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11-letter words containing a, n

  • bannockburn — a village in central Scotland, south of Stirling: nearby is the site of a victory (1314) of the Scots, led by Robert the Bruce, over the English. Pop: 7396 (2001)
  • banquetings — Plural form of banqueting.
  • bantam work — Coromandel work.
  • banteringly — in a bantering fashion
  • banyan-tree — Also called banyan tree. an East Indian fig tree, Ficus benghalensis, of the mulberry family, having branches that send out adventitious roots to the ground and sometimes cause the tree to spread over a wide area.
  • bar-hopping — Informal. to go to a succession of bars or nightclubs, with a brief stay at each.
  • baranavichy — a city in W central Belarus, SW of Minsk.
  • baranovichi — a city in W central Belarus, SW of Minsk.
  • bárány test — a test which detects diseases of the semicircular canals of the inner ear, devised by Robert Bárány (1876–1936)
  • barebacking — sexual intercourse performed without the use of a condom
  • bareknuckle — (of a prizefight, prizefighter, etc.) without boxing gloves; using the bare fists.
  • barents sea — a part of the Arctic Ocean, bounded by Norway, Russia, and the islands of Novaya Zemlya, Spitsbergen, and Franz Josef Land
  • 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?"
  • bargain bin — a container in a shop from which customers can buy goods that may be old or imperfect at greatly reduced prices
  • bargain for — If you have not bargained for or bargained on something that happens, you did not expect it to happen and so feel surprised or worried by it.
  • bargainable — an advantageous purchase, especially one acquired at less than the usual cost: The sale offered bargains galore.
  • barking mad — If you say that someone is barking mad, you mean that they are insane or are acting very strangely.
  • barley wine — an exceptionally strong beer
  • barn-burner — Informal. something that is highly exciting, impressive, etc.: The All Stars game was a real barnburner.
  • barnstormed — Simple past tense and past participle of barnstorm.
  • barnstormer — to conduct a campaign or speaking tour in rural areas by making brief stops in many small towns.
  • barnyardism — a smutty or indecent word or expression.
  • baroclinity — a common state of fluid stratification in which surfaces of constant pressure and others of constant density are not parallel but intersect.
  • baron-cohen — Sacha. born 1970, British television and film comedian, best known for his creation of the characters Ali G and Borat
  • baronetical — pertaining to baronets
  • barons' war — either of two civil wars in 13th-century England. The First Barons' War (1215–17) was precipitated by King John's failure to observe the terms of Magna Carta: many of the Barons' grievances were removed by his death (1216) and peace was concluded in 1217. The Second Barons' War (1264–67) was caused by Henry III's refusal to accept limitations on his authority: the rebel Barons (led (1264–65) by Simon de Montfort), initially successful, were defeated at the battle of Evesham (1265); sporadic resistance continued until 1267
  • baroqueness — The state or condition of being baroque.
  • barotseland — a region in W Zambia. 44,920 sq. mi. (116,343 sq. km).
  • barquentine — a sailing ship of three or more masts rigged square on the foremast and fore-and-aft on the others
  • barra mansa — a city in Rio de Janeiro state, SE Brazil.
  • barracudina — any of several slender, large-mouthed, pelagic fishes of the family Paralepididae.
  • barramundis — Plural form of barramundi.
  • barrel knot — a knot for fastening together two strands of gut or nylon, as fishing lines or leaders.
  • barricading — Present participle of barricade.
  • barthianism — the theological doctrines and principles of Karl Barth and his followers, especially in reference to neoorthodoxy.
  • barycentric — Of or relating to the center of gravity.
  • baryshnikov — Mikhail. born 1948, Soviet-born ballet dancer, who defected (1974) to the West while on tour with the Kirov Ballet: director (1980–90) of the American Ballet Theatre
  • base runner — any member of the team at bat who has reached first, second, or third base safely or is trying to reach a base or home plate
  • base tenant — a tenant of a base estate.
  • basepersons — Plural form of baseperson.
  • baserunning — the act of running around bases
  • bashfulness — The quality or property of being bashful; shyness; reserve; timidity.
  • basicranial — of or relating to the base of the skull
  • basicranium — (anatomy) The inferior region of the skull.
  • basin range — a mountain range of the type found in the Great Basin region of the western U.S., typically long and narrow and characterized by faulted, tilted blocks of strata.
  • basingstoke — a town in S England, in N Hampshire. Pop: 90 171 (2001)
  • basis point — In finance, a basis point is one hundredth of a per cent (.01%).
  • basket fern — a small, compact fern, Nephrolepis pectinata, of tropical America, often grown in hanging baskets.
  • basset horn — an obsolete woodwind instrument of the clarinet family
  • bastard son — an illegitimate son
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