11-letter words containing b, a, r, e, i
- 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.
- blue spirea — a grayish, hairy, eastern Asian shrub, Caryopteris incana, of the verbena family, having clusters of showy, blue or bluish-purple flowers.
- boatbuilder — A boatbuilder is a person or company that makes boats.
- boilermaker — a person who works with metal in heavy industry; plater or welder
- boilerplate — A boilerplate is a basic written contract that can be used to make many different kinds of contracts.
- bokmakierie — a large yellow shrike, Telephorus zeylonus, of southern Africa, known for its melodious song
- bordelaises — a brown sauce flavored with red wine and shallots and garnished with poached marrow and parsley.
- border raid — an incursion by attackers into a neighbouring country
- botheration — bother
- boulangerie — a bakery shop, specif. one that specializes in breads, rolls, etc.
- bournebasic — A BASIC interpreter. comp.sources.misc archives volume 1.
- bradypeptic — a person with slow digestion
- brain death — Brain death occurs when someone's brain stops functioning, even though their heart may be kept beating using a machine.
- brain fever — inflammation of the brain or its covering membranes
- brainteaser — an intellectually challenging puzzle, problem, game, etc.
- brake fluid — an oily liquid used to transmit pressure in a hydraulic brake or clutch system
- brake light — a red light attached to the rear of a motor vehicle that lights up when the brakes are applied, serving as a warning to following drivers
- branch line — A branch line is a railway line that goes to small towns rather than one that goes between large cities.
- brand image — The brand image of a particular brand of product is the image or impression that people have of it, usually created by advertising.
- brankursine — a bear's-breech, a type of acanthus plant
- bravo-river — Mexican Rio Bravo. a river flowing from SW Colorado through central New Mexico and along the boundary between Texas and Mexico into the Gulf of Mexico. 1800 miles (2900 km) long.
- brazzaville — the capital of Congo-Brazzaville, in the south on the River Congo. Pop: 1 153 000 (2005 est)
- bread knife — a knife designed or suitable for slicing bread, as one having a wavy or saw-toothed blade.
- breadsticks — bread baked in long thin crisp sticks
- breadthwise — in the direction of the breadth
- breadwinner — The breadwinner in a family is the person in it who earns the money that the family needs for essential things.
- break in on — to intrude on
- break it up — stop fighting
- break point — a point which allows the receiving player to break the service of the server
- breaking-up — separation, or the action of separating, into smaller parts
- breast line — a mooring line securing a ship to that part of a pier alongside it.
- breast milk — Breast milk is the white liquid produced by women to breast-feed their babies.
- 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
- brickshaped — resembling the shape of a brick
- bridal wear — clothes specially designed for brides
- bridewealth — (in some nonindustrial societies) the money or goods given to the family of a bride by the bridegroom or his family.
- bridge lamp — a floor lamp, especially one having the light source on an arm so hinged as to be horizontally adjustable.
- bridge loan — A bridge loan is money that a bank lends you for a short time, for example, so that you can buy a new house before you have sold the one you already own.
- bridgeboard — a board on both sides of a staircase that is cut to support the treads and risers
- bridgewater — a town in E Massachusetts.
- bridle hand — (of a horseback rider) the hand, usually the left hand, that holds both reins or both pairs of reins, leaving the other hand free to manage a whip, crop, lariat, or the like.
- bridle path — A bridle path is a path intended for people riding horses.
- bright idea — suggestion: clever
- brisingamen — the magic necklace worn by Freya.
- bristletail — any primitive wingless insect of the orders Thysanura and Diplura, such as the silverfish and firebrat, having a flattened body and long tail appendages
- broad river — a river in W North Carolina, flowing S to join the Saluda River, forming the Congaree River in South Carolina. 150 miles (241 km) long.
- 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.