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10-letter words containing e, t, r

  • bluebreast — any of several birds with blue plumage around the throat
  • bluehearts — a hairy, purple-flowered perennial plant (Buchnera americana) of the figwort family, found in the S U.S.
  • bluethroat — a small brownish European songbird, Cyanosylvia svecica, related to the thrushes, the male of which has a blue throat: family Muscicapidae
  • blusterous — to roar and be tumultuous, as wind.
  • bodhi tree — the sacred peepul at Buddh Gaya under which Gautama Siddhartha attained enlightenment and became the Buddha
  • bog myrtle — sweet gale.
  • bog turtle — a small turtle, Clemmys muhlenbergi, inhabiting swamps and slow, muddy-bottomed streams in scattered areas from New York to North Carolina.
  • bogtrotter — a highly offensive term for an Irish person
  • boilersuit — a one-piece work garment consisting of overalls and a shirt top usually worn over ordinary clothes to protect them
  • boisterous — Someone who is boisterous is noisy, lively, and full of energy.
  • bolstering — a long, often cylindrical, cushion or pillow for a bed, sofa, etc.
  • bone earth — bone ash.
  • bonesetter — a person who sets broken or dislocated bones, esp one who has no formal medical qualifications
  • bonkbuster — a novel characterized by graphic descriptions of the heroine's frequent sexual encounters
  • bonnetiere — a tall, narrow wardrobe of the 18th century, found especially in Normandy and Brittany.
  • boosterish — designed to boost business; optimistic
  • boosterism — the practice of actively promoting a city, region, etc, and its local businesses
  • bootlegger — alcoholic liquor unlawfully made, sold, or transported, without registration or payment of taxes.
  • bootlicker — to seek the favor or goodwill of in a servile, degraded way; toady to.
  • bootloader — a bootstrap loader
  • border tax — a tax system for imports and exports, especially one that compensates for internal taxes in Common Market countries by levying fees or paying rebates.
  • borgerhout — a town in N Belgium, near Antwerp. Pop: 40 142 (2002 est)
  • bothersome — Someone or something that is bothersome is annoying or irritating.
  • bottletree — any of a genus (Brachychiton) of trees of the sterculia family, native to Australia, some of which have a swollen, bottle-shaped trunk
  • bouquetier — a small container for holding flowers in a bouquet or nosegay.
  • bournonite — a sulfide of lead, antimony, and copper, PbCuSbS 3 , occurring in gray to black crystals or granular masses.
  • bow street — a street in London, England: location of a metropolitan police court.
  • bowler hat — A bowler hat is a round, hard, black hat with a narrow brim which is worn by men, especially British businessmen. Bowler hats are no longer very common.
  • box cutter — a knife-like tool with a short retractable blade
  • box gutter — a gutter set into the slope of a roof above the cornice.
  • box turtle — any of several North American terrapins (genus Terrapene) with a hinged shell that can be completely closed: usually found on land
  • brace root — prop root.
  • bracketing — a set of brackets
  • bradstreet — Anne (Dudley). ?1612–72, US poet, born in England: regarded as the first significant US poet
  • bradytelic — of or relating to evolution at a rate slower than the standard for a given group of plants or animals.
  • brain stem — the portion of the brain that is continuous with the spinal cord and comprises the medulla oblongata, pons, midbrain, and parts of the hypothalamus, functioning in the control of reflexes and such essential internal mechanisms as respiration and heartbeat.
  • branchiate — having gills.
  • brattiness — the quality of being bratty
  • brazen out — If you have done something wrong and you brazen it out, you behave confidently in order not to appear ashamed, even though you probably do feel ashamed.
  • breadfruit — Breadfruit are large round fruit that grow on trees in the Pacific Islands and in tropical parts of America and that, when baked, look and feel like bread.
  • breadstick — bread baked in a long thin crisp stick
  • breadstuff — any form of bread
  • break into — If someone breaks into a building, they get into it by force.
  • break step — to cease to march in step
  • break with — to end a relationship or association with (someone or an organization or social group)
  • breakfront — (of a bookcase, bureau, etc) having a slightly projecting central section
  • breakpoint — an instruction inserted by a debug program causing a return to the debug program
  • breakwater — A breakwater is a wooden or stone wall that extends from the shore into the sea and is built in order to protect a harbour or beach from the force of the waves.
  • breastbone — Your breastbone is the long, flat bone which goes from your throat to the bottom of your ribs and to which your ribs are attached.
  • breastplow — a cultivator moved forward by a person pressing the chest against a crossbar.
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