11-letter words containing c, a, r, t
- backcountry — an area far from cities and towns that is thinly populated and largely undeveloped; hinterland
- backdraught — a reverse movement of air, gas, or liquid
- backscatter — the scattering of particles or radiation, such as sound waves, X-rays, or alpha-particles, by the atoms of the medium through which they pass, in the backward direction
- backscratch — a favour done for someone in return for another
- backseaters — Plural form of backseater.
- backstabber — someone who attacks another deceitfully, behind his or her back
- backstopper — a wall, wire screen, or the like, serving to prevent a ball from going too far beyond the normal playing area.
- backstreets — Plural form of backstreet.
- backstretch — the part of a racetrack farthest from the grandstand and opposite and parallel to the homestretch
- backstroker — a person who swims the backstroke, especially a member of a competitive swimming team who specializes in the backstroke.
- backstrokes — Plural form of backstroke.
- backtracked — Simple past tense and past participle of backtrack.
- backtracker — One who, or that which, backtracks.
- bacteraemia — the presence of bacteria in the blood
- bacteraemic — containing, caused by, or pertaining to bacteraemia
- bacterially — In reference to bacteria.
- bactericide — a substance able to destroy bacteria
- bacteriemia — Bacteremia.
- bacteriocin — any protein-based toxin given off by bacteria to prevent the growth of related bacteria nearby
- bacteriosis — any bacterial disease
- bacteriuria — the presence of bacteria in the urine
- bacteroides — any of several rod-shaped, anaerobic bacteria of the genus Bacteroides, occurring in the alimentary and genitourinary tracts of humans and other mammals, certain species of which are pathogenic.
- ballicatter — (in Newfoundland) ice that forms along a shore from waves and spray
- baroceptors — Plural form of baroceptor.
- baroclinity — a common state of fluid stratification in which surfaces of constant pressure and others of constant density are not parallel but intersect.
- baronetical — pertaining to baronets
- barracootas — Plural form of barracoota.
- barracoutas — Plural form of barracouta.
- barycentric — Of or relating to the center of gravity.
- bastard cut — (of a file) having medium teeth; intermediate between a coarse cut and a fine cut
- bathymetric — Of, pertaining to, or derived from bathymetry.
- batrachians — Plural form of batrachian.
- beach aster — a seaside plant, Erigeron glaucus, of the temperate western coast of North America, having solitary, violet- or lilac-colored flowers.
- beach drift — the drifting of sediments, especially marine sediments, in patterns parallel to the contours of a beach, due to the action of waves and currents.
- beach party — a party held on a beach
- beachmaster — a bull fur seal having its own territory in the breeding grounds.
- beancounter — Alternative spelling of bean counter.
- benefactory — relating to a benefactor; beneficial
- benefactrix — benefactress.
- beta crucis — a star of the first magnitude in the constellation Southern Cross.
- bicarbonate — a salt of carbonic acid containing the ion HCO3–; an acid carbonate
- bicentenary — A bicentenary is a year in which you celebrate something important that happened exactly two hundred years earlier.
- bicorporate — having two bodies
- bifurcation — the act or fact of bifurcating
- biometrical — pertaining to biometry
- biquadratic — of or relating to the fourth power
- birth canal — the passageway down which the fetus passes during birth
- black frost — a frost without snow or rime that is severe enough to blacken vegetation
- black shirt — a member of any fascist organization (specif., the former Italian Fascist party) with a black-shirted uniform
- black water — household waste water that cannot be reused without purification