11-letter words containing b, r, i, d, a
- bedraggling — Present participle of bedraggle.
- behind bars — If you say that someone is behind bars, you mean that they are in prison.
- bermuda rig — a fore-and-aft sailing boat rig characterized by a tall mainsail (Bermudian mainsail) that tapers to a point
- bertrandite — a mineral, hydrous beryllium silicate, Be 4 Si 2 O 7 (OH) 2 , colorless or pale yellow, with a vitreous luster, occurring as tabular or prismatic crystals in pegmatites and hydrothermal veins.
- bestridable — capable of being bestridden
- bidding war — a situation in which multiple offerers bid to own a single property
- big-hearted — If you describe someone as big-hearted, you think they are kind and generous, and always willing to help people.
- bilge board — a board lowered from the bilge of a sailing vessel to serve as a keel.
- billy-bread — bread baked in a billy over a camp fire
- binary code — Binary code is a computer code that uses the binary number system.
- binary data — binary file
- bipyramidal — relating to a symmetrical structure consisting of two pyramids
- biquadratic — of or relating to the fourth power
- bird's beak — beak (def 9).
- birdbrained — a stupid, foolish, or scatterbrained person.
- birobidzhan — a city in SE Russia: capital of the Jewish Autonomous Region. Pop: 77 250 (2002)
- blackbirder — a person or vessel involved in the capture and transportation of slaves
- bladderlike — resembling a bladder
- blizzarding — Meteorology. a storm with dry, driving snow, strong winds, and intense cold. a heavy and prolonged snowstorm covering a wide area.
- blue riband — If someone or something wins the blue riband in a competition, they win first prize. The prize is sometimes in the shape of a blue ribbon.
- boatbuilder — A boatbuilder is a person or company that makes boats.
- bodhidharma — 6th century ad, Indian Buddhist monk, who taught in China (from 520): considered to be the founder of Zen Buddhism
- bordelaises — a brown sauce flavored with red wine and shallots and garnished with poached marrow and parsley.
- border raid — an incursion by attackers into a neighbouring country
- bradycardia — an abnormally low rate of heartbeat
- bradycardic — a slow heartbeat rate, usually less than 60 beats per minute.
- bradypeptic — a person with slow digestion
- braggadocio — vain empty boasting
- brain candy — something that is entertaining or enjoyable but lacks depth or significance
- brain child — a product of one's creative work or thought.
- brain death — Brain death occurs when someone's brain stops functioning, even though their heart may be kept beating using a machine.
- brain drain — When people talk about a brain drain, they are referring to the movement of a large number of scientists or academics away from their own country to other countries where the conditions and salaries are better.
- brake fluid — an oily liquid used to transmit pressure in a hydraulic brake or clutch system
- branchiopod — any crustacean of the mainly freshwater subclass Branchiopoda, having flattened limblike appendages for swimming, feeding, and respiration. The group includes the water fleas
- brand image — The brand image of a particular brand of product is the image or impression that people have of it, usually created by advertising.
- brandy mint — peppermint.
- bread knife — a knife designed or suitable for slicing bread, as one having a wavy or saw-toothed blade.
- breadsticks — bread baked in long thin crisp sticks
- breadthwise — in the direction of the breadth
- breadwinner — The breadwinner in a family is the person in it who earns the money that the family needs for essential things.
- brickshaped — resembling the shape of a brick
- bridal gown — a wedding dress
- bridal shop — a shop that specializes in selling bridal wear
- bridal wear — clothes specially designed for brides
- bridewealth — (in some nonindustrial societies) the money or goods given to the family of a bride by the bridegroom or his family.
- bridge lamp — a floor lamp, especially one having the light source on an arm so hinged as to be horizontally adjustable.
- bridge loan — A bridge loan is money that a bank lends you for a short time, for example, so that you can buy a new house before you have sold the one you already own.
- bridgeboard — a board on both sides of a staircase that is cut to support the treads and risers
- bridgewater — a town in E Massachusetts.
- bridle hand — (of a horseback rider) the hand, usually the left hand, that holds both reins or both pairs of reins, leaving the other hand free to manage a whip, crop, lariat, or the like.