11-letter words containing b, e
- backchannel — an unofficial or covert means of conveying information, originally or esp in political or diplomatic circles
- backchecked — Simple past tense and past participle of backcheck.
- backcrossed — Simple past tense and past participle of backcross.
- backcrosses — Plural form of backcross.
- backhanders — Plural form of backhander.
- backlighted — Simple past tense and past participle of backlight.
- backmarkers — Plural form of backmarker.
- backpackers — Plural form of backpacker.
- backpedaled — (US) Simple past tense and past participle of backpedal.
- backscatter — the scattering of particles or radiation, such as sound waves, X-rays, or alpha-particles, by the atoms of the medium through which they pass, in the backward direction
- backseaters — Plural form of backseater.
- backside-to — backend-to.
- backslapped — Simple past tense and past participle of backslap.
- backslapper — a person who backslaps; a hearty jovial person
- backslashed — Simple past tense and past participle of backslash.
- backslashes — Plural form of backslash.
- backslidden — Past participle of backslide.
- backstabbed — Simple past tense and past participle of backstab.
- backstabber — someone who attacks another deceitfully, behind his or her back
- backstopped — Simple past tense and past participle of backstop.
- backstopper — a wall, wire screen, or the like, serving to prevent a ball from going too far beyond the normal playing area.
- backstreets — Plural form of backstreet.
- backstretch — the part of a racetrack farthest from the grandstand and opposite and parallel to the homestretch
- backstroker — a person who swims the backstroke, especially a member of a competitive swimming team who specializes in the backstroke.
- backstrokes — Plural form of backstroke.
- backswimmer — an aquatic bug belonging to the family Notonectidae that swims on its back using its back legs as oars
- backtracked — Simple past tense and past participle of backtrack.
- backtracker — One who, or that which, backtracks.
- baconburger — a hamburger topped with strips of cooked bacon.
- bacteraemia — the presence of bacteria in the blood
- bacteraemic — containing, caused by, or pertaining to bacteraemia
- bacterially — In reference to bacteria.
- bactericide — a substance able to destroy bacteria
- bacteriemia — Bacteremia.
- bacteriocin — any protein-based toxin given off by bacteria to prevent the growth of related bacteria nearby
- bacteriosis — any bacterial disease
- bacteriuria — the presence of bacteria in the urine
- bacteroides — any of several rod-shaped, anaerobic bacteria of the genus Bacteroides, occurring in the alimentary and genitourinary tracts of humans and other mammals, certain species of which are pathogenic.
- baddeleyite — a mineral consisting largely of zirconium dioxide: a source of zirconium. Formula: ZrO2
- badderlocks — a seaweed, Alaria esculenta, that has long brownish-green fronds and is eaten in parts of N Europe
- baden-baden — a spa in SW Germany, in Baden-Württemberg. Pop: 53 938 (2003 est)
- badger game — the blackmailing of a man by maneuvering him into a compromising situation with a woman
- baffleplate — a plate used as a baffle.
- baggage car — A baggage car is a railway carriage, often without windows, which is used to carry luggage, goods, or mail.
- baggy green — the Australian Test cricket cap
- bake-wares' — heat-resistant dishes, as of glass or pottery, in which food may be baked; ovenware.
- baked beans — Baked beans are dried beans cooked in tomato sauce in Britain or cooked with salt pork in North America. Baked beans are usually sold in cans.
- bakersfield — city in SC Calif.: pop. 247,000
- bal musette — a dance hall in France in which the music is provided by an accordion band.
- balance lug — a lugsail having a portion of its area forward of the mast and having a long foot, often with a boom.