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11-letter words containing a, d, i, b

  • bilge board — a board lowered from the bilge of a sailing vessel to serve as a keel.
  • billy-bread — bread baked in a billy over a camp fire
  • binary code — Binary code is a computer code that uses the binary number system.
  • binary data — binary file
  • binucleated — having two nuclei
  • biodynamics — the branch of biology that deals with the energy production and activities of organisms
  • biofeedback — a technique for teaching the control of autonomic functions, such as the rate of heartbeat or breathing, by recording the activity and presenting it (usually visually) so that the person can know the state of the autonomic function he or she is learning to control
  • bipyramidal — relating to a symmetrical structure consisting of two pyramids
  • biquadratic — of or relating to the fourth power
  • bird's beak — beak (def 9).
  • birdbrained — a stupid, foolish, or scatterbrained person.
  • birobidzhan — a city in SE Russia: capital of the Jewish Autonomous Region. Pop: 77 250 (2002)
  • black medic — a widespread weedy annual plant (Medicago lupulina) of the pea family, with small yellow flowers and black seed pods, sometimes grown for forage
  • black widow — an American spider, Latrodectus mactans, the female of which is black with red markings, highly venomous, and commonly eats its mate
  • blackbirder — a person or vessel involved in the capture and transportation of slaves
  • bladderlike — resembling a bladder
  • blind alley — If you describe a situation as a blind alley, you mean that progress is not possible or that the situation can have no useful results.
  • 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.
  • blizzarding — Meteorology. a storm with dry, driving snow, strong winds, and intense cold. a heavy and prolonged snowstorm covering a wide area.
  • blue island — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
  • blue riband — If someone or something wins the blue riband in a competition, they win first prize. The prize is sometimes in the shape of a blue ribbon.
  • boatbuilder — A boatbuilder is a person or company that makes boats.
  • bodaciously — in a bodacious manner
  • bodhidharma — 6th century ad, Indian Buddhist monk, who taught in China (from 520): considered to be the founder of Zen Buddhism
  • bodhisattva — (in Mahayana Buddhism) a divine being worthy of nirvana who remains on the human plane to help men to salvation
  • body cavity — the internal cavity of any multicellular animal that contains the digestive tract, heart, kidneys, etc. In vertebrates it develops from the coelom
  • 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
  • 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
  • bradycardia — an abnormally low rate of heartbeat
  • bradycardic — a slow heartbeat rate, usually less than 60 beats per minute.
  • bradypeptic — a person with slow digestion
  • braggadocio — vain empty boasting
  • brain candy — something that is entertaining or enjoyable but lacks depth or significance
  • brain child — a product of one's creative work or thought.
  • brain death — Brain death occurs when someone's brain stops functioning, even though their heart may be kept beating using a machine.
  • brain drain — When people talk about a brain drain, they are referring to the movement of a large number of scientists or academics away from their own country to other countries where the conditions and salaries are better.
  • brake fluid — an oily liquid used to transmit pressure in a hydraulic brake or clutch system
  • branchiopod — any crustacean of the mainly freshwater subclass Branchiopoda, having flattened limblike appendages for swimming, feeding, and respiration. The group includes the water fleas
  • brand image — The brand image of a particular brand of product is the image or impression that people have of it, usually created by advertising.
  • brandy mint — peppermint.
  • bread knife — a knife designed or suitable for slicing bread, as one having a wavy or saw-toothed blade.
  • breadsticks — bread baked in long thin crisp sticks
  • breadthwise — in the direction of the breadth
  • breadwinner — The breadwinner in a family is the person in it who earns the money that the family needs for essential things.
  • brickshaped — resembling the shape of a brick
  • bridal gown — a wedding dress
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