11-letter words containing a, b, r, i
- barycentric — Of or relating to the center of gravity.
- baryshnikov — Mikhail. born 1948, Soviet-born ballet dancer, who defected (1974) to the West while on tour with the Kirov Ballet: director (1980–90) of the American Ballet Theatre
- basal ridge — a U -shaped ridge at the base of the posterior surface of the crown of a tooth.
- base period — a neutral period used as a standard for comparison in constructing an index to express a variable factor: 100 is usually taken as the index number for the variable in the base period
- baserunning — the act of running around bases
- basic dress — a simple, usually dark dress that may be worn with various accessories or in combination with other garments so that it is suitable for different occasions.
- basicranial — of or relating to the base of the skull
- basicranium — (anatomy) The inferior region of the skull.
- basidiocarp — the fruiting body of basidiomycetous fungi; the mushroom of agarics
- basin range — a mountain range of the type found in the Great Basin region of the western U.S., typically long and narrow and characterized by faulted, tilted blocks of strata.
- baskerville — a style of type
- bass guitar — a guitar that has the same pitch and tuning as a double bass, usually electrically amplified
- bass strait — a channel between mainland Australia and Tasmania, linking the Indian Ocean and the Tasman Sea
- bastardised — Simple past tense and past participle of bastardise.
- bastardized — If you refer to something as a bastardized form of something else, you mean that the first thing is similar to or copied from the second thing, but is of much poorer quality.
- bastardizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bastardize.
- bath oliver — a kind of unsweetened biscuit
- bathymetric — Of, pertaining to, or derived from bathymetry.
- batrachians — Plural form of batrachian.
- batter pile — a pile driven at an angle to the vertical.
- baudrillard — Jean. 1929–2007, French sociologist and theorist of postmodernism; his books include Seduction (1979), America (1986), and The Spirit of Terrorism (2002)
- be hard hit — To be hard hit by something means to be affected very severely by it.
- beach chair — A beach chair is a simple chair with a folding frame, and a piece of canvas as the seat and back. Beach chairs are usually used on the beach, on a ship, or in the yard.
- beach drift — the drifting of sediments, especially marine sediments, in patterns parallel to the contours of a beach, due to the action of waves and currents.
- beach ridge — a ridge just inland from a beach, consisting of sand and gravel built up by storm waves
- beam aerial — an aerial system, such as a Yagi aerial, having directional properties
- beam riding — a method of missile guidance in which the missile steers itself along the axis of a conically scanned microwave beam
- bearability — the quality of being able to be borne
- bearbaiting — an old form of diversion in which dogs were made to torment a chained bear
- bearberries — Plural form of bearberry.
- bearded tit — a small European bird, Panurus biarmicus, found in reedy places, the male of which has a tuft of black feathers on each side of the face.
- bearer bill — a bill payable to the person in possession
- bearing cap — A bearing cap is a rigid, semi-circular part that fits around one half of a bearing and secures it.
- bearishness — The characteristic of being bearish.
- beauharnais — Alexandre (alɛksãdr), Vicomte de. 1760–94, French general, who served in the War of American Independence and the French Revolutionary wars; first husband of Empress Joséphine: guillotined
- beautifiers — Plural form of beautifier.
- beautifuler — Obsolete spelling of beautifuller.
- beaver tail — a flat oval doughnut served fried and sugared
- bedraggling — Present participle of bedraggle.
- beetlebrain — a person of severely limited intelligence
- behaviorism — Behaviorism is the belief held by some psychologists that the only valid method of studying the psychology of people or animals is to observe how they behave.
- behaviorist — the theory or doctrine that human or animal psychology can be accurately studied only through the examination and analysis of objectively observable and quantifiable behavioral events, in contrast with subjective mental states.
- behavioural — Behavioural means relating to the behaviour of a person or animal, or to the study of their behaviour.
- behind bars — If you say that someone is behind bars, you mean that they are in prison.
- belarussian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Belarus, its people, or their language
- belligerati — intellectuals, such as writers, who advocate war or imperialism
- belorussian — of Belarus or its people, language, or culture
- belowstairs — (formerly) at or in the basement of a large house, considered as the place where the servants live and work
- benefactrix — benefactress.
- beneficiary — Someone who is a beneficiary of something is helped by it.