11-letter words containing b, u, r, s, e, a
- peru balsam — an aromatic balsam that is obtained from the tropical South American leguminous tree Myroxylon pereirae and is similar to balsam of Tolu
- pleasurable — such as to give pleasure; enjoyable; agreeable; pleasant: a pleasurable experience.
- presbycusia — impaired hearing due to old age.
- purchasable — capable of being bought.
- quatre bras — a village in central Belgium, near Brussels: battle preliminary to the battle of Waterloo fought here 1815.
- raster burn — 1. (Or terminal illness) Eyestrain brought on by too many hours of looking at low-resolution, poorly tuned, or glare-ridden monitors, especially graphics monitors. 2. The "burn-in" condition your CRT tends to get if you don't use a screen saver.
- rattle-bush — blue false indigo.
- res publica — the state, republic, or commonwealth
- reusability — reuse
- rhesus baby — a baby suffering from haemolytic disease at birth as its red blood cells (which are Rh positive) have been attacked in the womb by antibodies from its Rh negative mother
- rumble seat — Also called, British, dickey. a seat recessed into the back of a coupe or roadster, covered by a hinged lid that opens to form the back of the seat when in use.
- saarbrucken — a state in W Germany, in the Saar River valley. 991 sq. mi. (2569 sq. km). Capital: Saarbrücken.
- sauce bercy — Bercy.
- sauerbraten — a pot roast of beef, marinated before cooking in a mixture of vinegar, sugar, and seasonings.
- scaberulous — tending to be scabrous or slightly rough to the touch
- scuba diver — sb who dives underwater
- sea blubber — a large jellyfish, Cyanea capillata.
- shaftesbury — Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of, 1621–83, English statesman.
- shea butter — a solid, greenish, yellowish, or whitish fat derived from the seeds of the shea tree, used for food and in the manufacture of soaps and candles.
- slumberland — an imaginary land described to children as the place they enter during sleep.
- soluble rna — a small RNA molecule, consisting of a strand of nucleotides folded into a clover-leaf shape, that picks up an unattached amino acid within the cell cytoplasm and conveys it to the ribosome for protein synthesis. Abbreviation: tRNA.
- staggerbush — an ericaceous deciduous shrub, Lyonia mariana, of E North America, having white or pinkish flowers: it is poisonous to livestock
- sub-article — a written composition in prose, usually nonfiction, on a specific topic, forming an independent part of a book or other publication, as a newspaper or magazine.
- sub-charter — a document, issued by a sovereign or state, outlining the conditions under which a corporation, colony, city, or other corporate body is organized, and defining its rights and privileges.
- sub-manager — a person who has control or direction of an institution, business, etc., or of a part, division, or phase of it.
- sub-surface — below the surface, especially of a body of water.
- subaerially — in a subaerial manner
- subarboreal — living or thriving under trees
- subcategory — a subordinate category or a division of a category.
- subcellular — contained within a cell.
- subcurative — of a dosage which is not strong enough to have a curing effect
- subdeaconry — the position or office of a subdeacon
- subdermally — in, located, or placed in a subdermal manner
- subinterval — an interval that is a subset of a given interval.
- subirrigate — to irrigate beneath the surface of the ground, as with water passing through a system of underground porous pipes or transmitted through the subsoil from ditches, etc.
- subliteracy — below average literacy
- subliterary — not intended as literature
- subliterate — less than fully literate.
- subordinate — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- subparallel — not quite parallel
- subterminal — situated at or forming the end or extremity of something: a terminal feature of a vista.
- subtractive — tending to subtract; having power to subtract.
- subtreasury — a subordinate or branch treasury.
- subumbrella — the concave undersurface of a coelenterate medusa, as a jellyfish.
- suburbanite — a person who lives in a suburb of a city or large town.
- suburbanize — to give suburban characteristics to: to suburbanize a rural area.
- subvertical — being in a position or direction perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; upright; plumb.
- sucker bait — an enticement calculated to lure a person into a scheme in which he or she may be victimized.
- superabound — to abound beyond something else.
- superbazaar — (in India) a large department store or supermarket, esp one set up as a cooperative store by the government