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11-letter words containing b, o, r, e, l

  • protrusible — able to be thrust outwards
  • purple book — 1.   (publication)   The "System V Interface Definition". The covers of the first editions were an amazingly nauseating shade of off-lavender. 2.   (publication)   The Wizard Book. See also book titles.
  • pyrolysable — able to be pyrolysed
  • rabbit hole — opening of a rabbit's burrow
  • rainbowlike — resembling a rainbow
  • rambouillet — one of a breed of hardy sheep, developed from the Merino, yielding good mutton and a fine grade of wool.
  • razor blade — a sharp-edged metal blade for use in a razor.
  • recoverable — able to recover or be recovered: a patient now believed to be recoverable; recoverable losses on his investments.
  • red-blooded — vigorous; virile.
  • redoubtable — that is to be feared; formidable.
  • reform bill — any of the bills passed by Parliament (1832, 1867, 1884) providing for an increase in the number of voters in elections for the House of Commons, especially the bill of 1832 by which many rotten boroughs were disfranchised.
  • relocatable — constructed so as to be movable; portable, prefabricated, or modular: relocatable classroom units.
  • responsible — answerable or accountable, as for something within one's power, control, or management (often followed by to or for): He is responsible to the president for his decisions.
  • responsibly — answerable or accountable, as for something within one's power, control, or management (often followed by to or for): He is responsible to the president for his decisions.
  • retrobulbar — situated behind the eyeball.
  • rhabdocoele — any member of the turbellarian flatworm order Neorhabdocoela, comprising both freshwater and marine species, having a simple saclike digestive system.
  • ribonucleic — an acid derived from ribose
  • robbinsdale — a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
  • robot plane — an unmanned plane
  • rock blenny — a prickleback, Xiphister mucosus, of the Pacific coast from southern California to Alaska.
  • rollerblade — (often lowercase) to skate on in-line skates.
  • rose beetle — rose chafer.
  • rotor blade — one airfoil of the rotor of a rotary-wing aircraft.
  • round table — conference, meeting
  • round-table — noting or pertaining to a conference, discussion, or deliberation in which each participant has equal status, equal time to present views, etc.: round-table discussions.
  • rove beetle — any of numerous beetles of the family Staphylinidae, having a slender, elongated body and very short front wings, and capable of running swiftly.
  • safe-blower — a person who uses explosives to open safes and rob them
  • sailboarder — windsurfer
  • salmonberry — the salmon-colored, edible fruit of a raspberry, Rubus spectabilis, of the Pacific coast of North America.
  • scaberulous — tending to be scabrous or slightly rough to the touch
  • seam bowler — a fast bowler who makes the ball bounce on its seam so that it will change direction
  • shovelboard — the game of shuffleboard.
  • silver book — (publication)   Jensen and Wirth's infamous "Pascal User Manual and Report", so called because of the silver cover of the widely distributed Springer-Verlag second edition of 1978 (ISBN 0-387-90144-2). See also book titles, Pascal.
  • slave labor — persons, especially a large group, performing labor under duress or threats, as prisoners in a concentration camp; a labor force of slaves or slavelike prisoners.
  • sleeveboard — a small-scale ironing board for pressing sleeves, especially a narrow board that fits inside a coat sleeve.
  • slumbersome — tired; sleepy
  • snow blower — a motor-driven machine on wheels used to remove snow by throwing it into the air and to one side.
  • snowmobiler — a person who drives a snowmobile
  • soap boiler — a manufacturer of soap
  • soil binder — a plant that prevents or inhibits erosion by providing a ground cover and forming a dense network of roots that hold the soil.
  • soluble rna — a small RNA molecule, consisting of a strand of nucleotides folded into a clover-leaf shape, that picks up an unattached amino acid within the cell cytoplasm and conveys it to the ribosome for protein synthesis. Abbreviation: tRNA.
  • spin bowler — a bowler who specializes in bowling balls with a spinning motion
  • stable door — a door with an upper and lower leaf that may be opened separately
  • stereoblind — lacking the ability to see in three dimensions through both eyes
  • stilbestrol — a nonsteroidal synthetic estrogen, C 18 H 20 O 2 , used in medicine chiefly in the treatment of menopausal symptoms and in animal feeds for chemical caponization: formerly used during pregnancy for the prevention of miscarriage but discontinued owing to its association with an increased risk of vaginal and cervical cancers in women having had fetal exposure. Abbreviation: DES.
  • subarboreal — living or thriving under trees
  • subchloride — a chloride containing a relatively small proportion of chlorine, as mercurous chloride.
  • supportable — capable of being supported; endurable; maintainable.
  • table board — daily meals provided for pay.
  • the gorbals — a district of Glasgow, formerly known for its slums
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