11-letter words containing b, i, o, a, r
- politbureau — (often lowercase) the executive committee and chief policymaking body of a Communist Party.
- portability — the state or quality of being portable.
- postorbital — located behind the orbit or socket of the eye.
- pourability — to send (a liquid, fluid, or anything in loose particles) flowing or falling, as from one container to another, or into, over, or on something: to pour a glass of milk; to pour water on a plant.
- preboarding — to put or allow to go aboard in advance of the usual time or before others: Passengers with disabilities will be preboarded.
- prelibation — a foretaste.
- proabortion — pro-choice.
- probabilism — Philosophy. the doctrine, introduced by the Skeptics, that certainty is impossible and that probability suffices to govern faith and practice.
- probability — the quality or fact of being probable.
- probational — the act of testing.
- probationer — a person undergoing probation or trial.
- problematic — of the nature of a problem; doubtful; uncertain; questionable.
- rabbit food — raw vegetables, especially those used in salads, as lettuce, carrots, radishes, or celery.
- rabbit hole — opening of a rabbit's burrow
- radiocarbon — Also called carbon 14. a radioactive isotope of carbon with mass number 14 and a half-life of about 5730 years: widely used in the dating of organic materials.
- rainbowlike — resembling a rainbow
- raking bond — a brickwork bond in which concealed courses of diagonally laid bricks are used to bond exposed brickwork to the wall structure.
- rambouillet — one of a breed of hardy sheep, developed from the Merino, yielding good mutton and a fine grade of wool.
- ration book — a book showing an individual's entitlement to certain rationed goods
- recombinant — of or resulting from new combinations of genetic material: recombinant cells.
- reprobation — disapproval, condemnation, or censure.
- reprobative — reprobating; expressing reprobation.
- revibration — the act of vibrating.
- rex begonia — a plant, Begonia rex, native to India, having wrinkled, variegated leaves and thick, hairy stems, and cultivated in many varieties.
- rhabdovirus — any of various RNA-containing viruses of the family Rhabdoviridae, including the rabies virus.
- right about — the position assumed by turning about to the right so as to face in the opposite direction.
- road bridge — a bridge for road traffic
- roadability — the ability of a motor vehicle to maintain a steady, balanced, and comfortable ride, especially under a variety of road conditions.
- robbinsdale — a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- robotically — in a robotic manner
- rock rabbit — rock hyrax.
- rod bearing — a bearing in the metal shaft that transmits power in axial reciprocating motion
- roman blind — a window blind consisting of a length of material which, when drawn up, gathers into horizontal folds from the bottom
- roman brick — a long, thin face brick, usually yellow-brown and having a length about eight times its thickness.
- rooibos tea — tea prepared from any of several species of Borbonia or Aspalanthus, believed to have tonic properties
- rowing boat — rowboat.
- rubefaction — the act or process of making red, especially with a rubefacient.
- russophobia — an intense and often irrational hatred for Russia, or esp the former Soviet Union, its political system, etc
- saburration — the use of heated sand in healing
- sailboarder — windsurfer
- saprobiotic — saprobic
- sash ribbon — a strip of steel or aluminum alloy for connecting a vertically sliding window sash with a counterweight.
- scarabaeoid — resembling a scarab.
- scribacious — having the tendency to write a lot or too much
- scrobicular — of or relating to the smooth areas on a sea urchin surrounding its nodules
- soap boiler — a manufacturer of soap
- sorbability — the ability of something to absorb
- sorbic acid — a white, crystalline compound, C 6 H 8 O 2 , slightly soluble in water, soluble in many organic solvents: used as a preservative in pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and food.
- soul-baring — confessing intimate thoughts
- springboard — a flexible board, projecting over water, from which divers leap or spring.