11-letter words containing b, r, n
- substandard — below standard or less than adequate: substandard housing conditions.
- subterminal — situated at or forming the end or extremity of something: a terminal feature of a vista.
- subtraction — an act or instance of subtracting.
- suburbanism — pertaining to, inhabiting, or being in a suburb or the suburbs of a city or town.
- suburbanite — a person who lives in a suburb of a city or large town.
- suburbanize — to give suburban characteristics to: to suburbanize a rural area.
- sugar basin — sugar bowl.
- sun bittern — a graceful South American wading bird, Eurypyga helias, related to the cranes and rails, having variegated plumage.
- superabound — to abound beyond something else.
- surtarbrand — deposits of brown coal embedded in Iceland lava
- swear blind — to assert emphatically
- tabernacles — any place or house of worship, especially one designed for a large congregation.
- tamburlaine — Tamerlane.
- tanbark oak — any oak that yields tanbark, especially an evergreen oak, Lithocarpus densiflora, of the Pacific coast of North America.
- tangleberry — a huckleberry, Gaylussacia frondosa, of the eastern U.S.
- tarim basin — a region in W China between the Tien Shan and Kunlun mountain ranges. About 350,000 sq. mi. (906,000 sq. km).
- tectibranch — a mollusc of the suborder Tectibranchia (or Tectibranchiata) (order: Opisthobranchia) which includes the sea slugs and sea hares
- teenybopper — a teenage girl, especially a young one.
- tenebrionid — darkling beetle.
- tepary bean — a twining or bushy plant, Phaseolus acutifolius latifolius, of the legume family, native to Mexico and Arizona, having white or violet-colored flowers, grown as a food plant in dry regions.
- terbrugghen — Hendrik. 1588–1629, Dutch painter of the Utrecht school, who specialized in religious subjects, for example the Incredulity of St Thomas and the Calling of St Matthew
- terbutaline — a selective beta-adrenergic receptor agonist substance, C 12 H 19 NO 3 , used in the treatment of asthma.
- terebration — the action of drilling or puncturing
- the numbers — an illegal lottery in which small bets are placed on the order of certain numbers, usually the last three, in some tabulation of game scores or financial reports published in the daily newspapers
- 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.
- thromboxane — a compound, C 20 H 32 O 5 , formed in blood platelets, that constricts blood vessels and promotes clotting.
- thunder bay — a port in W Ontario, in S Canada, on Lake Superior: created in 1970 by the merger of twin cities (Fort William and Port Arthur) and two adjoining townships.
- thunderbird — (in the mythology of some North American Indians) a huge, eaglelike bird capable of producing thunder, lightning, and rain.
- thunderbolt — a flash of lightning with the accompanying thunder.
- timbromania — a mania or passion for stamp-collecting
- to be frank — You can say 'to be frank' or 'to be frank with you' to introduce a statement which is your honest opinion, especially when the person you are talking to might not like it.
- tocharian b — the western dialect of Tocharian
- 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
- trainbearer — an attendant in a procession who holds up the train of a dignitary's robe
- transborder — the part or edge of a surface or area that forms its outer boundary.
- transcriber — to make a written copy, especially a typewritten copy, of (dictated material, notes taken during a lecture, or other spoken material).
- transitable — capable of being crossed or passed over.
- transphobia — unreasoning hostility, aversion, etc., toward transgender people.
- treasonable — of the nature of treason.
- tremblement — an instance, or cause, of trembling
- tribeswoman — a female member of a tribe.
- tribulation — grievous trouble; severe trial or suffering.
- tribunitial — relating to the Roman tribune
- tricone bit — A tricone bit is a drill bit with a head that is divided into three main parts.
- 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.
- trouble man — troubleshooter (def 2).
- trundle bed — truckle bed.