10-letter words containing b, o, r, a
- 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.
- brazilwood — a hard, reddish wood obtained from several tropical American trees (genera Caesalpinia and Haematoxylon) of the caesalpinia family: it yields a red or blue dye and is also used in making cabinets and violin bows
- bread mold — any of an order (Mucorales, esp. Rhizopus nigricans) of fungi often found on decaying vegetable matter or bread
- bread roll — a small piece of bread dough made into a circular shape and baked
- bread shop — a baker's shop
- breadboard — A breadboard is a flat piece of wood used for cutting bread on.
- break down — If a machine or a vehicle breaks down, it stops working.
- 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
- brian boru — ?941–1014, king of Ireland (1002–14): killed during the defeat of the Danes at the battle of Clontarf
- brillo pad — a scouring pad made of wire wool filled with soap
- brno chair — an armchair designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in 1930, having a cantilevered frame of chromium-plated or stainless steel composed of two interlocking parts, one forming the legs and arms and the other the seat and back frame, with the back and seat lightly upholstered and usually covered with leather.
- broad bean — Broad beans are flat round beans that are light green in colour and are eaten as a vegetable.
- broad jump — an exercise and athletic contest in which competitors try to jump the farthest distance possible from a standing start from a fixed board or mark
- broad seal — the official seal of a nation and its government
- broad-jump — long-jump.
- broadbrush — lacking full detail or information; incomplete or rough
- broadcloth — fabric woven on a wide loom
- broadfaced — having a broad, wide face.
- broadlands — a Palladian mansion near Romsey in Hampshire: formerly the home of Lord Palmerston and Lord Mountbatten
- broadpiece — an English coin replaced by the guinea in 1663
- broadscale — on a broad scale; extensive; spread over a wide area
- 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.
- broadsword — a broad-bladed sword used for cutting rather than stabbing
- brocatelle — a heavy brocade with the design in deep relief, used chiefly in upholstery
- brogrammer — a male computer programmer who is characterized as a bro: Brogrammers challenge the geek/nerd stereotype.
- bromegrass — any of various grasses of the genus Bromus, having small flower spikes in loose drooping clusters. Some species are used for hay
- brontosaur — apatosaurus
- bronze age — The Bronze Age was a period of time which began when people started making things from bronze about 4,000–6,000 years ago.
- brood mare — a mare kept for breeding purposes
- brook farm — an experimental communist community established by writers and scholars in West Roxbury, Massachusetts, from 1841 to 1847
- brook park — a city in NE Ohio.
- brookhaven — a town in SW Mississippi.
- broomstaff — a broomstick
- browbeaten — intimidated
- browbeater — to intimidate by overbearing looks or words; bully: They browbeat him into agreeing.
- brown alga — an alga of the class Phaeophyceae, usually brown owing to the presence of brown pigments in addition to the chlorophyll.
- brown bear — a large ferocious brownish bear, Ursus arctos, inhabiting temperate forests of North America, Europe, and Asia
- brown coal — a low-quality coal intermediate in grade between peat and lignite
- brown coat — arriccio.
- buccinator — a thin muscle that compresses the cheeks and holds them against the teeth during chewing, etc
- bulk cargo — unpackaged cargoes, such as grain or coal
- bullroarer — a wooden slat attached to a thong that makes a roaring sound when the thong is whirled: used esp by native Australians in religious rites
- bum around — If you bum around, you go from place to place without any particular destination, either for enjoyment or because you have nothing else to do.
- buonaparte — Bonaparte1
- buonarroti — Michelangelo.