11-letter words containing a, m, b, r
- bremerhaven — a port in NW Germany: an outport for Bremen. Pop: 118 276 (2003 est)
- brickmaking — the activity of making bricks
- bridge lamp — a floor lamp, especially one having the light source on an arm so hinged as to be horizontally adjustable.
- brisingamen — the magic necklace worn by Freya.
- brith milah — the rite of circumcision on the eighth day after birth
- bromic acid — a colourless unstable water-soluble liquid used as an oxidizing agent in the manufacture of dyes and pharmaceuticals. Formula: HBrO3
- bromouracil — a brominated derivative of uracil with antimetabolite properties
- broom board — baseboard (def 1).
- broomballer — a person who plays broomball
- brush maker — a manufacturer or crafter of brushes
- bucaramanga — a city in N central Colombia, in the Cordillera Oriental: centre of a district growing coffee, tobacco, and cotton. Pop: 1 069 000 (2005 est)
- bulimarexia — bulimia (sense 2)
- 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.
- bumper jack — a jack for lifting a motor vehicle by the bumper.
- burgomaster — the chief magistrate of a town in Austria, Belgium, Germany, or the Netherlands; mayor
- burmese cat — a breed of cat similar in shape to the Siamese but typically having a dark brown or blue-grey coat
- butter clam — any of a genus (Saxidomus) of large, edible clams found along the Pacific coast of North America
- buttercream — a vanilla-flavored cake frosting or filling made principally of softened butter and powdered sugar.
- cabbageworm — any caterpillar that feeds on cabbages, esp that of the cabbage white
- call number — the number given to a book in a library, indicating its shelf location
- cambric tea — a hot drink of milk, sugar, and water or, often, weak tea
- camera tube — the part of a television camera that converts an optical image into an electrical signal
- camp robber — Canada jay
- candelabrum — A candelabrum is the same as a candelabra.
- car bombing — an instance when a bomb which someone has hidden under or in a car explodes
- carbamidine — guanidine.
- carbapenems — Plural form of carbapenem.
- carbimazole — a drug that inhibits the synthesis of the hormone thyroxine, used in the management of hyperthyroidism
- carborundum — any of various abrasive materials, esp one consisting of silicon carbide
- carbutamide — An antidiabetic drug.
- carbylamine — any of a group of organic cyanides containing the radical NC
- carpet-bomb — to drop many bombs on (an area) to prepare for advancing ground forces
- carrom ball — a ball with a spinning action created by keeping the middle finger bent and flicking it outwards at the moment of release
- ceramic hob — (on an electric cooker) a flat ceramic cooking surface having heating elements fitted on the underside, usually patterned to show the areas where heat is produced
- cerebralism — the theory that physical phenomena arise from the action of the brain
- chamber mug — a chamber pot.
- chamber pop — pop music that incorporates orchestral arrangements
- chamber pot — A chamber pot is a round container shaped like a very large cup. Chamber pots used to be kept in bedrooms so that people could urinate in them instead of having to leave their room during the night.
- chamber-pot — a portable container, especially for urine, used in bedrooms.
- chamberhand — a worker in the cold storage area of a slaughterhouse
- chamberlain — A chamberlain is the person who is in charge of the household affairs of a king, queen, or person of high social rank.
- chambermaid — A chambermaid is a woman who cleans and tidies the bedrooms in a hotel.
- chamfer bit — a bit for beveling the edge of a hole.
- circumbasal — surrounding the base.
- columbarium — a vault having niches for funeral urns
- combat gear — the uniform worn by soldiers when fighting
- combed yarn — cotton or worsted yarn of fibers laid parallel, superior in smoothness to carded yarn.
- combinators — Plural form of combinator.
- combinatory — combinative
- comfortable — If a piece of furniture or an item of clothing is comfortable, it makes you feel physically relaxed when you use it, for example because it is soft.