleached or black-dyed silk
- blue monday — a Monday regarded as a depressing workday in contrast to the pleasant relaxation of the weekend.
- bobbin lace — lace made with bobbins rather than with needle and thread (needlepoint lace); pillow lace
- bohemianism — unconventional behaviour or appearance, esp of an artist
- bombardment — A bombardment is a strong and continuous attack of gunfire or bombing.
- bon appetit — enjoy your meal
- bonaventura — Saint, called the Seraphic Doctor. 1221–74, Italian Franciscan monk, mystic, theologian, and philosopher; author of a Life of St Francis and Journey of the Soul to God. Feast day: July 14
- bonaventure — Saint ("the Seraphic Doctor") 1221–74, Italian scholastic theologian.
- bond market — the market in which bonds are traded
- bondi beach — a beach in Sydney, Australia, popular with surfers
- bondservant — a serf or slave
- bone marrow — Bone marrow is the soft fatty substance inside human or animal bones.
- bone shaker — an early-model bicycle, especially one with hard rubber tires.
- bone spavin — a disease of the hock joint of horses in which enlargement occurs because of collected fluids (bog spavin) bony growth (bone spavin) or distention of the veins (blood spavin)
- bone-shaker — an early-model bicycle, especially one with hard rubber tires.
- boniface ii — pope a.d. 530–532.
- boniface iv — Saint, pope a.d. 608–615.
- boniface ix — (Pietro Tomacelli) died 1404, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1389–1404.
- boniface vi — pope a.d. 896.
- bonus share — a share from stock given by a company to existing shareholders
- boolean sum — Mathematics. symmetric difference.
- boomeranger — a young adult who returns to live with parents after a period of living away from home.
- botheration — bother
- bottle bank — A bottle bank is a large container into which people can put empty bottles so that the glass can be used again.
- boulangerie — a bakery shop, specif. one that specializes in breads, rolls, etc.
- bounce back — If you bounce back after a bad experience, you return very quickly to your previous level of success, enthusiasm, or activity.
- bounce game — (esp in soccer) a non-competitive game played as part of training
- bournebasic — A BASIC interpreter. comp.sources.misc archives volume 1.
- box spanner — a spanner consisting of a steel cylinder with a hexagonal end that fits over a nut: used esp to turn nuts in positions that are recessed or difficult of access
- break in on — to intrude on
- break point — a point which allows the receiving player to break the service of the server
- brecciation — the fragmentation of rock
- breton lace — a net lace with a design embroidered in heavy, often colored, thread.
- bridge loan — A bridge loan is money that a bank lends you for a short time, for example, so that you can buy a new house before you have sold the one you already own.
- broaden out — If something such as a discussion broadens out or if someone broadens it out, the number of things or people that it includes or affects becomes greater.
- brochantite — a mineral, hydrous copper sulfate, Cu 4 (OH) 6 SO 4 , occurring in green fibrous masses and similar in physical properties to antlerite: formerly a major ore of copper.
- broiler pan — a pan for broiling food
- broken coal — anthracite in pieces ranging from 2 1/2 to 4 inches (6.5 to 11 cm) in extreme dimension; the largest commercial size, larger than egg coal.
- broken play — an improvised offensive play that results when the originally planned play has failed to be executed properly.
- bronze star — a U.S. military decoration awarded for heroism or achievement in military operations other than those involving aerial flights.
- brow antler — the first prong from the base of a stag's antler.
- browbeating — to intimidate by overbearing looks or words; bully: They browbeat him into agreeing.
- brown algae — any algae of the phylum Phaeophyta, such as the wracks and kelps, which contain a brown pigment in addition to chlorophyll
- brown bread — bread made with wholemeal flour, or with ingredients that give it a brown colour
- brown earth — an intrazonal soil of temperate humid regions typically developed under deciduous forest into a dark rich layer (mull): characteristic of much of southern and central England