11-letter words containing e, s, n, t
- auditionees — a person who competes or takes part in an audition.
- augmentless — (grammar) lacking augment.
- austenitize — to form austenite in (a ferrous alloy) by heating.
- austereness — The state of being austere; harshness or astringent sourness to the taste; acerbity.
- austronesia — the islands of the central and S Pacific, including Indonesia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia
- autogenesis — spontaneous generation
- autokinesis — a visual illusion occurring in low light, in which a stationary bright spot appears to be moving
- autowinders — Plural form of autowinder.
- aversion-to — a strong feeling of dislike, opposition, repugnance, or antipathy (usually followed by to): a strong aversion to snakes and spiders.
- awestricken — filled with awe.
- banana seat — a narrow, tapered, elongated bicycle seat that curves upward at the rear
- bandmasters — Plural form of bandmaster.
- banistering — Present participle of banister.
- bannerstone — a North American prehistoric stone implement in the form of a double-edged ax with a notch or hole, possibly for attaching a handle.
- banquetings — Plural form of banqueting.
- bárány test — a test which detects diseases of the semicircular canals of the inner ear, devised by Robert Bárány (1876–1936)
- barents sea — a part of the Arctic Ocean, bounded by Norway, Russia, and the islands of Novaya Zemlya, Spitsbergen, and Franz Josef Land
- barnstormed — Simple past tense and past participle of barnstorm.
- barnstormer — to conduct a campaign or speaking tour in rural areas by making brief stops in many small towns.
- barotseland — a region in W Zambia. 44,920 sq. mi. (116,343 sq. km).
- base tenant — a tenant of a base estate.
- basingstoke — a town in S England, in N Hampshire. Pop: 90 171 (2001)
- basket fern — a small, compact fern, Nephrolepis pectinata, of tropical America, often grown in hanging baskets.
- basset horn — an obsolete woodwind instrument of the clarinet family
- bastinadoed — Simple past tense and past participle of bastinado.
- bastinadoes — Plural form of bastinado.
- bastnaesite — a rare yellow to reddish-brown mineral consisting of a carbonate of fluorine and several lanthanide metals. It occurs in association with zinc and is a source of the lanthanides. Formula: LaFCO3
- bath sponge — any of various common sponges, of the family Spongiidae, that have a skeletal network composed of fibers of spongin: collected in the Gulf of Mexico, the Mediterranean, and the Caribbean for their commercial value.
- battlements — The battlements of a castle or fortress consist of a wall built round the top, with gaps through which guns or arrows can be fired.
- be sweet on — to be in love with
- bean sprout — Bean sprouts are small, long, thin shoots grown from beans. They are frequently used in Chinese cookery.
- beanshooter — peashooter
- beastliness — of or like a beast; bestial.
- beauticians — Plural form of beautician.
- behind post — one of the smaller outer posts inside which the ball must be kicked to score a behind
- belatedness — coming or being after the customary, useful, or expected time: belated birthday greetings.
- 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
- benthoscope — a deep-sea diving vessel
- besiegement — the state of being besieged
- best friend — a dearest friend
- betweenness — the condition of being between
- bindlestiff — a migratory worker; hobo
- biogenetics — the branch of biology concerned with altering the genomes of living organisms
- biokinetics — the study of movements of or within organisms.
- bird's nest — the nest of a bird
- bird's-nest — nest (def 1).
- bisectional — relating to division into two equal parts
- blank slate — tabula rasa.
- blemishment — a flaw or blemish