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11-letter words containing b, r, u, c

  • blue spruce — a spruce tree, Picea pungens glauca, native to the Rocky Mountains of North America, having blue-green needle-like leaves
  • blue-collar — Blue-collar workers work in industry, doing physical work, rather than in offices.
  • body colour — a painting technique using opaque watercolour paint in which the pigments are bound with glue and the lighter tones contain white
  • bolt cutter — a tool for cutting bolts, wire, etc, typically with very long handles and short blades, with compound hinges
  • bournebasic — A BASIC interpreter. comp.sources.misc archives volume 1.
  • brachiosaur — any of a genus (Brachiosaurus) of huge Jurassic sauropods having longer forelegs than hind legs and nostrils high on the forehead
  • brachyurous — shorttailed, as a crab (opposed to macrurous).
  • bread sauce — a milk sauce thickened with breadcrumbs and served with roast poultry, esp chicken
  • breadcrumbs — (After the story "Hansel and Gretel" by the Brothers Grimm). 1.   (web)   Links displayed across the top of a web page listing the most recently visited pages so the reader can quickly jump back to one. Since this function is provided by the web browser, breadcrumbs are a waste of space. A better use of the space is to display links to the page's logical parent pages in the information hierarchy. 2.   (programming)   Information output by statements inserted into a program for debugging by printf.
  • breechclout — a cloth worn about the breech and loins; loincloth.
  • brick-built — made of bricks
  • bromouracil — a brominated derivative of uracil with antimetabolite properties
  • brood pouch — a pouch or cavity in certain animals, such as frogs and fishes, in which their eggs develop and hatch
  • brown sauce — a sauce made from cooked fat and flour
  • brucellosis — an infectious disease of cattle, goats, dogs, and pigs, caused by bacteria of the genus Brucella and transmittable to humans (e.g. by drinking contaminated milk): symptoms include fever, chills, and severe headache
  • brunch coat — a knee-length housecoat.
  • brute force — physical strength, power
  • bubble card — blister pack.
  • bucaramanga — a city in N central Colombia, in the Cordillera Oriental: centre of a district growing coffee, tobacco, and cotton. Pop: 1 069 000 (2005 est)
  • buccinatory — relating to a trumpeter or trumpet playing
  • buck passer — a person who avoids responsibility by shifting it to another, especially unjustly or improperly.
  • buck rabbit — Welsh rabbit with either an egg or a piece of toast on top
  • buck-passer — a person who regularly seeks to shift blame or responsibility to someone else
  • bullwhacker — (especially in the early 19th century) the driver of a team of oxen.
  • bumper crop — large harvest
  • bumper jack — a jack for lifting a motor vehicle by the bumper.
  • bunch grass — any of various grasses that grow in tufts
  • bunchflower — a tall plant (Melanthium virginicum) of the lily family, growing in the E U.S. and having large clusters of white or greenish flowers
  • bundle scar — any small mark left on the leaf scar from the vascular tissue, where the leaf was once attached to the stem.
  • bungee cord — a type of stretchy rope consisting of elastic strands often in a fabric casing. Bungee cords may be used in parachuting, bungee jumping or to secure loads. Ones used for securing loads often have hooks on either end.
  • buon fresco — fresco (def 1).
  • bur chervil — a plant of the carrot family, Anthriscus caucalis, that is related to and resembles chervil
  • bureaucracy — A bureaucracy is an administrative system operated by a large number of officials.
  • burmese cat — a breed of cat similar in shape to the Siamese but typically having a dark brown or blue-grey coat
  • burn center — a specialized medical facility that provides comprehensive care for patients with burn injuries.
  • bursiculate — resembling a pouch
  • bush clover — any of several plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Lespedeza, of the legume family, having pinnately trifoliate leaves and heads of pink, purple, cream, or white flowers.
  • bush tucker — any wild animal, insect, plant or plant extract, etc traditionally used as food by native Australians
  • bushwhacker — a person who travels around or lives in thinly populated woodlands
  • butcherbird — a shrike, esp one of the genus Lanius
  • butter clam — any of a genus (Saxidomus) of large, edible clams found along the Pacific coast of North America
  • buttercream — a vanilla-flavored cake frosting or filling made principally of softened butter and powdered sugar.
  • butyraceous — of, containing, or resembling butter
  • cabin court — Older Use. a roadside motel having cabins.
  • cabin trunk — a large trunk specially designed to be used on journeys, and often having large handles at either end to make it easy to move
  • cafe brulot — black coffee flavored with sugar, lemon and orange rinds, cloves, cinnamon, and brandy, ignited and allowed to flame briefly.
  • call number — the number given to a book in a library, indicating its shelf location
  • camera tube — the part of a television camera that converts an optical image into an electrical signal
  • candelabrum — A candelabrum is the same as a candelabra.
  • carborundum — any of various abrasive materials, esp one consisting of silicon carbide
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