11-letter words containing a, d, b, s
- barnstormed — Simple past tense and past participle of barnstorm.
- barnyardism — a smutty or indecent word or expression.
- barotseland — a region in W Zambia. 44,920 sq. mi. (116,343 sq. km).
- barramundis — Plural form of barramundi.
- barrelheads — Plural form of barrelhead.
- 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
- basehearted — having a low, mean, or contemptible nature or character; meanspirited.
- basel-stadt — a demicanton in N Switzerland: virtually coextensive with the city of Basel. 14 sq. mi. (36 sq. km). Capital: Basel.
- 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.
- basidiocarp — the fruiting body of basidiomycetous fungi; the mushroom of agarics
- bass fiddle — double bass.
- bastard cut — (of a file) having medium teeth; intermediate between a coarse cut and a fine cut
- bastard pop — a type of popular music in which two records, usually from different genres or eras, are blended together into a whole, often using the vocal performance from one and the instrumental from the other
- bastard son — an illegitimate son
- bastard-saw — plain-saw.
- 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.
- bastinadoed — Simple past tense and past participle of bastinado.
- bastinadoes — Plural form of bastinado.
- battledores — Plural form of battledore.
- battledress — the ordinary uniform of a soldier, consisting of tunic and trousers
- bawdy house — a brothel.
- bawdyhouses — Plural form of bawdyhouse.
- beaky-nosed — having a nose that is large, pointed, or hooked
- beardedness — the quality of having a beard, the quality of being bearded
- bedchambers — Plural form of bedchamber.
- behind bars — If you say that someone is behind bars, you mean that they are in prison.
- belatedness — coming or being after the customary, useful, or expected time: belated birthday greetings.
- bell-shaped — shaped like a bell
- belt sander — a sander that uses an endless abrasive belt driven by an electric motor.
- bendy straw — a drinking straw which is bent towards the top end
- bestridable — capable of being bestridden
- bigeye scad — a carangid fish, Selar crumenophthalmus, of tropical seas and Atlantic coastal waters of the U.S., having prominent eyes and commonly used as bait.
- biodynamics — the branch of biology that deals with the energy production and activities of organisms
- bird's beak — beak (def 9).
- black goods — electronic goods which are housed in black or dark casings, such as televisions, CD players, etc
- bladdernose — hooded seal
- blady grass — a coarse leafy Australasian grass, Imperata cylindrica
- blind snake — any burrowing snake of the family Typhlopidae and related families of warm and tropical regions, having very small or vestigial eyes
- blind-stamp — to emboss or impress (the cover or spine of a book) without using ink or foil.
- bloatedness — the state of being swollen, as with a liquid, air, or wind
- blood sugar — the glucose concentration in the blood: the normal fasting value is between 3.9 and 5.6 mmol/l
- bloodstream — Your bloodstream is the blood that flows around your body.
- blue island — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- boat-shaped — shaped like a boat
- bodaciously — in a bodacious manner
- bodhisattva — (in Mahayana Buddhism) a divine being worthy of nirvana who remains on the human plane to help men to salvation
- body search — If a person is body searched, someone such as a police officer searches them while they remain clothed. Compare strip-search.