10-letter words containing a, n, o, r
- barnardo's — a charity, founded by Thomas John Barnardo, that supports vulnerable children and young people
- baroclinic — of, relating to, or having the property of baroclinity.
- barognosis — the ability to judge weight
- baronesses — Plural form of baroness.
- baronetage — the order of baronets; baronets collectively
- baronetess — the wife of a baronet
- baronetize — to make (someone) a baronet; confer a baronetcy upon.
- barpersons — Plural form of barperson.
- barrenwort — a herbaceous European berberidaceous plant, Epimedium alpinum, having red-and-yellow star-shaped flowers
- barrington — Jonah. born 1940, British squash player; winner of the Open Championship 1966–67, 1969–72
- baseperson — (baseball, softball) A fielder (of either gender) positioned near a base.
- bat around — to discuss (an idea, proposition, etc) informally
- be hard on — to treat severely; be harsh toward
- beachfront — A beachfront house, café, shop, or hotel is situated on or by a beach.
- beforehand — If you do something beforehand, you do it earlier than a particular event.
- beg-pardon — an expression of apology (used especially in the phrase with no beg-pardons).
- benefactor — A benefactor is a person who helps a person or organization by giving them money.
- benzofuran — a colourless insoluble aromatic liquid obtained from coal tar and used in the manufacture of synthetic resins. Formula: C8H6O
- bernadotte — Folke (ˈfɔlke), Count. 1895–1948, Swedish diplomat, noted for his work with the Red Cross during World War II and as United Nations mediator in Palestine (1948). He was assassinated by Jewish terrorists
- betancourt — Rómulo [rom-yuh-loh;; Spanish raw-moo-law] /ˈrɒm yəˌloʊ;; Spanish ˈrɔ muˌlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1908–81, Venezuelan journalist and political leader: president of Venezuela 1945–48 and 1959–64.
- bicornuate — Botany, Zoology. having two horns or hornlike parts.
- bingo card — a prepaid postcard inserted in a magazine by its publisher to enable a reader to order free information about advertised products.
- binoculars — Binoculars consist of two small telescopes joined together side by side, which you look through in order to look at things that are a long way away.
- bioorganic — pertaining to the composition and biological activity of carbon-based compounds, especially those of laboratory rather than biogenic origin (contrasted with bioinorganic).
- bioreagent — a reagent of biological origin, such as an enzyme
- blackthorn — a thorny Eurasian rosaceous shrub, Prunus spinosa, with black twigs, white flowers, and small sour plumlike fruits
- boat train — A boat train is a train that takes you to or from a port.
- boca raton — city in SE Fla., near Fort Lauderdale: pop. 75,000
- boisbriand — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Montreal.
- bombarding — to attack or batter with artillery fire.
- bon marche — a bargain.
- bond paper — a superior quality of strong white paper, used esp for writing and typing
- bone earth — bone ash.
- boneshaker — an early type of bicycle having solid tyres and no springs
- bonus army — a group of 12,000 World War I veterans who massed in Washington, D.C., the summer of 1932 to induce Congress to appropriate moneys for the payment of bonus certificates granted in 1924.
- bony bream — an Australian freshwater clupeid fish, Fluvialosa richardsonii
- borderland — The borderland between two things is an area which contains features from both of these things so that it is not possible to say that it belongs to one or the other.
- bordraging — an attack or raid on a border region
- boring bar — Metalworking. a bar holding a tool for boring a cylinder or the like.
- born-again — A born-again Christian is a person who has become an evangelical Christian as a result of a religious experience.
- boundaries — something that indicates bounds or limits; a limiting or bounding line.
- bowerwoman — a chamber-woman
- brainpower — Brainpower is intelligence or the ability to think.
- brainstorm — If you have a brainstorm, you suddenly become unable to think clearly.
- branch off — A road or path that branches off from another one starts from it and goes in a slightly different direction. If you branch off somewhere, you change the direction in which you are going.
- branch out — If a person or an organization branches out, they do something that is different from their normal activities or work.
- brassbound — inflexibly entrenched
- brazen out — If you have done something wrong and you brazen it out, you behave confidently in order not to appear ashamed, even though you probably do feel ashamed.
- break down — If a machine or a vehicle breaks down, it stops working.
- break into — If someone breaks into a building, they get into it by force.