11-letter words containing b, r, n
- binary star — a double star system comprising two stars orbiting around their common centre of mass. A visual binary can be seen through a telescope. A spectroscopic binary can only be observed by the spectroscopic Doppler shift as each star moves towards or away from the earth
- binary tree — (btree) A tree in which each node has at most two successors or child nodes. In Haskell this could be represented as
- bing cherry — a dark-red variety of sweet cherry
- binocularly — relating to the use of two eyes at once
- bioaeration — the oxidative treatment of raw sewage by aeration
- bioengineer — Also called biomedical engineering. the application of engineering principles and techniques to problems in medicine and biology, as the design and production of artificial limbs and organs.
- bioindustry — an industry that makes use of biotechnology and other advanced life science methodologies in the creation or alteration of life forms or processes
- bioprinting — the construction of replacement body parts using techniques developed for three-dimensional printing
- bioregional — relating to a bioregion
- bipartition — divided into or consisting of two parts.
- bird's nest — the nest of a bird
- bird's-nest — nest (def 1).
- birdbrained — a stupid, foolish, or scatterbrained person.
- birddogging — the act of pursuing with determination
- birobidzhan — a city in SE Russia: capital of the Jewish Autonomous Region. Pop: 77 250 (2002)
- birth canal — the passageway down which the fetus passes during birth
- birthparent — a person's parent related biologically rather than by adoption
- bismarckian — of, relating to, or resembling Otto von Bismarck, especially in respect to his aggressiveness in politics and diplomacy.
- bit pattern — (data) A sequence of bits, in a memory, a communications channel or some other device. The term is used to contrast this with some higher level interpretation of the bits such as an integer or an image. A bit string is similar but suggests an arbitrary, as opposed to predetermined, length.
- bit-robbing — in-band signalling
- bitterender — a person who persists until the bitter end without compromising or yielding; diehard.
- blackhander — a member of a Black Hand group
- bladdernose — hooded seal
- blagonravov — Anatoli Arkadyevich [an-uh-toh-lee;; Russian uh-nuh-taw-lyee uhr-kah-dyi-vyich] /ˈæn əˌtoʊ li;; Russian ʌ nʌˈtɔ lyi ʌrˈkɑ dyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1894–1975, Russian scientist.
- blank verse — Blank verse is poetry that does not rhyme. In English literature it usually consists of lines with five stressed syllables.
- blind tiger — speak-easy
- blind trust — A blind trust is a financial arrangement in which someone's investments are managed without the person knowing where the money is invested. Blind trusts are used especially by people such as members of parliament, so that they cannot be accused of using their position to make money unfairly.
- blindstorey — a storey without windows, such as a gallery in a Gothic church
- blizzarding — Meteorology. a storm with dry, driving snow, strong winds, and intense cold. a heavy and prolonged snowstorm covering a wide area.
- block front — Furniture. a front of a desk, chest of drawers, etc., of the third quarter of the 18th century, having three vertical divisions of equal width, a sunken one between raised ones, all divided by flat areas to which they are connected by curves, often with a shell motif forming a rounded termination to each section.
- block grant — (in Britain) an annual grant made by the government to a local authority to help to pay for the public services it provides, such as health, education, and housing
- block print — a design printed by means of one or more blocks of wood or metal.
- blood donor — A blood donor is someone who gives some of their blood so that it can be used in operations.
- bloodsprent — spattered or stained with blood
- blue marlin — a large marlin, Makaira nigricans, occurring worldwide in warm and temperate seas, highly prized in sportfishing and as a food fish.
- 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.
- blue ribbon — A blue ribbon is the same as a blue riband.
- blue runner — a carangid fish of American Atlantic waters, Caranx crysos
- blue screen — a special effects film technique involving filming actors against a blue screen on which effects such as computerized graphics can be added later and integrated into a single sequence
- blue-ribbon — of superior quality or prominence; first-rate; specially selected: a blue-ribbon committee of fund-raisers.
- blue-rinsed — (of hair) tinted silver-blue
- blunderbuss — an obsolete short musket with large bore and flared muzzle, used to scatter shot at short range
- blunderhead — Informal. a blunderer; nincompoop.
- boat anchor — 1. Like doorstop but more severe; implies that the offending hardware is irreversibly dead or useless. "That was a working motherboard once. One lightning strike later, instant boat anchor!" 2. A person who just takes up space. 3. Obsolete but still working hardware, especially when used of an old S100-bus hobbyist system; originally a term of annoyance, but became more and more affectionate as the hardware became more and more obsolete.
- bogtrotting — the act of roaming over boggy areas, or living in boggy areas
- bolingbroke — the surname of Henry IV of England
- bolingbrook — a city in NE Illinois.
- bombardment — A bombardment is a strong and continuous attack of gunfire or bombing.
- bombing run — the part of a flight of a bomber aircraft that brings it to the point over a target at which its bombs are released
- bonapartism — a political system resembling the rules of the Bonapartes, esp Napoleon I and Napoleon III: centralized government by a military dictator, who enjoys popular support given expression in plebiscites