11-letter words containing a, b
- bombination — to make a humming or buzzing noise.
- bon appetit — enjoy your meal
- 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.
- bonaventura — Saint, called the Seraphic Doctor. 1221–74, Italian Franciscan monk, mystic, theologian, and philosopher; author of a Life of St Francis and Journey of the Soul to God. Feast day: July 14
- bonaventure — Saint ("the Seraphic Doctor") 1221–74, Italian scholastic theologian.
- bond market — the market in which bonds are traded
- bondability — something that binds, fastens, confines, or holds together.
- bondi beach — a beach in Sydney, Australia, popular with surfers
- bondmanship — the state of being a bondman; serfdom
- bondservant — a serf or slave
- bone marrow — Bone marrow is the soft fatty substance inside human or animal bones.
- 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.
- boniface ii — pope a.d. 530–532.
- boniface iv — Saint, pope a.d. 608–615.
- boniface ix — (Pietro Tomacelli) died 1404, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1389–1404.
- boniface vi — pope a.d. 896.
- 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
- booby hatch — a hoodlike covering for a hatchway on a ship
- book jacket — a removable paper cover used to protect a bound book
- boolean sum — Mathematics. symmetric difference.
- boomeranger — a young adult who returns to live with parents after a period of living away from home.
- boost phase — the portion of the flight of a ballistic missile or spacecraft during which the booster and sustainer engines operate to bring it near or to peak velocity.
- boost-start — jump-start.
- bordelaises — a brown sauce flavored with red wine and shallots and garnished with poached marrow and parsley.
- border raid — an incursion by attackers into a neighbouring country
- boring clam — piddock
- borstal boy — (formerly) a boy sent to borstal
- 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
- botanically — Also, botanic. of, pertaining to, made from, or containing plants: botanical survey; botanical drugs.
- botanomancy — a form of divination in which tree branches or leaves are burnt
- botany wool — a fine wool from the merino sheep
- botheration — bother
- bottle baby — an infant fed by bottle from birth, as distinguished from one who is breast-fed.
- bottle bank — A bottle bank is a large container into which people can put empty bottles so that the glass can be used again.
- bottle rack — a rack for bottles, such as bottles of wine
- bottle-jack — a large jack used for heavy lifts
- bottled gas — butane or propane gas liquefied under pressure in portable containers and used in camping stoves, blowtorches, etc
- bottom gear — the lowest gear of a car, lorry, etc
- bottom heat — heat artificially applied to a container in which plants are grown in order to induce their germination, rooting, or growth.
- bottom lady — a pimp's most reliable prostitute.
- bottom land — bottom (def 4).
- boulangerie — a bakery shop, specif. one that specializes in breads, rolls, etc.
- boulder dam — Hoover Dam
- bounce back — If you bounce back after a bad experience, you return very quickly to your previous level of success, enthusiasm, or activity.