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

  • bahia grass — a grass, Paspalum notatum, of tropical America, grown in the southern United States for lawns and pasturage.
  • bakersfield — city in SC Calif.: pop. 247,000
  • baking tray — A baking tray is the same as a baking sheet.
  • balbriggans — underwear made from balbriggan fabric, for example long men's underpants
  • balistraria — (in a medieval fortification) an opening, usually in the form of a cross, through which a crossbow could be fired.
  • ballbearing — Alternative form of ball bearing.
  • ballcarrier — an attacking player in possession of the ball
  • ballicatter — (in Newfoundland) ice that forms along a shore from waves and spray
  • balmorality — an idealization of Scottish traditions and culture
  • bandeirante — a 16th–18th-century Portugese explorer in South America motivated by profit, known for hunting down natives for slaves as well as for locating mines of precious stones and metals
  • banderillas — Plural form of banderilla.
  • bandkeramik — the pottery of the early Neolithic Danubian culture of Europe, having characteristic parallel spiral lines over the body and neck of the gourdlike vessels and dated 5000–4000 b.c.
  • baneberries — Plural form of baneberry.
  • banistering — Present participle of banister.
  • banjarmasin — a port in Indonesia, in SW Borneo. Pop: 527 415 (2000)
  • banjermasin — a seaport on the S coast of Borneo, in Indonesia.
  • bankrolling — Present participle of bankroll.
  • bankrupting — Present participle of bankrupt.
  • banteringly — in a bantering fashion
  • baptistries — Plural form of baptistry.
  • bar mitzvah — A bar mitzvah is a ceremony that takes place on the thirteenth birthday of a Jewish boy, after which he is regarded as an adult.
  • bar-hopping — Informal. to go to a succession of bars or nightclubs, with a brief stay at each.
  • baranavichy — a city in W central Belarus, SW of Minsk.
  • baranovichi — a city in W central Belarus, SW of Minsk.
  • barbarities — Plural form of barbarity.
  • barbary fig — prickly pear.
  • barbed wire — Barbed wire is strong wire with sharp points sticking out of it, and is used to make fences.
  • barbie doll — a teenage doll with numerous sets of clothes and accessories
  • barbitalism — barbiturism.
  • barbiturate — A barbiturate is a drug which people take to make them calm or to help them to sleep.
  • barbiturism — chronic poisoning caused by the excessive use of phenobarbital, secobarbital, or other derivative of barbituric acid.
  • barebacking — sexual intercourse performed without the use of a condom
  • baresthesia — the sense or perception of pressure.
  • barfulation — /bar`fyoo-lay'sh*n/ Variation of barf used around the Stanford area. An exclamation, expressing disgust. On seeing some particularly bad code one might exclaim, "Barfulation! Who wrote this, Quux?"
  • bargain bin — a container in a shop from which customers can buy goods that may be old or imperfect at greatly reduced prices
  • bargain for — If you have not bargained for or bargained on something that happens, you did not expect it to happen and so feel surprised or worried by it.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • barking mad — If you say that someone is barking mad, you mean that they are insane or are acting very strangely.
  • barley wine — an exceptionally strong beer
  • barnyardism — a smutty or indecent word or expression.
  • baroclinity — a common state of fluid stratification in which surfaces of constant pressure and others of constant density are not parallel but intersect.
  • barographic — Measured using a barograph.
  • baronetical — pertaining to baronets
  • barquentine — a sailing ship of three or more masts rigged square on the foremast and fore-and-aft on the others
  • barracudina — any of several slender, large-mouthed, pelagic fishes of the family Paralepididae.
  • barramundis — Plural form of barramundi.
  • barricading — Present participle of barricade.
  • barthianism — the theological doctrines and principles of Karl Barth and his followers, especially in reference to neoorthodoxy.
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