10-letter words containing a, b, r, e
- borderland — The borderland between two things is an area which contains features from both of these things so that it is not possible to say that it belongs to one or the other.
- borrowable — to take or obtain with the promise to return the same or an equivalent: Our neighbor borrowed my lawn mower.
- bouguereau — Adolphe William [a-dawlf veel-yam] /aˈdɔlf vilˈyam/ (Show IPA), 1825–1905, French painter.
- boundaries — something that indicates bounds or limits; a limiting or bounding line.
- bowerwoman — a chamber-woman
- bowler hat — A bowler hat is a round, hard, black hat with a narrow brim which is worn by men, especially British businessmen. Bowler hats are no longer very common.
- bowser bag — doggy bag.
- box camera — a simple box-shaped camera having an elementary lens, shutter, and viewfinder
- bra burner — a contemptuous term used to refer to an ardent or militant feminist or to someone perceived as such.
- bra-burner — a contemptuous term used to refer to an ardent or militant feminist or to someone perceived as such.
- braaivleis — a picnic at which meat is cooked over an open fire; a barbecue
- brace jack — a triangular piece of wood used for propping up scenery from behind.
- brace root — prop root.
- brachydome — a dome whose face is parallel to the brachydiagonal axis in a crystal
- bracketing — a set of brackets
- bradstreet — Anne (Dudley). ?1612–72, US poet, born in England: regarded as the first significant US poet
- bradyseism — a gradual rise or fall in the earth's crust
- bradytelic — of or relating to evolution at a rate slower than the standard for a given group of plants or animals.
- brain cell — a nerve cell that is situated in the brain
- brain stem — the portion of the brain that is continuous with the spinal cord and comprises the medulla oblongata, pons, midbrain, and parts of the hypothalamus, functioning in the control of reflexes and such essential internal mechanisms as respiration and heartbeat.
- brain wave — any of the fluctuations of electrical potential in the brain as represented on an electroencephalogram. They vary in frequency from 1 to 30 hertz
- brain-dead — If someone is declared brain-dead, they have suffered brain death.
- brainpower — Brainpower is intelligence or the ability to think.
- brake band — a strip of fabric, leather, or metal tightened around a pulley or shaft to act as a brake
- brake disc — a metal disc that revolves with the wheel in a disc brake
- brake drum — the cast-iron drum attached to the hub of a wheel of a motor vehicle fitted with drum brakes
- brake fade — a gradual loss of braking power resulting from decreased friction between the lining and the drum or disc of the brake and usually caused by overheating.
- brake shoe — the curved metal casting to which the brake lining is riveted in a drum brake
- brake-fade — the decrease in efficiency of braking of a motor vehicle due to overheating of the brakes
- branchiate — having gills.
- brand name — The brand name of a product is the name the manufacturer gives it and under which it is sold.
- brand-name — having or being a brand name: nationally known brand-name food products.
- brandering — furring (def 4b).
- brandished — to shake or wave, as a weapon; flourish: Brandishing his sword, he rode into battle.
- brandywine — creek in SE Pa. & N Del.: site of a battle (1777) of the Revolutionary War, in which Washington's army failed to check the British advance on Philadelphia
- brass neck — effrontery; nerve
- brassiness — made of or covered with brass.
- brattiness — the quality of being bratty
- brazen out — If you have done something wrong and you brazen it out, you behave confidently in order not to appear ashamed, even though you probably do feel ashamed.
- brazenness — shameless or impudent: brazen presumption.
- bread line — a line of people waiting to be given food as government relief or private charity
- bread mold — any of an order (Mucorales, esp. Rhizopus nigricans) of fungi often found on decaying vegetable matter or bread
- bread roll — a small piece of bread dough made into a circular shape and baked
- bread shop — a baker's shop
- breadberry — bread soaked in water or milk
- breadboard — A breadboard is a flat piece of wood used for cutting bread on.
- breadcrumb — Breadcrumbs are tiny pieces of dry bread. They are used in cooking.
- breadfruit — Breadfruit are large round fruit that grow on trees in the Pacific Islands and in tropical parts of America and that, when baked, look and feel like bread.
- breadknife — a knife, usually with a serrated blade, used for cutting slices from a loaf of bread
- breadstick — bread baked in a long thin crisp stick