11-letter words containing a, l, u, r
- barfulation — /bar`fyoo-lay'sh*n/ Variation of barf used around the Stanford area. An exclamation, expressing disgust. On seeing some particularly bad code one might exclaim, "Barfulation! Who wrote this, Quux?"
- barium meal — a preparation of barium sulphate, which is opaque to X-rays, swallowed by a patient before X-ray examination of the upper part of the alimentary canal
- barrel cuff — a single cuff on a tailored sleeve, formed by a band of material and usually fastened by a button.
- barrelhouse — a cheap and disreputable drinking establishment
- baudrillard — Jean. 1929–2007, French sociologist and theorist of postmodernism; his books include Seduction (1979), America (1986), and The Spirit of Terrorism (2002)
- beau dollar — a silver dollar.
- beautifuler — Obsolete spelling of beautifuller.
- behavioural — Behavioural means relating to the behaviour of a person or animal, or to the study of their behaviour.
- belarussian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Belarus, its people, or their language
- beleaguered — experiencing difficulties, opposition or criticism
- belorussian — of Belarus or its people, language, or culture
- biauricular — having two auricles.
- big-leaguer — Sports. a player in a major league.
- bimolecular — (of a chemical complex, collision, etc) having or involving two molecules
- binocularly — relating to the use of two eyes at once
- biquarterly — occurring twice every three months
- black humor — a form of humor that regards human suffering as absurd rather than pitiable, or that considers human existence as ironic and pointless but somehow comic.
- blood sugar — the glucose concentration in the blood: the normal fasting value is between 3.9 and 5.6 mmol/l
- blubberhead — a stupid, inept person; blockhead.
- blue collar — of or relating to wage-earning workers who wear work clothes or other specialized clothing on the job, as mechanics, longshoremen, and miners. Compare white-collar.
- blue marlin — a large marlin, Makaira nigricans, occurring worldwide in warm and temperate seas, highly prized in sportfishing and as a food fish.
- 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.
- blue spirea — a grayish, hairy, eastern Asian shrub, Caryopteris incana, of the verbena family, having clusters of showy, blue or bluish-purple flowers.
- blue streak — anything regarded as like a streak of lightning in speed, vividness, etc.
- blue-collar — Blue-collar workers work in industry, doing physical work, rather than in offices.
- blunderhead — Informal. a blunderer; nincompoop.
- boatbuilder — A boatbuilder is a person or company that makes boats.
- boulangerie — a bakery shop, specif. one that specializes in breads, rolls, etc.
- boulder dam — Hoover Dam
- brake fluid — an oily liquid used to transmit pressure in a hydraulic brake or clutch system
- branfulness — (of flour) the state of being unsifted and hence full of bran
- bread flour — wheat flour from which a large part of the starch has been removed, thus increasing the proportion of gluten.
- bread mould — a black saprotrophic zygomycete fungus, Rhizopus nigricans, occurring on decaying bread and vegetable matter
- breast lump — a harder lump detectable in the soft tissue of a woman's breast
- bromouracil — a brominated derivative of uracil with antimetabolite properties
- bubble card — blister pack.
- bubble wrap — a type of polythene wrapping containing many small air pockets, used as a protective covering when transporting breakable goods
- bulimarexia — bulimia (sense 2)
- bull header — Also called bullnose header. a brick having one of the edges across its width rounded for laying as a header in a sill or the like.
- bull market — A bull market is a situation on the stock market when people are buying a lot of shares because they expect that the shares will increase in value and that they will be able to make a profit by selling them again after a short time. Compare bear market.
- 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.
- bullwhacker — (especially in the early 19th century) the driver of a team of oxen.
- bundle scar — any small mark left on the leaf scar from the vascular tissue, where the leaf was once attached to the stem.
- burglarious — of, constituting, or inclined to burglary
- burnt shale — carbonaceous shale formed by destructive distillation of oil shale or by spontaneous combustion of shale after it has been some years in a tip: sometimes used in road making
- bursiculate — resembling a pouch
- bush lawyer — any of several prickly trailing plants of the genus Rubus
- bush parole — an escape from prison.
- butorphanol — a narcotic analgesic, C 21 H 29 NO 2 , administered by injection to treat moderate to severe pain.
- butter clam — any of a genus (Saxidomus) of large, edible clams found along the Pacific coast of North America