11-letter words containing a, b, s, o, n
- basis point — In finance, a basis point is one hundredth of a per cent (.01%).
- basset horn — an obsolete woodwind instrument of the clarinet family
- bastard son — an illegitimate son
- bastinadoed — Simple past tense and past participle of bastinado.
- bastinadoes — Plural form of bastinado.
- bath sponge — any of various common sponges, of the family Spongiidae, that have a skeletal network composed of fibers of spongin: collected in the Gulf of Mexico, the Mediterranean, and the Caribbean for their commercial value.
- beaky-nosed — having a nose that is large, pointed, or hooked
- bean sprout — Bean sprouts are small, long, thin shoots grown from beans. They are frequently used in Chinese cookery.
- beanshooter — peashooter
- belorussian — of Belarus or its people, language, or culture
- bengal rose — China rose (def 1).
- bengal-rose — Also called Bengal rose. a rose, Rosa chinensis, of China, having slightly fragrant crimson, pink, or white flowers.
- biodynamics — the branch of biology that deals with the energy production and activities of organisms
- bisectional — relating to division into two equal parts
- bisociation — the association of one idea with two different contexts
- bladdernose — hooded seal
- bloatedness — the state of being swollen, as with a liquid, air, or wind
- boatmanship — boatsmanship.
- bohemianism — unconventional behaviour or appearance, esp of an artist
- bonapartism — a political system resembling the rules of the Bonapartes, esp Napoleon I and Napoleon III: centralized government by a military dictator, who enjoys popular support given expression in plebiscites
- bonapartist — an adherent of the Bonapartes or their policies.
- bondmanship — the state of being a bondman; serfdom
- bondservant — a serf or slave
- 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.
- bonus share — a share from stock given by a company to existing shareholders
- bony spavin — enlargement of the hock of a horse by a bony growth, usually caused by inflammation or injury, and often resulting in lameness
- boolean sum — Mathematics. symmetric difference.
- boss around — order about
- bossnapping — kidnapping a company executive as part of industrial action
- boston crab — a wrestling hold in which a wrestler seizes both or one of his opponent's legs, turns him face downwards, and exerts pressure over his back
- bourbonnais — a town in NE Illinois.
- 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
- boy soprano — a young male singer whose voice is in the soprano range and has not yet broken, esp one who performs solo
- bronze star — a U.S. military decoration awarded for heroism or achievement in military operations other than those involving aerial flights.
- brown sauce — a sauce made from cooked fat and flour
- brown snake — any of various common venomous snakes of the genus Pseudonaja
- brown sugar — Brown sugar is sugar that has not been refined, or is only partly refined. It is golden brown in color.
- brown toast — toasted wholemeal bread
- brown-state — (of linen and lace fabrics) undyed
- buenos dias — good day; good morning
- bunco squad — an informal name for a police department dealing with fraud; fraud squad
- buoyantness — the property of being buoyant
- bus station — a place incorporating waiting areas, stands for buses, and ticket offices from which buses or coaches depart
- bushelwoman — a woman who alters clothes
- by means of — If you do something by means of a particular method, instrument, or process, you do it using that method, instrument, or process.
- by no means — on no account; in no way
- cablevision — cable television.