11-letter words containing b, r, i, t, o
- stourbridge — an industrial town in W central England, in Dudley unitary authority, West Midlands. Pop: 55 480 (2001)
- strikebound — closed by a strike: a strikebound factory.
- stringboard — a board or facing covering the ends of the steps in a staircase.
- strombolian — relating to or denoting a type of volcanic eruption characterized by repeated fountaining or jetting of fluid lava into the air
- subarration — an ancient way of marrying by giving a ring or gift
- subcortical — situated beneath the cortex.
- subdirector — an assistant or secondary director
- subfraction — Mathematics. a number usually expressed in the form a/b. a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed.
- sublittoral — of or relating to the biogeographic region of the ocean bottom between the littoral and bathyal zones, from the low water line to the edge of the continental shelf, or to a depth of approximately 660 feet (200 meters).
- subordinate — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- subornation — to bribe or induce (someone) unlawfully or secretly to perform some misdeed or to commit a crime.
- subrational — less than or almost rational.
- subrogation — to put into the place of another; substitute for another.
- subtraction — an act or instance of subtracting.
- subtropical — bordering on the tropics; nearly tropical.
- subvitreous — of the nature of or resembling glass, as in transparency, brittleness, hardness, glossiness, etc.: vitreous china.
- switchboard — a structural unit on which are mounted switches and instruments necessary to complete telephone circuits manually.
- taboparesis — the occurrence of two conditions (general paresis and tabes dorsalis) at the same time
- taurobolium — the sacrifice of a bull, followed by the baptism of neophytes in the blood, as practiced in the ancient rites of Mithras or Cybele.
- tenebrionid — darkling beetle.
- terebration — the action of drilling or puncturing
- the cariboo — a region in the W foothills of the Cariboo Mountains, scene of a gold rush beginning in 1860
- theobromine — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, poisonous powder, C 7 H 8 N 4 O 2 , an isomer of theophylline and lower homologue of caffeine, occurring in tea and obtained from the cacao bean: used chiefly as a diuretic, myocardial stimulant, and vasodilator.
- thermobaric — (of an explosive device or explosion) detonated by means of an explosive substance reacting spontaneously with air
- tibiotarsus — the main bone of the leg of a bird, between the femur and tarsometatarsus, formed by the fusion of several tarsal bones with the tibia.
- timber wolf — the gray wolf, Canis lupus, sometimes designated as the subspecies C. lupus occidentalis: formerly common in northern North America but now greatly reduced in number and rare in the conterminous U.S.
- timbromania — a mania or passion for stamp-collecting
- timbrophily — the love of stamps; stamp collecting
- tocharian b — the western dialect of Tocharian
- toghril beg — ?990–1063 ad, Sultan of Turkey (1055–63), who founded the Seljuq dynasty and conquered Baghdad (1055)
- toll bridge — a bridge at which a toll is charged.
- toolbuilder — Tool Builder Kit
- torsibility — resistance to torsion.
- torsion bar — a metal bar having elasticity when subjected to torsion: used as a spring in various machines and in automobile suspensions.
- tourbillion — a whirlwind or something resembling a whirlwind.
- trailbaston — a judging commission first created by Edward I of England which punished crimes and trespass
- transphobia — unreasoning hostility, aversion, etc., toward transgender people.
- tribeswoman — a female member of a tribe.
- tribologist — a student of, or expert in, tribology
- tribulation — grievous trouble; severe trial or suffering.
- tricone bit — A tricone bit is a drill bit with a head that is divided into three main parts.
- triphibious — employing or involving land, naval, and air forces in a combined operation.
- triple bond — a chemical linkage consisting of three covalent bonds between two atoms of a molecule, represented in chemical formulas by three lines or six dots, as CH≡CH or CH⋮⋮CH.
- troglobiont — any creature having a cave-dwelling mode of life.
- trombiculid — (of a mite) belonging to the family Trombiculidae
- tropic bird — any of several web-footed seabirds of the family Phaethontidae, chiefly of tropical seas, having white plumage with black markings and a pair of greatly elongated central tail feathers.
- tuberculoid — resembling a tubercle.
- tubiflorous — tubuliflorous.
- umbratilous — shadowy; faint
- unobtrusive — not obtrusive; inconspicuous, unassertive, or reticent.