11-letter words containing c, b, r, a
- brace table — a table giving the lengths of the hypotenuses of right isosceles triangles of varying sizes: used especially for calculating the lengths of diagonal braces.
- braced arch — an arch of steel, timber, etc., having a trusslike framework maintaining rigidity under a variety of eccentric loads: a true arch because it is fixed or tied at both sides of the base.
- brachialgia — pain in the nerves of the upper arm.
- brachiating — Botany. having widely spreading branches in alternate pairs.
- brachiation — locomotion accomplished by swinging by the arms from one hold to another.
- brachiosaur — any of a genus (Brachiosaurus) of huge Jurassic sauropods having longer forelegs than hind legs and nostrils high on the forehead
- brachyodont — (of mammals, such as humans) having teeth with short crowns
- brachyprism — the four faces parallel to the brachyaxis in a crystal
- brachyurous — shorttailed, as a crab (opposed to macrurous).
- bracket saw — a handsaw for cutting curved forms.
- bracteolate — having bractlets
- bradycardia — an abnormally low rate of heartbeat
- bradycardic — a slow heartbeat rate, usually less than 60 beats per minute.
- bradypeptic — a person with slow digestion
- braggadocio — vain empty boasting
- brahmachari — a student of the Vedas, especially one committed to brahmacharya.
- brahminical — Hinduism. Brahman1 (def 1).
- brain candy — something that is entertaining or enjoyable but lacks depth or significance
- brain child — a product of one's creative work or thought.
- brain coral — a stony coral of the genus Meandrina, in which the polyps lie in troughlike thecae resembling the convoluted surface of a human brain
- brake block — the part of the brake in a train or on a bicycle that is applied to the wheel to slow the vehicle down or stop it
- brake cable — a cable that connects a brake handle, pedal, or lever to a vehicle's braking mechanism
- branch line — A branch line is a railway line that goes to small towns rather than one that goes between large cities.
- branch wilt — a disease of walnut trees, characterized by sudden wilting of the leaves, and cankers and discoloration of the bark and branches, caused by a fungus, Hendersonula toruloidea.
- branchiform — shaped like a gill.
- branchiopod — any crustacean of the mainly freshwater subclass Branchiopoda, having flattened limblike appendages for swimming, feeding, and respiration. The group includes the water fleas
- brass tacks — basic realities; hard facts (esp in the phrase get down to brass tacks)
- bratticings — a series of temporary wooden housings erected on top of a wall, esp a castle wall
- brazenfaced — having, or uttered with, a brazen expression; impudent; shameless
- bread sauce — a milk sauce thickened with breadcrumbs and served with roast poultry, esp chicken
- breadcrumbs — (After the story "Hansel and Gretel" by the Brothers Grimm). 1. (web) Links displayed across the top of a web page listing the most recently visited pages so the reader can quickly jump back to one. Since this function is provided by the web browser, breadcrumbs are a waste of space. A better use of the space is to display links to the page's logical parent pages in the information hierarchy. 2. (programming) Information output by statements inserted into a program for debugging by printf.
- breadsticks — bread baked in long thin crisp sticks
- break cover — (esp of game animals) to come out from a shelter or hiding place
- break dance — an acrobatic dance style originating in the 1980s
- breakdancer — a person who does breakdancing
- brecciation — the fragmentation of rock
- breech baby — a baby whose buttocks or feet are presented first during the birth process.
- breton lace — a net lace with a design embroidered in heavy, often colored, thread.
- bric-a-brac — Bric-a-brac is a number of small ornamental objects of no great value.
- bricklaying — the technique or practice of laying bricks
- brickmaking — the activity of making bricks
- brickshaped — resembling the shape of a brick
- bright coal — coal consisting of alternating layers of clarain and vitrain.
- broad reach — an act or instance of reaching: to make a reach for a gun.
- broad-faced — having a broad, wide face.
- broadcasted — to transmit (programs) from a radio or television station.
- broadcaster — A broadcaster is someone who gives talks or takes part in interviews and discussions on radio or television programmes.
- brochantite — a mineral, hydrous copper sulfate, Cu 4 (OH) 6 SO 4 , occurring in green fibrous masses and similar in physical properties to antlerite: formerly a major ore of copper.
- broken coal — anthracite in pieces ranging from 2 1/2 to 4 inches (6.5 to 11 cm) in extreme dimension; the largest commercial size, larger than egg coal.
- bromic acid — a colourless unstable water-soluble liquid used as an oxidizing agent in the manufacture of dyes and pharmaceuticals. Formula: HBrO3