11-letter words containing b, r, o, t
- bond market — the market in which bonds are traded
- bondservant — a serf or slave
- boojum tree — a tree, Idria columnaris, native to Baja California, having spreading spiny branches, deciduous leaves, and yellow flowers.
- book rights — the legal right to make use of the text of a printed book
- boost-start — jump-start.
- boot-licker — to seek the favor or goodwill of in a servile, degraded way; toady to.
- bored stiff — very bored
- borstal boy — (formerly) a boy sent to borstal
- boston crab — a wrestling hold in which a wrestler seizes both or one of his opponent's legs, turns him face downwards, and exerts pressure over his back
- boston fern — a cultivated fern (Nephrolepis exaltata var. bostoniensis) with odd-pinnate leaves, used as a house plant
- botheration — bother
- bottle fern — a fern, Cystopteris fragilis, of rocky, wooded areas throughout North America, having grayish-green fronds and brittle stalks.
- bottle rack — a rack for bottles, such as bottles of wine
- bottle tree — any of several Australian sterculiaceous trees of the genus Sterculia (or Brachychiton) that have a bottle-shaped swollen trunk
- bottlebrush — a cylindrical brush on a thin shaft, used for cleaning bottles
- bottom gear — the lowest gear of a car, lorry, etc
- bouquetiere — an assortment of fresh vegetables
- bournemouth — a resort in S England, in Bournemouth unitary authority, Dorset, on the English Channel. Pop: 167 527 (2001)
- boutonniere — a flower or flowers worn in a buttonhole, as of a lapel
- bow trolley — See under trolley (def 4).
- boxer-style — cut or fashioned in the style of boxer shorts: men's boxer-style bathing suits.
- brachiation — locomotion accomplished by swinging by the arms from one hold to another.
- brachyodont — (of mammals, such as humans) having teeth with short crowns
- bracteolate — having bractlets
- bram stoker — Bram [bram] /bræm/ (Show IPA), (Abraham Stoker) 1847–1912, British novelist, born in Ireland: creator of Dracula.
- brattleboro — a town in SE Vermont.
- break point — a point which allows the receiving player to break the service of the server
- breastworks — a defensive work, usually breast high.
- breathe out — When you breathe out, you send air out of your lungs through your nose or mouth.
- brecciation — the fragmentation of rock
- breechcloth — a cloth worn about the loins; loincloth
- breechclout — a cloth worn about the breech and loins; loincloth.
- brent goose — a small goose, Branta bernicla, that has a dark grey plumage and short neck and occurs in most northern coastal regions
- breton lace — a net lace with a design embroidered in heavy, often colored, thread.
- bride-to-be — A bride-to-be is a woman who is soon going to be married.
- bright coal — coal consisting of alternating layers of clarain and vitrain.
- bright wool — the wool of sheep raised east of the Mississippi River.
- bring about — To bring something about means to cause it to happen.
- bring forth — to give birth to
- bristlecone — a western American pine with bristle-like prickles on its cones
- bristol bay — arm of the Bering Sea between the SW Alas. mainland & the Alaska Peninsula
- british lop — a breed of large white pig with large drooping ears, originating from Wales, Cumberland, and Ulster
- 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.
- brochantite — a mineral, hydrous copper sulfate, Cu 4 (OH) 6 SO 4 , occurring in green fibrous masses and similar in physical properties to antlerite: formerly a major ore of copper.
- bronze star — a U.S. military decoration awarded for heroism or achievement in military operations other than those involving aerial flights.
- 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.
- brook trout — a North American freshwater trout, Salvelinus fontinalis, introduced in Europe and valued as a food and game fish