11-letter words containing a, o, e
- be death on — to deal with in a devastating manner
- be great on — to be informed about
- be made one — (of a man and a woman) to become married
- be meant to — If you say that something is meant to happen, you mean that it is expected to happen or that it ought to happen.
- be to blame — to be at fault or culpable
- beach house — a holiday house overlooking a beach
- beach towel — a large towel used on the beach
- beachcomber — A beachcomber is someone who spends their time wandering along beaches looking for things they can use.
- beaker folk — a prehistoric people thought to have originated in the Iberian peninsula and spread to central Europe and Britain during the second millennium bc
- beaky-nosed — having a nose that is large, pointed, or hooked
- beam weapon — a laser-beam or particle-beam weapon.
- bean sprout — Bean sprouts are small, long, thin shoots grown from beans. They are frequently used in Chinese cookery.
- beancounter — Alternative spelling of bean counter.
- beanshooter — peashooter
- bear's-foot — either of two Eurasian hellebore plants, Helleborus foetidus or H. viridis, having leaves shaped like the foot and claws of a bear
- beardtongue — a plant of the genus Penstemon
- bearer bond — a bond payable to the person in possession
- beat hollow — having a space or cavity inside; not solid; empty: a hollow sphere.
- beat out of — If someone beats another person out of something, they get that thing by deceiving the other person or behaving dishonestly.
- beau dollar — a silver dollar.
- beaugregory — a blue and yellow damselfish, Pomacentrus leucostictus, inhabiting shallow waters off Bermuda, Florida, and the West Indies.
- beauteously — In a beauteous manner.
- beauty shop — A beauty shop is the same as a beauty parlour.
- beauty spot — A beauty spot is a place in the country that is popular because of its beautiful scenery.
- beaverboard — a stiff light board of compressed wood fibre, used esp to surface partitions
- beaverbrook — 1st Baron, title of William Maxwell Aitken. 1879–1964, British newspaper proprietor and Conservative politician, born in Canada, whose newspapers included the Daily Express; minister of information (1918); minister of aircraft production (1940–41)
- bedroom tax — a reduction in housing benefit for occupants of council housing who have more rooms than they are deemed to require
- beef tomato — a very large fleshy variety of tomato
- been around — in a circle, ring, or the like; so as to surround a person, group, thing, etc.: The crowd gathered around.
- before dark — If you do something before dark, you do it before the sun sets and night begins.
- behaviorism — Behaviorism is the belief held by some psychologists that the only valid method of studying the psychology of people or animals is to observe how they behave.
- behaviorist — the theory or doctrine that human or animal psychology can be accurately studied only through the examination and analysis of objectively observable and quantifiable behavioral events, in contrast with subjective mental states.
- behavioural — Behavioural means relating to the behaviour of a person or animal, or to the study of their behaviour.
- belorussian — of Belarus or its people, language, or culture
- belowstairs — (formerly) at or in the basement of a large house, considered as the place where the servants live and work
- ben trovato — appropriate and characteristic even if untrue; happily invented or discovered.
- benderboard — pliable, lightweight board used for making concrete patios, in gardens, and as woven fencing: often 4 to 6 inches (10 to 15 cm) wide and 1/4 to 1/2 inch (0.6 to 1.2 cm) thick and made from California redwood.
- benefaction — the act of doing good, esp by giving a donation to charity
- benefactory — relating to a benefactor; beneficial
- beneplacito — an indication of approval
- bengal rose — China rose (def 1).
- bengal-rose — Also called Bengal rose. a rose, Rosa chinensis, of China, having slightly fragrant crimson, pink, or white flowers.
- benzonatate — a nonnarcotic substance, C 30 H 53 NO 11 , used as a cough suppressant.
- best of all — You use best of all to indicate that what you are about to mention is the thing that you prefer or that has most advantages out of all the things you have mentioned.
- bethanechol — a substance, C 7 H 17 ClN 2 O 2 , used to treat urinary retention, especially postoperatively.
- betulaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Betulaceae, a family of mostly N temperate catkin-bearing trees and shrubs such as birch and alder, some species of which reach the northern limits of tree growth
- bibliolater — someone who reveres the Bible
- bibliophage — an ardent reader; a bookworm.
- bibliotheca — a library or collection of books
- bicarbonate — a salt of carbonic acid containing the ion HCO3–; an acid carbonate