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11-letter words containing a, e, r, o, b

  • bridge loan — A bridge loan is money that a bank lends you for a short time, for example, so that you can buy a new house before you have sold the one you already own.
  • bridgeboard — a board on both sides of a staircase that is cut to support the treads and risers
  • broad gauge — a railway track with a greater distance between the lines than the standard gauge of 561⁄2 inches (about 1.44 metres) used now by most mainline railway systems
  • broad reach — an act or instance of reaching: to make a reach for a gun.
  • broad river — a river in W North Carolina, flowing S to join the Saluda River, forming the Congaree River in South Carolina. 150 miles (241 km) long.
  • broad-based — comprehensive and inclusive
  • broad-faced — having a broad, wide face.
  • broad-gauge — Railroads. of or relating to equipment designed for a railroad having track of a broad gauge: broad-gauge rolling stock.
  • broadcasted — to transmit (programs) from a radio or television station.
  • broadcaster — A broadcaster is someone who gives talks or takes part in interviews and discussions on radio or television programmes.
  • broaden out — If something such as a discussion broadens out or if someone broadens it out, the number of things or people that it includes or affects becomes greater.
  • brochantite — a mineral, hydrous copper sulfate, Cu 4 (OH) 6 SO 4 , occurring in green fibrous masses and similar in physical properties to antlerite: formerly a major ore of copper.
  • broiler pan — a pan for broiling food
  • broken coal — anthracite in pieces ranging from 2 1/2 to 4 inches (6.5 to 11 cm) in extreme dimension; the largest commercial size, larger than egg coal.
  • broken play — an improvised offensive play that results when the originally planned play has failed to be executed properly.
  • bronze star — a U.S. military decoration awarded for heroism or achievement in military operations other than those involving aerial flights.
  • broomballer — a person who plays broomball
  • brow antler — the first prong from the base of a stag's antler.
  • browbeating — to intimidate by overbearing looks or words; bully: They browbeat him into agreeing.
  • brown algae — any algae of the phylum Phaeophyta, such as the wracks and kelps, which contain a brown pigment in addition to chlorophyll
  • brown bread — bread made with wholemeal flour, or with ingredients that give it a brown colour
  • brown earth — an intrazonal soil of temperate humid regions typically developed under deciduous forest into a dark rich layer (mull): characteristic of much of southern and central England
  • brown heart — a brown discoloration of the flesh of stored apples, resulting from high concentrations of carbon dioxide.
  • brown hyena — a hyena, Hyaena brunnea, of southern Africa, having a blackish-gray coat: its dwindling population is now protected.
  • brown paper — a coarse unbleached paper used for wrapping
  • brown sauce — a sauce made from cooked fat and flour
  • brown snake — any of various common venomous snakes of the genus Pseudonaja
  • brown water — shallow water, as opposed to deep (blue) water.
  • brown-state — (of linen and lace fabrics) undyed
  • bull-roarer — a wooden slat that produces a roaring sound when whirled around one's head on the end of a string or thong, used by some peoples of the world in religious ceremonies and by others as a toy.
  • burgomaster — the chief magistrate of a town in Austria, Belgium, Germany, or the Netherlands; mayor
  • bush parole — an escape from prison.
  • butyraceous — of, containing, or resembling butter
  • byelorussia — Official name Belarus. Formerly White Russian Soviet Socialist Republic, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic. a republic in E Europe, N of Ukraine: formerly a part of the Soviet Union. 80,154 sq. mi. (207,600 sq. km). Capital: Minsk.
  • cabbageworm — any caterpillar that feeds on cabbages, esp that of the cabbage white
  • cabinetwork — the making of furniture, esp of fine quality
  • cafe brulot — black coffee flavored with sugar, lemon and orange rinds, cloves, cinnamon, and brandy, ignited and allowed to flame briefly.
  • camp robber — Canada jay
  • canoe birch — paper birch.
  • cape breton — an island forming the NE part of Nova Scotia, in SE Canada. 3970 sq. mi. (10,280 sq. km).
  • carabineros — Plural form of carabinero.
  • carbimazole — a drug that inhibits the synthesis of the hormone thyroxine, used in the management of hyperthyroidism
  • carbon-date — to determine the age of an organic object by examining the relative proportions of the carbon isotopes carbon-12 and carbon-14
  • carbonatite — a rare intrusive or extrusive igneous rock, mostly found in Africa, that contains a high proportion of carbonate minerals
  • carbonnades — Plural form of carbonnade.
  • carbonylate — to introduce the carbonyl group into (a compound) through chemical reaction
  • carboxylase — any enzyme that catalyses the release of carbon dioxide from certain acids
  • carboxylate — any salt or ester of a carboxylic acid having a formula of the type M(RCOO)x, where M is a metal and R an organic group, or R1COOR2, where R1 and R2 are organic groups
  • carburetion — Carburetion is the process of fuel becoming vapor and mixing with a stream of air in a carburetor.
  • carburetors — Plural form of carburetor.
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