11-letter words containing a, u, r
- barium meal — a preparation of barium sulphate, which is opaque to X-rays, swallowed by a patient before X-ray examination of the upper part of the alimentary canal
- barn-burner — Informal. something that is highly exciting, impressive, etc.: The All Stars game was a real barnburner.
- baroqueness — The state or condition of being baroque.
- barquentine — a sailing ship of three or more masts rigged square on the foremast and fore-and-aft on the others
- barracoutas — Plural form of barracouta.
- barracudina — any of several slender, large-mouthed, pelagic fishes of the family Paralepididae.
- barramundis — Plural form of barramundi.
- barrel cuff — a single cuff on a tailored sleeve, formed by a band of material and usually fastened by a button.
- barrelhouse — a cheap and disreputable drinking establishment
- 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
- baserunning — the act of running around bases
- basicranium — (anatomy) The inferior region of the skull.
- bass guitar — a guitar that has the same pitch and tuning as a double bass, usually electrically amplified
- bastard cut — (of a file) having medium teeth; intermediate between a coarse cut and a fine cut
- baton rouge — the capital of Louisiana, in the SE part on the Mississippi River. Pop: 225 090 (2003 est)
- baudrillard — Jean. 1929–2007, French sociologist and theorist of postmodernism; his books include Seduction (1979), America (1986), and The Spirit of Terrorism (2002)
- baum marten — a dark brown European marten (esp. Martes martes) or its fur
- 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.
- beardtongue — a plant of the genus Penstemon
- beau dollar — a silver dollar.
- beaugregory — a blue and yellow damselfish, Pomacentrus leucostictus, inhabiting shallow waters off Bermuda, Florida, and the West Indies.
- beauharnais — Alexandre (alɛksãdr), Vicomte de. 1760–94, French general, who served in the War of American Independence and the French Revolutionary wars; first husband of Empress Joséphine: guillotined
- beautifiers — Plural form of beautifier.
- beautifuler — Obsolete spelling of beautifuller.
- beauty mark — A beauty mark is a small, dark spot on the skin that is supposed to add to a woman's beauty.
- beautyberry — any of various shrubs of the genus Callicarpa, of southern North America, as C. americana, having clusters of bluish flowers and purple, berrylike fruit.
- beckenbauer — Franz. born 1945, German footballer: team captain when West Germany won the World Cup (1974): manager of West Germany (1984–90), coaching the team to success in the 1990 World Cup
- been around — in a circle, ring, or the like; so as to surround a person, group, thing, etc.: The crowd gathered around.
- behavioural — Behavioural means relating to the behaviour of a person or animal, or to the study of their behaviour.
- belarussian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Belarus, its people, or their language
- beleaguered — experiencing difficulties, opposition or criticism
- belorussian — of Belarus or its people, language, or culture
- bermuda bag — an oval-shaped handbag with wooden handles and changeable decorative cloth covers.
- bermuda rig — a fore-and-aft sailing boat rig characterized by a tall mainsail (Bermudian mainsail) that tapers to a point
- beta crucis — a star of the first magnitude in the constellation Southern Cross.
- bhubaneswar — an ancient city in E India, the capital of Odisha (formerly Orissa) state: many temples built between the 7th and 16th centuries. Pop: 647 302 (2001)
- biauricular — having two auricles.
- bifurcation — the act or fact of bifurcating
- big-leaguer — Sports. a player in a major league.
- bimolecular — (of a chemical complex, collision, etc) having or involving two molecules
- binocularly — relating to the use of two eyes at once
- biquadratic — of or relating to the fourth power
- biquarterly — occurring twice every three months
- black humor — a form of humor that regards human suffering as absurd rather than pitiable, or that considers human existence as ironic and pointless but somehow comic.
- blood sugar — the glucose concentration in the blood: the normal fasting value is between 3.9 and 5.6 mmol/l
- blubberhead — a stupid, inept person; blockhead.
- blue collar — of or relating to wage-earning workers who wear work clothes or other specialized clothing on the job, as mechanics, longshoremen, and miners. Compare white-collar.
- blue marlin — a large marlin, Makaira nigricans, occurring worldwide in warm and temperate seas, highly prized in sportfishing and as a food fish.
- blue riband — If someone or something wins the blue riband in a competition, they win first prize. The prize is sometimes in the shape of a blue ribbon.