11-letter words containing a, d, e, s
- bacteroides — any of several rod-shaped, anaerobic bacteria of the genus Bacteroides, occurring in the alimentary and genitourinary tracts of humans and other mammals, certain species of which are pathogenic.
- badderlocks — a seaweed, Alaria esculenta, that has long brownish-green fronds and is eaten in parts of N Europe
- baked beans — Baked beans are dried beans cooked in tomato sauce in Britain or cooked with salt pork in North America. Baked beans are usually sold in cans.
- bakersfield — city in SC Calif.: pop. 247,000
- baldcypress — any of a genus (Taxodium, esp. T. distichum) of cone-bearing trees of the baldcypress family, that grows in the swamps of the SE U.S. and normally sheds its small, pointed needles in the fall
- balustraded — Having balustrades.
- balustrades — Plural form of balustrade.
- banderillas — Plural form of banderilla.
- bandleaders — Plural form of bandleader.
- bandmasters — Plural form of bandmaster.
- bangladeshi — Bangladeshi means belonging to or relating to Bangladesh, or to its people or culture.
- bargeboards — Plural form of bargeboard.
- barnstormed — Simple past tense and past participle of barnstorm.
- barotseland — a region in W Zambia. 44,920 sq. mi. (116,343 sq. km).
- 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.
- bass fiddle — double bass.
- 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.
- bird's beak — beak (def 9).
- bladdernose — hooded seal
- blind snake — any burrowing snake of the family Typhlopidae and related families of warm and tropical regions, having very small or vestigial eyes
- bloatedness — the state of being swollen, as with a liquid, air, or wind
- 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
- body search — If a person is body searched, someone such as a police officer searches them while they remain clothed. Compare strip-search.
- body-search — to search all parts of the body of: Police ordered the suspects to strip and then body-searched them for hidden caches of narcotics.
- bondservant — a serf or slave