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10-letter words containing b, e, t, r, o

  • bottletree — any of a genus (Brachychiton) of trees of the sterculia family, native to Australia, some of which have a swollen, bottle-shaped trunk
  • bouquetier — a small container for holding flowers in a bouquet or nosegay.
  • bournonite — a sulfide of lead, antimony, and copper, PbCuSbS 3 , occurring in gray to black crystals or granular masses.
  • bow street — a street in London, England: location of a metropolitan police court.
  • bowler hat — A bowler hat is a round, hard, black hat with a narrow brim which is worn by men, especially British businessmen. Bowler hats are no longer very common.
  • box cutter — a knife-like tool with a short retractable blade
  • box gutter — a gutter set into the slope of a roof above the cornice.
  • box turtle — any of several North American terrapins (genus Terrapene) with a hinged shell that can be completely closed: usually found on land
  • brace root — prop root.
  • brazen out — If you have done something wrong and you brazen it out, you behave confidently in order not to appear ashamed, even though you probably do feel ashamed.
  • break into — If someone breaks into a building, they get into it by force.
  • breakfront — (of a bookcase, bureau, etc) having a slightly projecting central section
  • breakpoint — an instruction inserted by a debug program causing a return to the debug program
  • breastbone — Your breastbone is the long, flat bone which goes from your throat to the bottom of your ribs and to which your ribs are attached.
  • breastplow — a cultivator moved forward by a person pressing the chest against a crossbar.
  • breastwork — a temporary defensive work, usually breast-high
  • bridgeport — a port in SW Connecticut, on Long Island Sound. Pop: 139 664 (2003 est)
  • bridgetown — the capital of Barbados, a port on the SW coast. Pop: 144 000 (2005 est)
  • brightsome — bright or luminous
  • broadsheet — A broadsheet is a newspaper that is printed on large sheets of paper. Broadsheets are generally considered to be more serious than other newspapers. Compare tabloid.
  • brocatelle — a heavy brocade with the design in deep relief, used chiefly in upholstery
  • broken lot — an irregular quantity or lot of securities that is smaller than the amount normally traded
  • brontobyte — 1027 or 290 bytes
  • browbeaten — intimidated
  • browbeater — to intimidate by overbearing looks or words; bully: They browbeat him into agreeing.
  • brown belt — a level of expertise just below that of black belt
  • brown bent — a common grass, Agrostis canina, of North America, used for lawns and putting greens because its blades can be clipped very short without injury to the plant.
  • brownstone — In the United States, a brownstone is a type of house which was built during the 19th century. Brownstones have a front that is made from a reddish-brown stone.
  • budget for — If you budget for something, you take account of it when you are deciding how much you can afford to spend on different things.
  • buitenzorg — former Dutch name of Bogor.
  • bunt order — a dominance hierarchy seen in herds of cattle, established and maintained by bunting.
  • buonaparte — Bonaparte1
  • burned-out — consumed; rendered unserviceable or ineffectual by maximum use: a burned-out tube.
  • butterwort — a plant of the genus Pinguicula, esp P. vulgaris, that grows in wet places and has violet-blue spurred flowers and fleshy greasy glandular leaves on which insects are trapped and digested: family Lentibulariaceae
  • button ear — a dog's ear that folds forward completely.
  • cabriolets — Plural form of cabriolet.
  • carbolated — containing carbolic acid
  • carbonated — Carbonated drinks are drinks that contain small bubbles of carbon dioxide.
  • carbonates — a salt or ester of carbonic acid.
  • carbonette — a ball of compressed coal dust used as fuel
  • carburetor — A carburetor is the part of an engine, usually in a car, in which air and gasoline are mixed together to form a vapor which can be burned.
  • celebrator — to observe (a day) or commemorate (an event) with ceremonies or festivities: to celebrate Christmas; to celebrate the success of a new play.
  • chamberpot — a vessel for urine, used in bedrooms
  • chatterbot — chatbot
  • chatterbox — A chatterbox is someone who talks a lot.
  • clofibrate — a medication used in the treatment of heart disease
  • coatbridge — an industrial town in central Scotland, in North Lanarkshire. Pop: 41 170 (2001)
  • coimbatore — an industrial city in SW India, in W Tamil Nadu. Pop: 923 085 (2001)
  • contribute — If you contribute to something, you say or do things to help to make it successful.
  • corbel out — to support on corbels
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