11-letter words containing b, e, t, r, o
- 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
- beardtongue — a plant of the genus Penstemon
- bedroom tax — a reduction in housing benefit for occupants of council housing who have more rooms than they are deemed to require
- beer bottle — a bottle for beer
- 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.
- bell-topper — a tall silk hat
- 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-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.
- ben trovato — appropriate and characteristic even if untrue; happily invented or discovered.
- benedictory — of, giving, or expressing benediction.
- benefactory — relating to a benefactor; beneficial
- beryllonite — a mineral, sodium beryllium phosphate, NaBePO 4 , occurring in colorless or light-yellow crystals, sometimes used as a gemstone.
- best effort — (networking) A classification of low priority network traffic, used especially the Internet. Different kinds of traffic have different priorities. Videoconferencing and other types of real-time communication, for example, require a certain minimum guaranteed bandwidth and latency and so must be given a high priority. Electronic mail, on the other hand, can tolerate an arbitrarily long delay and is classified as a "best-effort" service.
- betrothment — the act or state of being betrothed; engagement.
- bible story — a story from the Bible
- bibliolater — someone who reveres the Bible
- bicarbonate — a salt of carbonic acid containing the ion HCO3–; an acid carbonate
- bicorporate — having two bodies
- big brother — People sometimes use Big Brother to refer to a person, government, or organization when they think it has complete control over people and is always checking what they do.
- bioaeration — the oxidative treatment of raw sewage by aeration
- bioelectric — of or having to do with electrical energy in living tissues
- biomaterial — a synthetic material used in prostheses or the replacement of natural body tissues
- biometrical — pertaining to biometry
- bitter dock — any of various weedy plants belonging to the genus Rumex, of the buckwheat family, as R. obtusifolius (bitter dock) or R. acetosa (sour dock) having long taproots.
- bladderwort — any aquatic plant of the genus Utricularia, some of whose leaves are modified as small bladders to trap minute aquatic animals: family Lentibulariaceae
- blameworthy — deserving disapproval or censure
- blastospore — a spore formed by budding, as in certain fungi
- bletcherous — /blech'*-r*s/ Disgusting in design or function; aesthetically unappealing. This word is seldom used of people. "This keyboard is bletcherous!" (Perhaps the keys don't work very well, or are misplaced.) The term bletcherous applies to the esthetics of the thing so described; similarly for cretinous. By contrast, something that is "losing" or "bagbiting" may be failing to meet objective criteria.
- blindstorey — a storey without windows, such as a gallery in a Gothic church
- block trade — the purchase and sale of blocks of securities through brokers, sometimes not members of an exchange, who negotiate between buyers and sellers.
- blockbuster — A blockbuster is a film or book that is very popular and successful, usually because it is very exciting.
- bloodletter — someone or something which lets blood
- bloodsprent — spattered or stained with blood
- bloodstream — Your bloodstream is the blood that flows around your body.
- boatbuilder — A boatbuilder is a person or company that makes boats.
- bohr theory — a theory of atomic structure that explains the spectrum of hydrogen atoms. It assumes that the electron orbiting around the nucleus can exist only in certain energy states, a jump from one state to another being accompanied by the emission or absorption of a quantum of radiation
- boiler suit — A boiler suit consists of a single piece of clothing that combines trousers and a jacket. You wear it over your clothes in order to protect them from dirt while you are working.
- boilerplate — A boilerplate is a basic written contract that can be used to make many different kinds of contracts.
- boldhearted — courageous or daring; intrepid.
- bolt cutter — a tool for cutting bolts, wire, etc, typically with very long handles and short blades, with compound hinges
- bomb crater — the crater in the ground, pavement, etc, left in the aftermath of an explosion
- bombardment — A bombardment is a strong and continuous attack of gunfire or bombing.
- bonaventura — Saint, called the Seraphic Doctor. 1221–74, Italian Franciscan monk, mystic, theologian, and philosopher; author of a Life of St Francis and Journey of the Soul to God. Feast day: July 14
- bonaventure — Saint ("the Seraphic Doctor") 1221–74, Italian scholastic theologian.
- bond market — the market in which bonds are traded
- bondservant — a serf or slave
- boojum tree — a tree, Idria columnaris, native to Baja California, having spreading spiny branches, deciduous leaves, and yellow flowers.
- boot-licker — to seek the favor or goodwill of in a servile, degraded way; toady to.