11-letter words containing b, a, s, r
- 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
- bearberries — Plural form of bearberry.
- beardedness — the quality of having a beard, the quality of being bearded
- bearishness — The characteristic of being bearish.
- 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.
- bedchambers — Plural form of bedchamber.
- 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.
- behind bars — If you say that someone is behind bars, you mean that they are in prison.
- belarussian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Belarus, its people, or their language
- 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
- belt sander — a sander that uses an endless abrasive belt driven by an electric motor.
- bendy straw — a drinking straw which is bent towards the top end
- 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.
- bersagliere — a member of a rifle regiment in the Italian Army
- bestridable — capable of being bestridden
- 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)
- bi-partisan — representing, characterized by, or including members from two parties or factions: Government leaders hope to achieve a bipartisan foreign policy.
- bikini scar — a horizontal scar on the lower abdomen in the area where a bikini would be worn, usually resulting from a Caesarean section.
- binary star — a double star system comprising two stars orbiting around their common centre of mass. A visual binary can be seen through a telescope. A spectroscopic binary can only be observed by the spectroscopic Doppler shift as each star moves towards or away from the earth
- bioresearch — the investigation of the nature of living organisms; biological research.
- bird's beak — beak (def 9).
- bismarckian — of, relating to, or resembling Otto von Bismarck, especially in respect to his aggressiveness in politics and diplomacy.
- black frost — a frost without snow or rime that is severe enough to blacken vegetation
- black shirt — a member of any fascist organization (specif., the former Italian Fascist party) with a black-shirted uniform
- blacklister — someone who blacklists
- bladdernose — hooded seal
- blady grass — a coarse leafy Australasian grass, Imperata cylindrica
- blank verse — Blank verse is poetry that does not rhyme. In English literature it usually consists of lines with five stressed syllables.
- blasphemers — to speak impiously or irreverently of (God or sacred things).
- blastospore — a spore formed by budding, as in certain fungi
- blepharitis — inflammation of the eyelids
- blister gas — a poison gas that burns or blisters the tissues of the body; vesicant.
- blood sugar — the glucose concentration in the blood: the normal fasting value is between 3.9 and 5.6 mmol/l
- bloodstream — Your bloodstream is the blood that flows around your body.
- blue spirea — a grayish, hairy, eastern Asian shrub, Caryopteris incana, of the verbena family, having clusters of showy, blue or bluish-purple flowers.
- blue streak — anything regarded as like a streak of lightning in speed, vividness, etc.
- body search — If a person is body searched, someone such as a police officer searches them while they remain clothed. Compare strip-search.
- body-search — to search all parts of the body of: Police ordered the suspects to strip and then body-searched them for hidden caches of narcotics.
- bonapartism — a political system resembling the rules of the Bonapartes, esp Napoleon I and Napoleon III: centralized government by a military dictator, who enjoys popular support given expression in plebiscites
- bonapartist — an adherent of the Bonapartes or their policies.
- bondservant — a serf or slave
- bone shaker — an early-model bicycle, especially one with hard rubber tires.
- bone-shaker — an early-model bicycle, especially one with hard rubber tires.
- bonus share — a share from stock given by a company to existing shareholders