10-letter words containing e, t, r
- beetmaster — a help in need
- beetmister — a help in need
- before-tax — before tax has been deducted; gross
- beforetime — formerly
- bel esprit — a witty or clever person
- bel-esprit — a person of great wit or intellect.
- bell tower — a tower containing a bell or bells; belfry
- belletrist — a writer of belles-lettres
- bellwether — If you describe something as a bellwether, you mean that it is an indication of the way a situation is changing.
- belly girt — girth (def 2).
- belt drive — a transmission system using a flexible belt to transfer power
- beltcourse — a horizontal band or course, as of stone, projecting beyond or flush with the face of a building, often molded and sometimes richly carved.
- benefactor — A benefactor is a person who helps a person or organization by giving them money.
- benefiters — something that is advantageous or good; an advantage: He explained the benefits of public ownership of the postal system.
- benefitter — something that is advantageous or good; an advantage: He explained the benefits of public ownership of the postal system.
- bent grass — any grass of the genus Agrostis, especially the redtop.
- berecyntia — Cybele.
- bernadette — a feminine name
- bernadotte — Folke (ˈfɔlke), Count. 1895–1948, Swedish diplomat, noted for his work with the Red Cross during World War II and as United Nations mediator in Palestine (1948). He was assassinated by Jewish terrorists
- bernstorff — Count Johann-Heinrich [yoh-hahn-hahyn-rikh] /ˈyoʊ hɑnˈhaɪn rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1862–1939, German diplomat.
- berryfruit — any edible berry such as a raspberry, boysenberry, blackcurrant, or strawberry
- bertolucci — Bernardo (berˈnardo). born 1940, Italian film director: his films include The Spider's Stratagem (1970), The Conformist (1970), 1900 (1976), The Last Emperor (1987), The Sheltering Sky (1990), and The Dreamers (2003)
- bes antler — bay antler.
- bestraddle — to sit with one's legs either side of something
- bestraught — distraught; distracted
- bestseller — A bestseller is a book of which a great number of copies has been sold.
- beta brass — an alloy consisting of nearly equal proportions of copper and zinc.
- beta fiber — a nonflammable glass fiber made into fabrics, insulation, etc.
- betancourt — Rómulo [rom-yuh-loh;; Spanish raw-moo-law] /ˈrɒm yəˌloʊ;; Spanish ˈrɔ muˌlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1908–81, Venezuelan journalist and political leader: president of Venezuela 1945–48 and 1959–64.
- bete noire — If you refer to someone or something as your bete noire, you mean that you have a particular dislike for them or that they annoy you a great deal.
- betrothals — the act or state of being betrothed; engagement.
- bettendorf — a city in E Iowa.
- better off — in more favourable circumstances, esp financially
- better-off — being in better circumstances, especially economically: Only the better-off nations can afford to send probes into space.
- betterment — The betterment of something is the act or process of improving its standard or status.
- bettermost — best
- betterness — the quality of being superior
- beweltered — soaked with blood
- bewitchery — a bewitching power; charm
- bez antler — bay antler
- bichromate — dichromate
- bicornuate — Botany, Zoology. having two horns or hornlike parts.
- bifurcated — divided into two branches.
- big bertha — any of three large German guns of World War I used to bombard Paris
- big hitter — A big hitter is a sportsperson such as a golfer or tennis player who hits the ball with a lot of force.
- big sister — an elder sister.
- bighearted — quick to give or forgive; generous or magnanimous
- bijouterie — jewellery esteemed for the delicacy of the work rather than the value of the materials
- biliterate — able to read and write in two languages.
- billposter — a person who is employed to stick advertising posters to walls, fences, etc