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

  • bring along — If you bring someone or something along, you bring them with you when you come to a place.
  • brisingamen — the magic necklace worn by Freya.
  • bristletail — any primitive wingless insect of the orders Thysanura and Diplura, such as the silverfish and firebrat, having a flattened body and long tail appendages
  • bristol bay — arm of the Bering Sea between the SW Alas. mainland & the Alaska Peninsula
  • brith milah — the rite of circumcision on the eighth day after birth
  • broad river — a river in W North Carolina, flowing S to join the Saluda River, forming the Congaree River in South Carolina. 150 miles (241 km) long.
  • brobdingnag — in Swift's Gulliver's Travels, a land inhabited by giants about 60 feet tall
  • 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
  • bromic acid — a colourless unstable water-soluble liquid used as an oxidizing agent in the manufacture of dyes and pharmaceuticals. Formula: HBrO3
  • bromouracil — a brominated derivative of uracil with antimetabolite properties
  • browbeating — to intimidate by overbearing looks or words; bully: They browbeat him into agreeing.
  • brush aside — If you brush aside or brush away an idea, remark, or feeling, you refuse to consider it because you think it is not important or useful, even though it may be.
  • buccinatory — relating to a trumpeter or trumpet playing
  • buck rabbit — Welsh rabbit with either an egg or a piece of toast on top
  • bulimarexia — bulimia (sense 2)
  • burglarious — of, constituting, or inclined to burglary
  • bursiculate — resembling a pouch
  • bushranging — the life of a bushranger
  • buzz-aldrinEdwin Eugene, Jr ("Buzz") born 1930, U.S. astronaut.
  • byelorussia — Official name Belarus. Formerly White Russian Soviet Socialist Republic, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic. a republic in E Europe, N of Ukraine: formerly a part of the Soviet Union. 80,154 sq. mi. (207,600 sq. km). Capital: Minsk.
  • cabin court — Older Use. a roadside motel having cabins.
  • cabin fever — If you describe someone as having cabin fever, you mean that they feel restless and irritable because they have been indoors in one place for too long.
  • cabin trunk — a large trunk specially designed to be used on journeys, and often having large handles at either end to make it easy to move
  • cabinetwork — the making of furniture, esp of fine quality
  • calibrating — Mark (a gauge or instrument) with a standard scale of readings.
  • calibration — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
  • calico crab — a brightly speckled swimming crab, Ovalipes ocellatus, of sandy beaches along the Atlantic coast of the U.S.
  • cambric tea — a hot drink of milk, sugar, and water or, often, weak tea
  • canoe birch — paper birch.
  • car bombing — an instance when a bomb which someone has hidden under or in a car explodes
  • carabineers — Plural form of carabineer.
  • carabineros — Plural form of carabinero.
  • carabiniere — an Italian national policeman
  • carabinieri — a member of the Italian national police force, organized as a military unit and charged with maintaining public security and order as well as assisting local police.
  • carbamidine — guanidine.
  • carbimazole — a drug that inhibits the synthesis of the hormone thyroxine, used in the management of hyperthyroidism
  • carbocation — (chemistry) any cation containing an excess positive charge on one or more carbon atoms.
  • carbocyclic — (of a chemical compound) containing a closed ring of carbon atoms
  • carbon sink — areas of vegetation, esp forests, and the phytoplankton-rich seas that absorb the carbon dioxide produced by the burning of fossil fuels
  • carbonating — Present participle of carbonate.
  • carbonation — absorption of or reaction with carbon dioxide
  • carbonatite — a rare intrusive or extrusive igneous rock, mostly found in Africa, that contains a high proportion of carbonate minerals
  • carbonizing — Present participle of carbonize.
  • carburation — the process of mixing a hydrocarbon fuel with a correct amount of air to make an explosive mixture for an internal-combustion engine
  • carburetion — Carburetion is the process of fuel becoming vapor and mixing with a stream of air in a carburetor.
  • carbutamide — An antidiabetic drug.
  • carbylamine — any of a group of organic cyanides containing the radical NC
  • carrier bag — A carrier bag is a bag made of plastic or paper which has handles and which you carry shopping in.
  • carvelbuilt — Alternative form of carvel-built.
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