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11-letter words containing b, r, a, i, n

  • arabian sea — the NW part of the Indian Ocean, between Arabia and India
  • arabinoside — a glycoside yielding arabinose when hydrolysed
  • arabization — transfer to Arab control
  • arbitrament — the decision or award made by an arbitrator upon a disputed matter
  • arbitrating — to decide as arbitrator or arbiter; determine.
  • arbitration — Arbitration is the judging of a dispute between people or groups by someone who is not involved.
  • arbitrement — the act of arbitrating; arbitration.
  • arriere-ban — (in medieval France) a summons to the king's vassals to do military service
  • arsonphobia — Pyrophobia.
  • attributing — to regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually followed by to): She attributed his bad temper to ill health.
  • attribution — the act of attributing; ascription.
  • azerbaijani — a native or inhabitant of Azerbaijan
  • baby-minder — a person who is paid to look after other people's babies or very young children
  • bacteriocin — any protein-based toxin given off by bacteria to prevent the growth of related bacteria nearby
  • baking tray — A baking tray is the same as a baking sheet.
  • balbriggans — underwear made from balbriggan fabric, for example long men's underpants
  • ballbearing — Alternative form of ball bearing.
  • bandeirante — a 16th–18th-century Portugese explorer in South America motivated by profit, known for hunting down natives for slaves as well as for locating mines of precious stones and metals
  • banderillas — Plural form of banderilla.
  • bandkeramik — the pottery of the early Neolithic Danubian culture of Europe, having characteristic parallel spiral lines over the body and neck of the gourdlike vessels and dated 5000–4000 b.c.
  • baneberries — Plural form of baneberry.
  • banistering — Present participle of banister.
  • banjarmasin — a port in Indonesia, in SW Borneo. Pop: 527 415 (2000)
  • banjermasin — a seaport on the S coast of Borneo, in Indonesia.
  • bankrolling — Present participle of bankroll.
  • bankrupting — Present participle of bankrupt.
  • banteringly — in a bantering fashion
  • bar-hopping — Informal. to go to a succession of bars or nightclubs, with a brief stay at each.
  • baranavichy — a city in W central Belarus, SW of Minsk.
  • baranovichi — a city in W central Belarus, SW of Minsk.
  • barebacking — sexual intercourse performed without the use of a condom
  • barfulation — /bar`fyoo-lay'sh*n/ Variation of barf used around the Stanford area. An exclamation, expressing disgust. On seeing some particularly bad code one might exclaim, "Barfulation! Who wrote this, Quux?"
  • bargain bin — a container in a shop from which customers can buy goods that may be old or imperfect at greatly reduced prices
  • bargain for — If you have not bargained for or bargained on something that happens, you did not expect it to happen and so feel surprised or worried by it.
  • bargainable — an advantageous purchase, especially one acquired at less than the usual cost: The sale offered bargains galore.
  • barking mad — If you say that someone is barking mad, you mean that they are insane or are acting very strangely.
  • barley wine — an exceptionally strong beer
  • barnyardism — a smutty or indecent word or expression.
  • baroclinity — a common state of fluid stratification in which surfaces of constant pressure and others of constant density are not parallel but intersect.
  • baronetical — pertaining to baronets
  • barquentine — a sailing ship of three or more masts rigged square on the foremast and fore-and-aft on the others
  • barracudina — any of several slender, large-mouthed, pelagic fishes of the family Paralepididae.
  • barramundis — Plural form of barramundi.
  • barricading — Present participle of barricade.
  • barthianism — the theological doctrines and principles of Karl Barth and his followers, especially in reference to neoorthodoxy.
  • barycentric — Of or relating to the center of gravity.
  • baryshnikov — Mikhail. born 1948, Soviet-born ballet dancer, who defected (1974) to the West while on tour with the Kirov Ballet: director (1980–90) of the American Ballet Theatre
  • baserunning — the act of running around bases
  • basicranial — of or relating to the base of the skull
  • basicranium — (anatomy) The inferior region of the skull.
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