11-letter words containing b, r, a, n
- androphobic — Exhibiting androphobia; fearful of men.
- angle board — a board serving as a gauge for an angle planed across the end of other boards.
- ankle biter — a child
- ankle-biter — small child, toddler
- annabergite — a rare green secondary mineral consisting of hydrated nickel arsenate in monoclinic crystalline form. Formula: Ni3(AsO4)2.8H2O
- answer back — If someone, especially a child, answers back, they speak rudely to you when you speak to them.
- answerbacks — Plural form of answerback.
- antechamber — An antechamber is a small room leading into a larger room.
- anteorbital — in front of the orbit of the eye
- anti-rabies — an infectious disease of dogs, cats, and other animals, transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected animal and usually fatal if prophylactic treatment is not administered: caused by an RNA virus of the rhabdovirus group; hydrophobia.
- antibaryons — Plural form of antibaryon.
- antiburglar — intended to prevent burglary
- antichamber — Obsolete form of antechamber.
- antifebrile — reducing fever; antipyretic
- antifebrine — (pharmaceutical drug) A compound of aniline with acetyl, used to allay fever or pain.
- antiliberal — acting against liberalism
- anzengruber — Ludwig [loot-vikh,, lood-] /ˈlut vɪx,, ˈlud-/ (Show IPA), 1839–89, Austrian playwright and novelist.
- approbating — Present participle of approbate.
- approbation — Approbation is approval of something or agreement to it.
- arab legion — a police force (1920–56) under British supervision, responsible for keeping order among desert tribesmen in Trans-Jordan.
- arab spring — The Arab Spring is a period of time in and around 2011 to 2012 during which people in the Middle East and Africa tried to achieve democratic reforms.
- 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.
- arborescent — having the shape or characteristics of a tree
- arc-boutant — flying buttress.
- arrangeable — to place in proper, desired, or convenient order; adjust properly: to arrange books on a shelf.
- arriere-ban — (in medieval France) a summons to the king's vassals to do military service
- arsonphobia — Pyrophobia.
- astrobotany — the branch of botany that investigates the possibility that plants grow on other planets
- 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
- back anchor — a small anchor for backing a larger one.
- back burner — If you put an issue on the back burner, you leave it in order to deal with it later because you now consider it to have become less urgent or important.
- back garden — a garden at the rear of a house
- back number — A back number of a magazine or newspaper is the same as a back issue.
- back-burner — a condition of low priority or temporary deferment (usually used in the phrase on the back burner): Put other issues on the back burner until after the election.
- backbencher — A backbencher is a Member of Parliament who is not a minister and who does not hold an official position in their political party.
- backcountry — an area far from cities and towns that is thinly populated and largely undeveloped; hinterland
- backgrounds — Plural form of background.
- backhanders — Plural form of backhander.
- baconburger — a hamburger topped with strips of cooked bacon.
- bacteriocin — any protein-based toxin given off by bacteria to prevent the growth of related bacteria nearby
- baggy green — the Australian Test cricket cap