11-letter words containing a, d, r, s
- auditoriums — Plural form of auditorium.
- auditorship — the position or function of auditor
- autodialers — Plural form of autodialer.
- autostradas — Plural form of autostrada.
- autowinders — Plural form of autowinder.
- avoirdupois — a system of weights used in many English-speaking countries. It is based on the pound, which contains 16 ounces or 7000 grains. 100 pounds (US) or 112 pounds (Brit) is equal to 1 hundredweight and 20 hundredweights equals 1 ton
- awkwardness — lacking skill or dexterity. Synonyms: clumsy, inept; unskillful, unhandy, inexpert. Antonyms: deft, adroit, skillful, dexterous; handy.
- backcrossed — Simple past tense and past participle of backcross.
- backgrounds — Plural form of background.
- backhanders — Plural form of backhander.
- 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
- 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.
- bargeboards — Plural form of bargeboard.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- battledores — Plural form of battledore.
- battledress — the ordinary uniform of a soldier, consisting of tunic and trousers
- 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.
- 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
- bird's beak — beak (def 9).
- bladdernose — hooded seal
- blady grass — a coarse leafy Australasian grass, Imperata cylindrica
- 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.