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11-letter words containing b, a, r, n, l

  • 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.
  • berlin wall — a wall dividing the east and west sectors of Berlin, built in 1961 by the East German authorities to stop the flow of refugees from east to west; demolition of the wall began in 1989
  • billionaire — A billionaire is an extremely rich person who has money or property worth at least a thousand million pounds or dollars.
  • bimillenary — marking a two-thousandth anniversary
  • binary cell — an electronic element that can assume either of two stable states and is capable of storing a binary digit.
  • binary file — (file format)   Any file format for digital data that does not consist of a sequence of printable characters (text). The term is often used for executable machine code. All digital data, including characters, is actually binary data (unless it uses some (rare) system with more than two discrete levels) but the distinction between binary and text is well established. On modern operating systems a text file is simply a binary file that happens to contain only printable characters, but some older systems distinguish the two file types, requiring programs to handle them differently. A common class of binary files is programs in machine language ("executable files") ready to load into memory and execute. Binary files may also be used to store data output by a program, and intended to be read by that or another program but not by humans. Binary files are more efficient for this purpose because the data (e.g. numerical data) does not need to be converted between the binary form used by the CPU and a printable (ASCII) representation. The disadvantage is that it is usually necessary to write special purpose programs to manipulate such files since most general purpose utilities operate on text files. There is also a problem sharing binary numerical data between processors with different endianness. Some communications protocols handle only text files, e.g. most electronic mail systems before MIME became widespread in about 1995. The FTP utility must be put into "binary" mode in order to copy a binary file since in its default "ascii" mode translates between the different newline characters used on the sending and receiving computers. Confusingly, some word processor files, and rich text files, are actually binary files because they contain non-printable characters and require special programs to view, edit and print them.
  • binocularly — relating to the use of two eyes at once
  • bioregional — relating to a bioregion
  • birth canal — the passageway down which the fetus passes during birth
  • blackhander — a member of a Black Hand group
  • bladdernose — hooded seal
  • blagonravov — Anatoli Arkadyevich [an-uh-toh-lee;; Russian uh-nuh-taw-lyee uhr-kah-dyi-vyich] /ˈæn əˌtoʊ li;; Russian ʌ nʌˈtɔ lyi ʌrˈkɑ dyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1894–1975, Russian scientist.
  • blank verse — Blank verse is poetry that does not rhyme. In English literature it usually consists of lines with five stressed syllables.
  • blizzarding — Meteorology. a storm with dry, driving snow, strong winds, and intense cold. a heavy and prolonged snowstorm covering a wide area.
  • block grant — (in Britain) an annual grant made by the government to a local authority to help to pay for the public services it provides, such as health, education, and housing
  • 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.
  • blunderhead — Informal. a blunderer; nincompoop.
  • boring clam — piddock
  • boulangerie — a bakery shop, specif. one that specializes in breads, rolls, etc.
  • brahminical — Hinduism. Brahman1 (def 1).
  • brain child — a product of one's creative work or thought.
  • brain coral — a stony coral of the genus Meandrina, in which the polyps lie in troughlike thecae resembling the convoluted surface of a human brain
  • branch line — A branch line is a railway line that goes to small towns rather than one that goes between large cities.
  • branch wilt — a disease of walnut trees, characterized by sudden wilting of the leaves, and cankers and discoloration of the bark and branches, caused by a fungus, Hendersonula toruloidea.
  • branfulness — (of flour) the state of being unsifted and hence full of bran
  • breast line — a mooring line securing a ship to that part of a pier alongside it.
  • breton lace — a net lace with a design embroidered in heavy, often colored, thread.
  • bricklaying — the technique or practice of laying bricks
  • bridal gown — a wedding dress
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • brilliantly — shining brightly; sparkling; glittering; lustrous: the brilliant lights of the city.
  • bring along — If you bring someone or something along, you bring them with you when you come to a place.
  • broiler pan — a pan for broiling food
  • broken coal — anthracite in pieces ranging from 2 1/2 to 4 inches (6.5 to 11 cm) in extreme dimension; the largest commercial size, larger than egg coal.
  • broken play — an improvised offensive play that results when the originally planned play has failed to be executed properly.
  • brow antler — the first prong from the base of a stag's antler.
  • brown algae — any algae of the phylum Phaeophyta, such as the wracks and kelps, which contain a brown pigment in addition to chlorophyll
  • bundle scar — any small mark left on the leaf scar from the vascular tissue, where the leaf was once attached to the stem.
  • burnt shale — carbonaceous shale formed by destructive distillation of oil shale or by spontaneous combustion of shale after it has been some years in a tip: sometimes used in road making
  • butorphanol — a narcotic analgesic, C 21 H 29 NO 2 , administered by injection to treat moderate to severe pain.
  • buzz-aldrin — Edwin Eugene, Jr ("Buzz") born 1930, U.S. astronaut.
  • calibrating — Mark (a gauge or instrument) with a standard scale of readings.
  • calibration — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
  • call number — the number given to a book in a library, indicating its shelf location
  • canal barge — a long narrow boat used on canals, esp for carrying freight
  • candelabras — Plural form of candelabra.
  • candelabrum — A candelabrum is the same as a candelabra.
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