11-letter words containing b, r, o, d
- boric oxide — a colorless crystalline compound, B 2 O 3 , used in metallurgy and chemical analysis.
- borohydride — any compound, such as sodium borohydride, which contains the radical BH4
- boss around — order about
- boudin noir — a dark-colored boiled sausage made with pork and blood, and often highly spiced
- boulder dam — Hoover Dam
- bow divider — a bow compass, each leg of which terminates in a needle, used to transfer measurements from one area of a drawing to another.
- brachyodont — (of mammals, such as humans) having teeth with short crowns
- braggadocio — vain empty boasting
- branchiopod — any crustacean of the mainly freshwater subclass Branchiopoda, having flattened limblike appendages for swimming, feeding, and respiration. The group includes the water fleas
- brassed off — fed up; disgruntled
- bread flour — wheat flour from which a large part of the starch has been removed, thus increasing the proportion of gluten.
- bread mould — a black saprotrophic zygomycete fungus, Rhizopus nigricans, occurring on decaying bread and vegetable matter
- bridal gown — a wedding dress
- bridal shop — a shop that specializes in selling bridal wear
- bride-to-be — A bride-to-be is a woman who is soon going to be married.
- 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.
- bridge roll — a soft bread roll in a long thin shape
- bridgeboard — a board on both sides of a staircase that is cut to support the treads and risers
- bring round — to restore (a person) to consciousness, esp after a faint
- broad arrow — a mark shaped like a broad arrowhead designating British government property and formerly used on prison clothing
- broad gauge — a railway track with a greater distance between the lines than the standard gauge of 561⁄2 inches (about 1.44 metres) used now by most mainline railway systems
- broad glass — cylinder glass.
- broad reach — an act or instance of reaching: to make a reach for a gun.
- broad river — a river in W North Carolina, flowing S to join the Saluda River, forming the Congaree River in South Carolina. 150 miles (241 km) long.
- broad-based — comprehensive and inclusive
- broad-brush — A broad-brush approach, strategy, or solution deals with a problem in a general way rather than concentrating on details.
- broad-faced — having a broad, wide face.
- broad-gauge — Railroads. of or relating to equipment designed for a railroad having track of a broad gauge: broad-gauge rolling stock.
- broadcasted — to transmit (programs) from a radio or television station.
- broadcaster — A broadcaster is someone who gives talks or takes part in interviews and discussions on radio or television programmes.
- broaden out — If something such as a discussion broadens out or if someone broadens it out, the number of things or people that it includes or affects becomes greater.
- brobdingnag — in Swift's Gulliver's Travels, a land inhabited by giants about 60 feet tall
- broederbond — (in South Africa) a secret society of Afrikaner Nationalists committed to securing and maintaining Afrikaner control over important areas of government
- broken reed — a weak, unreliable, or ineffectual person
- broken wind — heaves
- broken-down — A broken-down vehicle or machine no longer works because it has something wrong with it.
- bromic acid — a colourless unstable water-soluble liquid used as an oxidizing agent in the manufacture of dyes and pharmaceuticals. Formula: HBrO3
- bromidrosis — the production of foul-smelling perspiration
- bronze dore — ormolu (def 2).
- brood bitch — a female dog used for breeding.
- brood patch — a highly vascular, featherless area developed on the abdomen of certain brooding birds that is in direct contact with eggs during incubation and provides additional warmth.
- brood pouch — a pouch or cavity in certain animals, such as frogs and fishes, in which their eggs develop and hatch
- broom board — baseboard (def 1).
- brotherhood — Brotherhood is the affection and loyalty that you feel for people who you have something in common with.
- brown bread — bread made with wholemeal flour, or with ingredients that give it a brown colour
- brown dwarf — a type of celestial body midway in mass between a large planet and a small star
- brown goods — Brown goods are electrical appliances such as televisions and audio equipment. Compare white goods.
- brown pound — the perceived purchasing power of Britain’s Black and Asian minorities as a group
- brown study — a mood of deep absorption or thoughtfulness; reverie
- browned off — If you say that you are browned off, you mean that you are annoyed and depressed.