10-letter words containing b, w, r
- bodyworker — a person involved in the building or repair of bodywork
- bohmerwald — German name of Bohemian Forest.
- boldrewood — Rolf, real name Thomas Alexander Browne. 1826–1915, Australian writer, born in the UK, noted for his novels of the Australian outback, esp Robbery Under Arms (1882–3)
- bookviewer — A hypertext documentation system from Oracle based on Oracle Toolkit. It allows the user to create private links and bookmarks, and to make multimedia annotations.
- borrow pit — an excavation dug to provide fill to make up ground elsewhere
- borrow-pit — a pit from which construction material, as sand or gravel, is taken for use as fill at another location.
- borrowable — to take or obtain with the promise to return the same or an equivalent: Our neighbor borrowed my lawn mower.
- borrowings — a company's liabilities or indebtedness
- boullework — elaborate inlaid work of woods, metals, tortoiseshell, ivory, etc.
- bow rudder — (in canoeing) a technique in which a paddler in the bow holds the paddle at an angle from the side of the bow, using it as a rudder to steer.
- bow street — a street in London, England: location of a metropolitan police court.
- bowdlerise — to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
- bowdlerism — to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
- bowdlerize — To bowdlerize a book or film means to take parts of it out before publishing it or showing it.
- bowerwoman — a chamber-woman
- bowldering — pavement made with small boulders.
- bowler hat — A bowler hat is a round, hard, black hat with a narrow brim which is worn by men, especially British businessmen. Bowler hats are no longer very common.
- bowser bag — doggy bag.
- box wrench — a wrench with a completely enclosed head, used to hold and turn nuts and bolts
- boy wonder — a young man who is extremely good at a particular activity or who has a particular talent or skill
- brailowsky — Alexander [al-ig-zan-der,, -zahn-;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahn-dr] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑn dr/ (Show IPA), 1896–1976, Russian pianist.
- brain wave — any of the fluctuations of electrical potential in the brain as represented on an electroencephalogram. They vary in frequency from 1 to 30 hertz
- brainpower — Brainpower is intelligence or the ability to think.
- brandywine — creek in SE Pa. & N Del.: site of a battle (1777) of the Revolutionary War, in which Washington's army failed to check the British advance on Philadelphia
- brazilwood — a hard, reddish wood obtained from several tropical American trees (genera Caesalpinia and Haematoxylon) of the caesalpinia family: it yields a red or blue dye and is also used in making cabinets and violin bows
- break away — If you break away from someone who is trying to hold you or catch you, you free yourself and run away.
- break down — If a machine or a vehicle breaks down, it stops working.
- break wind — to emit wind from the anus
- break with — to end a relationship or association with (someone or an organization or social group)
- breakwater — A breakwater is a wooden or stone wall that extends from the shore into the sea and is built in order to protect a harbour or beach from the force of the waves.
- breastplow — a cultivator moved forward by a person pressing the chest against a crossbar.
- breastwork — a temporary defensive work, usually breast-high
- brewmaster — a person who is in charge of brewing beer in a brewery
- brick wall — a wall made out of brick
- brickworks — a factory or plant where bricks are made
- bridgetown — the capital of Barbados, a port on the SW coast. Pop: 144 000 (2005 est)
- bridgewall — (in a furnace or boiler) a transverse baffle that serves to deflect products of combustion.
- bridgework — a partial denture attached to the surrounding teeth
- bridgwater — a town in SW England, in central Somerset. Pop: 36 563 (2001)
- bridlewise — (of a horse) obedient to the pressure of the reins on the neck rather than to the bit
- brightwork — shiny metal trimmings or fittings on ships, cars, etc
- bring down — When people or events bring down a government or ruler, they cause the government or ruler to lose power.
- broadsword — a broad-bladed sword used for cutting rather than stabbing
- browbeaten — intimidated
- browbeater — to intimidate by overbearing looks or words; bully: They browbeat him into agreeing.
- brown alga — an alga of the class Phaeophyceae, usually brown owing to the presence of brown pigments in addition to the chlorophyll.
- brown bear — a large ferocious brownish bear, Ursus arctos, inhabiting temperate forests of North America, Europe, and Asia
- brown belt — a level of expertise just below that of black belt
- brown bent — a common grass, Agrostis canina, of North America, used for lawns and putting greens because its blades can be clipped very short without injury to the plant.
- brown coal — a low-quality coal intermediate in grade between peat and lignite