10-letter words containing b, e, t, r, o
- betancourt — Rómulo [rom-yuh-loh;; Spanish raw-moo-law] /ˈrɒm yəˌloʊ;; Spanish ˈrɔ muˌlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1908–81, Venezuelan journalist and political leader: president of Venezuela 1945–48 and 1959–64.
- bete noire — If you refer to someone or something as your bete noire, you mean that you have a particular dislike for them or that they annoy you a great deal.
- betrothals — the act or state of being betrothed; engagement.
- bettendorf — a city in E Iowa.
- better off — in more favourable circumstances, esp financially
- better-off — being in better circumstances, especially economically: Only the better-off nations can afford to send probes into space.
- bettermost — best
- bichromate — dichromate
- bicornuate — Botany, Zoology. having two horns or hornlike parts.
- bijouterie — jewellery esteemed for the delicacy of the work rather than the value of the materials
- billposter — a person who is employed to stick advertising posters to walls, fences, etc
- biocentric — centered in life; having life as its principal fact.
- biometrics — that branch of biology which deals with its data statistically and by mathematical analysis
- bioreactor — a machine for growing organisms
- bioreagent — a reagent of biological origin, such as an enzyme
- biotherapy — the treatment of disease by means of substances, as serums, vaccines, penicillin, etc., secreted by or derived from living organisms
- birostrate — having two beaks or beak-like projections
- birthstone — a precious or semiprecious stone associated with a month or sign of the zodiac and thought to bring luck if worn by a person born in that month or under that sign
- bitter rot — a disease of apples, grapes, and other fruit, characterized by cankers on the branches or twigs and bitter, rotted fruit, caused by any of several fungi.
- bitterroot — a pink flower with an edible root found growing in America
- bitterwood — any of several simaroubaceous trees of the genus Picrasma of S and SE Asia and the Caribbean, whose bitter bark and wood are used in medicine as a substitute for quassia
- bitterwort — yellow gentian.
- bittorrent — a file transfer protocol which enables users to upload and download large files on the internet in the form of software, games, film, video, music, etc, from other users rather than from a central server
- blamestorm — (of colleagues in a business, government, etc) to meet in order to apportion blame for an error or failure
- blastoderm — the layer of cells that surrounds the blastocoel of a blastula
- blastomere — any of the cells formed by cleavage of a fertilized egg
- blastopore — the opening of the archenteron in the gastrula that develops into the anus of some animals
- bloggerati — those considered to be important or influential in the world of blogging
- blogstream — the publication on the internet of content from weblogs rather than from mainstream media sources
- bluethroat — a small brownish European songbird, Cyanosylvia svecica, related to the thrushes, the male of which has a blue throat: family Muscicapidae
- blusterous — to roar and be tumultuous, as wind.
- bodhi tree — the sacred peepul at Buddh Gaya under which Gautama Siddhartha attained enlightenment and became the Buddha
- bog myrtle — sweet gale.
- bog turtle — a small turtle, Clemmys muhlenbergi, inhabiting swamps and slow, muddy-bottomed streams in scattered areas from New York to North Carolina.
- bogtrotter — a highly offensive term for an Irish person
- boilersuit — a one-piece work garment consisting of overalls and a shirt top usually worn over ordinary clothes to protect them
- boisterous — Someone who is boisterous is noisy, lively, and full of energy.
- bolstering — a long, often cylindrical, cushion or pillow for a bed, sofa, etc.
- bone earth — bone ash.
- bonesetter — a person who sets broken or dislocated bones, esp one who has no formal medical qualifications
- bonkbuster — a novel characterized by graphic descriptions of the heroine's frequent sexual encounters
- bonnetiere — a tall, narrow wardrobe of the 18th century, found especially in Normandy and Brittany.
- boosterish — designed to boost business; optimistic
- boosterism — the practice of actively promoting a city, region, etc, and its local businesses
- bootlegger — alcoholic liquor unlawfully made, sold, or transported, without registration or payment of taxes.
- bootlicker — to seek the favor or goodwill of in a servile, degraded way; toady to.
- bootloader — a bootstrap loader
- border tax — a tax system for imports and exports, especially one that compensates for internal taxes in Common Market countries by levying fees or paying rebates.
- borgerhout — a town in N Belgium, near Antwerp. Pop: 40 142 (2002 est)
- bothersome — Someone or something that is bothersome is annoying or irritating.