11-letter words containing a, b, s
- quail-brush — a salt-tolerant, silvery gray shrub, Atriplex lentiformis breweri, of the amaranth family, native to southern California.
- quatre bras — a village in central Belgium, near Brussels: battle preliminary to the battle of Waterloo fought here 1815.
- rabbit ears — an indoor television antenna consisting of two telescoping, swivel-based aerials.
- rabbitbrush — any of several composite shrubs of the genus Chrysothamnus, of the western U.S. and Mexico, having whitish, hairy branches and yellow flowers.
- rabelaisian — of, relating to, or suggesting François Rabelais, whose work is characterized by broad, coarse humor and keen satire.
- rajya sabha — the upper house of parliament in India.
- rambus dram — (storage) (RDRAM) A high bandwidth DRAM, designed by Rambus, Inc. of Mountain View, CA. RDRAM is used mainly for video accelerators, and also in the Ultra 64 from Nintendo. It offers sustained transfer rates of around 1000 Mbps, compared to 200 Mbps for ordinary DRAM. Although it cannot be used as a direct replacement for existing memory, it is likely that it will replace DRAM and SDRAM as the main memory system in personal computers as the bus speeds required by these machines increase. SDRAM can operate up to around 100MHz, but RDRAM has been demonstrated by the manufacturers running at 600MHz. The memory is also only 8 or 9 bits wide, so the bandwidth would increase enormously if it were used in parallel to give 32 or 64-bit memory.
- raspberries — the fruit of any of several shrubs belonging to the genus Rubus, of the rose family, consisting of small and juicy red, black, or pale yellow drupelets forming a detachable cap about a convex receptacle.
- raster burn — 1. (Or terminal illness) Eyestrain brought on by too many hours of looking at low-resolution, poorly tuned, or glare-ridden monitors, especially graphics monitors. 2. The "burn-in" condition your CRT tends to get if you don't use a screen saver.
- rattle-bush — blue false indigo.
- ray's bream — a species of bream Brama brama, common in southern European waters
- razzberries — raspberry (def 4).
- rebroadcast — to broadcast again from the same station.
- receivables — the part of the assets of a business represented by accounts due for payment
- recyclables — objects that are able to be processed and used again
- redressable — the setting right of what is wrong: redress of abuses.
- reestablish — to found, institute, build, or bring into being on a firm or stable basis: to establish a university; to establish a medical practice.
- registrable — a book in which records of acts, events, names, etc., are kept.
- res publica — the state, republic, or commonwealth
- resemblance — the state or fact of resembling; similarity.
- respectable — worthy of respect or esteem; estimable; worthy: a respectable citizen.
- respectably — worthy of respect or esteem; estimable; worthy: a respectable citizen.
- restabilize — to stabilize again
- restartable — capable of being restarted
- reusability — reuse
- reverse bar — an angle iron having one leg welded or riveted to a leg of another angle iron to make a member similar to a Z -bar.
- rhabdovirus — any of various RNA-containing viruses of the family Rhabdoviridae, including the rabies virus.
- rhesus baby — a baby suffering from haemolytic disease at birth as its red blood cells (which are Rh positive) have been attacked in the womb by antibodies from its Rh negative mother
- river basin — the area of land drained by a river and its branches.
- robbinsdale — a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- rooibos tea — tea prepared from any of several species of Borbonia or Aspalanthus, believed to have tonic properties
- rubbish bag — a plastic bag for the disposal of household rubbish
- rumble seat — Also called, British, dickey. a seat recessed into the back of a coupe or roadster, covered by a hinged lid that opens to form the back of the seat when in use.
- rumbustical — rumbustious
- russophobia — an intense and often irrational hatred for Russia, or esp the former Soviet Union, its political system, etc
- saarbrucken — a state in W Germany, in the Saar River valley. 991 sq. mi. (2569 sq. km). Capital: Saarbrücken.
- sabbatarian — a person who observes the seventh day of the week, Saturday, as the Sabbath.
- sabine lake — a shallow lake on the boundary between Texas and Louisiana, formed by a widening of the Sabine River. About 17 miles (27 km) long; 7 miles (11 km) wide.
- sabrmetrics — (used with a singular verb) the computerized measurement of baseball statistics.
- saburration — the use of heated sand in healing
- sacred ibis — an African ibis, Threskiornis aethiopica, having a black, naked head and neck and white and black plumage, venerated by the ancient Egyptians.
- sacrolumbar — of, relating to, or involving the lumbar and sacral regions or parts of the body.
- saddle back — any of various animals having markings on the back that resemble a saddle, as a male harp seal.
- safe harbor — a harbor considered safe for a ship, as in wartime or during a storm at sea.
- safe-blower — a person who uses explosives to open safes and rob them
- safety belt — seat belt.
- safety bolt — a bolt or lock on a door or gate that cannot be moved from the outside
- saginaw bay — an arm of Lake Huron, off the E coast of Michigan. 60 miles (97 km) long.
- sailboarder — windsurfer
- sailboating — the sport of using a sailing boat