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11-letter words containing b, e, r

  • 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
  • bedchambers — Plural form of bedchamber.
  • bedraggling — Present participle of bedraggle.
  • bedroom tax — a reduction in housing benefit for occupants of council housing who have more rooms than they are deemed to require
  • bedside rug — a rug beside a bed
  • beech grove — a grove of beech trees
  • beefburgers — Plural form of beefburger.
  • been around — in a circle, ring, or the like; so as to surround a person, group, thing, etc.: The crowd gathered around.
  • beer barrel — a barrel for, or containing beer
  • beer bottle — a bottle for beer
  • beer engine — a pump used to draw beer from a cask
  • beer garden — a garden attached to a pub, where people can sit and drink beer
  • beetlebrain — a person of severely limited intelligence
  • before dark — If you do something before dark, you do it before the sun sets and night begins.
  • before long — If you say that something will happen or happened before long, you mean that it will happen or happened soon.
  • 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.
  • behind bars — If you say that someone is behind bars, you mean that they are in prison.
  • beiderbecke — Leon Bismarcke, known as Bix. 1903–31, US jazz cornettist, composer, and pianist
  • belarussian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Belarus, its people, or their language
  • beleaguered — experiencing difficulties, opposition or criticism
  • bell beaker — a bell-shaped beaker, especially one associated with the Beaker folk.
  • bell bronze — an alloy of copper and tin that contains a high proportion (at least 20 per cent) of tin: used for bell founding
  • bell pepper — A bell pepper is a hollow green, red, or yellow vegetable with seeds.
  • bell ringer — A bell ringer is someone who rings church bells or hand bells, especially as a hobby.
  • bell-topper — a tall silk hat
  • bellerophon — a hero of Corinth who performed many deeds with the help of the winged horse Pegasus, notably the killing of the monster Chimera
  • bellfounder — a foundry worker who casts bells
  • belligerati — intellectuals, such as writers, who advocate war or imperialism
  • belligerent — A belligerent person is hostile and aggressive.
  • belorussian — of Belarus or its people, language, or culture
  • belowground — underground
  • belowstairs — (formerly) at or in the basement of a large house, considered as the place where the servants live and work
  • belt course — an ornamental projecting band or continuous moulding along a wall
  • belt sander — a sander that uses an endless abrasive belt driven by an electric motor.
  • belt-course — a horizontal band or course, as of stone, projecting beyond or flush with the face of a building, often molded and sometimes richly carved.
  • belted tire — a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
  • ben trovato — appropriate and characteristic even if untrue; happily invented or discovered.
  • bench press — a weight-training exercise in which a person lies on a bench and pushes a barbell upwards with both hands from chest level until the arms are straight, then lowers it again
  • bench screw — a wooden or metal screw rotated by a handle fixed to one end within a threaded block fixed to a workbench: used with various jaws to form a vise.
  • bench-press — a weightlifting exercise in which one lies supine on a bench and with both hands pushes a barbell or fixed weight upward from chest level to arm's length and then lowers it back to chest level: usually repeated in sets.
  • benchership — the position of a bencher at the Inns of Court
  • benchwarmer — a player who is usually on the bench; reserve
  • bend dexter — the ordinary bend, extending from the dexter chief to the sinister base.
  • 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.
  • bendy straw — a drinking straw which is bent towards the top end
  • benedictory — of, giving, or expressing benediction.
  • benefactory — relating to a benefactor; beneficial
  • benefactrix — benefactress.
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