11-letter words containing b, s, e, t
- basketmaker — A person who makes baskets.
- basketweave — a weave of two or more yarns together, resembling that of a basket, esp in wool or linen fabric
- basse-terre — a mountainous island in the Caribbean, in the Leeward Islands, comprising part of Guadeloupe. Area: 848 sq km (327 sq miles)
- basset horn — an obsolete woodwind instrument of the clarinet family
- bastardised — Simple past tense and past participle of bastardise.
- bastardized — If you refer to something as a bastardized form of something else, you mean that the first thing is similar to or copied from the second thing, but is of much poorer quality.
- bastardizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bastardize.
- bastinadoed — Simple past tense and past participle of bastinado.
- bastinadoes — Plural form of bastinado.
- bastnaesite — a rare yellow to reddish-brown mineral consisting of a carbonate of fluorine and several lanthanide metals. It occurs in association with zinc and is a source of the lanthanides. Formula: LaFCO3
- bath pearls — dissolvable granules added to bath water to impart scent or other qualities
- bath sponge — any of various common sponges, of the family Spongiidae, that have a skeletal network composed of fibers of spongin: collected in the Gulf of Mexico, the Mediterranean, and the Caribbean for their commercial value.
- bath tissue — toilet paper.
- bathometers — Plural form of bathometer.
- bathyscaphe — a navigable, submersible vessel for exploring the depths of the ocean, having a separate, overhead chamber filled with gasoline for buoyancy and iron or steel weights for ballast.
- bathysphere — a strong steel deep-sea diving sphere, lowered by cable
- battery set — a set of batteries required for a particular purpose
- battle star — a small star worn on a campaign ribbon, awarded to a member of the armed forces for participation in a particular battle or campaign
- battledores — Plural form of battledore.
- battledress — the ordinary uniform of a soldier, consisting of tunic and trousers
- battlements — The battlements of a castle or fortress consist of a wall built round the top, with gaps through which guns or arrows can be fired.
- battleships — Plural form of battleship.
- battlespace — the area of air, sea, and land that is directly involved in war, often taken to include any technological, environmental, infrastructural, or temporal factors which may be relevant to the success of a mission
- be my guest — If you say be my guest to someone, you are giving them permission to do something.
- be sweet on — to be in love with
- beach aster — a seaside plant, Erigeron glaucus, of the temperate western coast of North America, having solitary, violet- or lilac-colored flowers.
- beachmaster — a bull fur seal having its own territory in the breeding grounds.
- bean sprout — Bean sprouts are small, long, thin shoots grown from beans. They are frequently used in Chinese cookery.
- beanshooter — peashooter
- bear's-foot — either of two Eurasian hellebore plants, Helleborus foetidus or H. viridis, having leaves shaped like the foot and claws of a bear
- beastiality — Misspelling of bestiality.
- beastliness — of or like a beast; bestial.
- beauteously — In a beauteous manner.
- beauticians — Plural form of beautician.
- beautifiers — Plural form of beautifier.
- beauty bush — a hardy shrub (Kolkwitzia amabilis) of the honeysuckle family, having tubular pink flowers with white bristly hairs on the ovary
- beauty shop — A beauty shop is the same as a beauty parlour.
- beauty spot — A beauty spot is a place in the country that is popular because of its beautiful scenery.
- beauty-bush — a Chinese shrub, Kolkwitzia amabilis, of the honeysuckle family, having showy, pinkish flowers and grown as an ornamental.
- behaviorist — the theory or doctrine that human or animal psychology can be accurately studied only through the examination and analysis of objectively observable and quantifiable behavioral events, in contrast with subjective mental states.
- behind post — one of the smaller outer posts inside which the ball must be kicked to score a behind
- belatedness — coming or being after the customary, useful, or expected time: belated birthday greetings.
- bellicosity — inclined or eager to fight; aggressively hostile; belligerent; pugnacious.
- belowstairs — (formerly) at or in the basement of a large house, considered as the place where the servants live and work
- belt course — an ornamental projecting band or continuous moulding along a wall
- belt sander — a sander that uses an endless abrasive belt driven by an electric motor.
- belt-course — a horizontal band or course, as of stone, projecting beyond or flush with the face of a building, often molded and sometimes richly carved.
- bendy straw — a drinking straw which is bent towards the top end
- benthoscope — a deep-sea diving vessel
- besiegement — the state of being besieged