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11-letter words containing d, e, t, r, a

  • bactericide — a substance able to destroy bacteria
  • 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.
  • balustraded — Having balustrades.
  • balustrades — Plural form of balustrade.
  • band theory — a theory of the electrical properties of metals, semiconductors, and insulators based on energy bands
  • bandeirante — a 16th–18th-century Portugese explorer in South America motivated by profit, known for hunting down natives for slaves as well as for locating mines of precious stones and metals
  • bandmasters — Plural form of bandmaster.
  • barbed tape — wire with razor-sharp edges or projections, placed in coils as a barrier along the tops of fences or walls, as at a prison.
  • barnstormed — Simple past tense and past participle of barnstorm.
  • barotseland — a region in W Zambia. 44,920 sq. mi. (116,343 sq. km).
  • basehearted — having a low, mean, or contemptible nature or character; meanspirited.
  • 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.
  • batter down — If you batter a door down, you hit it so hard that it falls to pieces.
  • battledores — Plural form of battledore.
  • battledress — the ordinary uniform of a soldier, consisting of tunic and trousers
  • be hard hit — To be hard hit by something means to be affected very severely by it.
  • 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.
  • bearded tit — a small European bird, Panurus biarmicus, found in reedy places, the male of which has a tuft of black feathers on each side of the face.
  • beardtongue — a plant of the genus Penstemon
  • bedroom tax — a reduction in housing benefit for occupants of council housing who have more rooms than they are deemed to require
  • belt sander — a sander that uses an endless abrasive belt driven by an electric motor.
  • bendy straw — a drinking straw which is bent towards the top end
  • bertrandite — a mineral, hydrous beryllium silicate, Be 4 Si 2 O 7 (OH) 2 , colorless or pale yellow, with a vitreous luster, occurring as tabular or prismatic crystals in pegmatites and hydrothermal veins.
  • bestridable — capable of being bestridden
  • big-hearted — If you describe someone as big-hearted, you think they are kind and generous, and always willing to help people.
  • bladderwort — any aquatic plant of the genus Utricularia, some of whose leaves are modified as small bladders to trap minute aquatic animals: family Lentibulariaceae
  • block trade — the purchase and sale of blocks of securities through brokers, sometimes not members of an exchange, who negotiate between buyers and sellers.
  • bloodstream — Your bloodstream is the blood that flows around your body.
  • boatbuilder — A boatbuilder is a person or company that makes boats.
  • boldhearted — courageous or daring; intrepid.
  • bombardment — A bombardment is a strong and continuous attack of gunfire or bombing.
  • bond market — the market in which bonds are traded
  • bondservant — a serf or slave
  • bradypeptic — a person with slow digestion
  • brain death — Brain death occurs when someone's brain stops functioning, even though their heart may be kept beating using a machine.
  • bread plate — A bread plate is a small plate for bread that you eat along with your main meal.
  • breadbasket — a basket for carrying bread or rolls
  • breadsticks — bread baked in long thin crisp sticks
  • breadthless — the measure of the second largest dimension of a plane or solid figure; width.
  • breadthways — from side to side
  • breadthwise — in the direction of the breadth
  • breakfasted — the first meal of the day; morning meal: A hearty breakfast was served at 7 a.m.
  • breast-feed — When a woman breast-feeds her baby, she feeds it with milk from her breasts, rather than from a bottle.
  • bridewealth — (in some nonindustrial societies) the money or goods given to the family of a bride by the bridegroom or his family.
  • bridgewater — a town in E Massachusetts.
  • bridle path — A bridle path is a path intended for people riding horses.
  • bright idea — suggestion: clever
  • broadcasted — to transmit (programs) from a radio or television station.
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