10-letter words containing b, r
- back cover — the back part of the cover of a book or magazine
- back forty — remote, usually uncultivated acreage on a large piece of land, as on a farm or ranch.
- back green — grass or a garden at the back of a house, esp a tenement
- back order — an order to be filled when stock is renewed
- back river — a river in N Canada, flowing northeast through Nunavut to the Arctic Ocean. Length: about 966 km (600 miles)
- back score — a line at each end of the rink parallel to and equidistant from the foot score and the sweeping score.
- back story — background information provided, often in narrative form, to give help in understanding something, as the behavior of a character in a film
- back water — to reverse the direction of a boat, esp to push the oars of a rowing boat to slow it down or stop it
- back-order — to treat as a back order: We have to back-order your sofa until the new fabric arrives.
- back-track — to return over the same course or route.
- back-trail — to backtrack.
- backbiters — Plural form of backbiter.
- backboards — Plural form of backboard.
- backburned — Simple past tense and past participle of backburn.
- backburner — a condition of low priority or temporary deferment (usually used in the phrase on the back burner): Put other issues on the back burner until after the election.
- backcourts — Plural form of backcourt.
- backfiring — Present participle of backfire.
- background — Your background is the kind of family you come from and the kind of education you have had. It can also refer to such things as your social and racial origins, your financial status, or the type of work experience that you have.
- backhander — A backhander is an amount of money that is illegally paid to someone in a position of authority in order to encourage them to do something.
- backlasher — something or someone who produces a backlash
- backmarker — a competitor who is at the back of a field in a race
- backpacker — A backpacker is a person who goes travelling with a backpack.
- backronyms — Plural form of backronym.
- backseater — A navigator who accompanies the pilot of an aircraft.
- backslider — A recidivist; one who backslides, especially in a religious sense; an apostate.
- backstairs — a secondary staircase in a house, esp one originally for the use of servants
- backstreet — a street in a town remote from the main roads
- backstroke — Backstroke is a swimming stroke that you do lying on your back.
- backswords — Plural form of backsword.
- backtalker — One who backtalks.
- backtracks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backtrack.
- backvelder — a person who lives in a backveld
- backwardly — In a backward direction.
- backwasher — (textiles) A machine used for washing wool after carding to remove the impurities.
- backwaters — Plural form of backwater.
- bacon rind — the outer edge of a slice of bacon, corresponding to the skin of the pig
- bacteremia — the presence of bacteria in the bloodstream
- bacteremic — Of, pertaining to or having bacteremia.
- bacteriol. — bacteriological
- baculiform — shaped like a rod
- bad breath — halitosis.
- bad mester — a term for the devil, used when speaking to children
- bahawalpur — an industrial city in Pakistan: cotton, soap. Pop: 563 000 (2005 est)
- bahuvrihis — Plural form of bahuvrihi.
- bain-marie — a vessel for holding hot water, in which sauces and other dishes are gently cooked or kept warm
- bainbridge — Beryl.1934–2010, British novelist and playwright. Novels include The Dressmaker (1973), Injury Time (1977), Master Georgie (1998), and According to Queeney (2001)
- bake-wares — heat-resistant dishes, as of glass or pottery, in which food may be baked; ovenware.
- baker lake — a lake in the Northwest Territories, in N Canada. 975 sq. mi. (2525 sq. km).
- bakersheet — dripping pan.
- balbriggan — a knitted unbleached cotton fabric