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11-letter words containing a, n, b, t

  • bottle bank — A bottle bank is a large container into which people can put empty bottles so that the glass can be used again.
  • bottom land — bottom (def 4).
  • brachiating — Botany. having widely spreading branches in alternate pairs.
  • brachiation — locomotion accomplished by swinging by the arms from one hold to another.
  • brachyodont — (of mammals, such as humans) having teeth with short crowns
  • brain death — Brain death occurs when someone's brain stops functioning, even though their heart may be kept beating using a machine.
  • brain trust — A brain trust is a group of experts who advise important people in a government or organization.
  • brain-trust — to serve as a brain trust or a brain truster for: They have brain-trusted many major corporations.
  • brainteaser — an intellectually challenging puzzle, problem, game, etc.
  • branch wilt — a disease of walnut trees, characterized by sudden wilting of the leaves, and cankers and discoloration of the bark and branches, caused by a fungus, Hendersonula toruloidea.
  • brandy mint — peppermint.
  • bratticings — a series of temporary wooden housings erected on top of a wall, esp a castle wall
  • brattishing — decorative work along the coping or on the cornice of a building
  • break point — a point which allows the receiving player to break the service of the server
  • breast line — a mooring line securing a ship to that part of a pier alongside it.
  • breatharian — a person who believes that it is possible to subsist healthily on air alone
  • breathiness — (of the voice) characterized by audible or excessive emission of breath.
  • brecciation — the fragmentation of rock
  • breton lace — a net lace with a design embroidered in heavy, often colored, thread.
  • brilliantly — shining brightly; sparkling; glittering; lustrous: the brilliant lights of the city.
  • bring about — To bring something about means to cause it to happen.
  • 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.
  • bronze star — a U.S. military decoration awarded for heroism or achievement in military operations other than those involving aerial flights.
  • 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 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 patch — a fungus disease of turf grass that results in circular areas of brown, dead grass.
  • brown toast — toasted wholemeal bread
  • brown water — shallow water, as opposed to deep (blue) water.
  • brown-state — (of linen and lace fabrics) undyed
  • brunch coat — a knee-length housecoat.
  • buccinatory — relating to a trumpeter or trumpet playing
  • budget plan — the planning of one's spending
  • buena vista — a village in NE Mexico, near Saltillo: site of the defeat of the Mexicans by US forces (1847)
  • bullbaiting — a type of blood sport involving the baiting of a bull by dogs
  • bulldog ant — any of several aggressive ants of the genus Myrmecia, mostly of Australia and Tasmania, capable of inflicting a painful and potentially dangerous sting.
  • bungstarter — a mallet for loosening or removing the bung of a cask.
  • buoyantness — the property of being buoyant
  • 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
  • burnt sugar — caramel
  • bus station — a place incorporating waiting areas, stands for buses, and ticket offices from which buses or coaches depart
  • but and ben — a two-roomed cottage consisting of an outer room or kitchen (but) and an inner room (ben)
  • butorphanol — a narcotic analgesic, C 21 H 29 NO 2 , administered by injection to treat moderate to severe pain.
  • butter bean — Butter beans are the yellowish flat round seeds of a kind of bean plant. They are eaten as a vegetable, and in Britain they are usually sold dried rather than fresh.
  • byzantinism — caesaropapism, especially before the Great Schism of 1054.
  • byzantinist — an authority on or student of the history and culture of the Byzantine Empire.
  • cabbagetown — a former slum area of Toronto, now known for its Victorian architecture and thriving arts community
  • cabin court — Older Use. a roadside motel having cabins.
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