10-letter words containing i, b, e, r, t
- brecciated — Petrology. to form as breccia.
- brickearth — a clayey alluvium suitable for the making of bricks: specifically, such a deposit in southern England, yielding a fertile soil
- bridgeport — a port in SW Connecticut, on Long Island Sound. Pop: 139 664 (2003 est)
- bridgetalk — (language) A visual language.
- bridgetown — the capital of Barbados, a port on the SW coast. Pop: 144 000 (2005 est)
- bridgetree — a beam supporting the shaft on which an upper millstone rotates.
- bridgwater — a town in SW England, in central Somerset. Pop: 36 563 (2001)
- brigantine — a two-masted sailing ship, rigged square on the foremast and fore-and-aft with square topsails on the mainmast
- brightener — a person or thing that brightens.
- brightline — (of rules, standards, etc.) unambiguously clear: This muddies the waters of what should be a brightline rule.
- brightness — the condition of being bright
- brightsome — bright or luminous
- brilliante — with spirit; lively
- brunetiere — Ferdinand [fer-dee-nahn] /fɛr diˈnɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1849–1906, French literary critic.
- buitenzorg — former Dutch name of Bogor.
- burnettize — to preserve (timber) with a solution of zinc chloride
- burnt lime — calcium oxide; quicklime
- burnt-lime — Also called burnt lime, calcium oxide, caustic lime, calx, quicklime. a white or grayish-white, odorless, lumpy, very slightly water-soluble solid, CaO, that when combined with water forms calcium hydroxide (slaked lime) obtained from calcium carbonate, limestone, or oyster shells: used chiefly in mortars, plasters, and cements, in bleaching powder, and in the manufacture of steel, paper, glass, and various chemicals of calcium.
- butlership — the skills of a butler
- butterfish — an eel-like blennioid food fish, Pholis gunnellus, occurring in North Atlantic coastal regions: family Pholidae (gunnels). It has a slippery scaleless golden brown skin with a row of black spots along the base of the long dorsal fin
- buttermilk — Buttermilk is the liquid that remains when fat has been removed from cream when butter is being made. You can drink buttermilk or use it in cooking.
- cabineteer — (sometimes initial capital letter) a member of a governmental cabinet.
- cabriolets — Plural form of cabriolet.
- calibrated — marked with units
- calibrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of calibrate.
- center bit — a bit with a sharp, projecting center point and cutting wings on either side
- centre bit — a drilling bit with a central projecting point and two side cutters
- cerebritis — an infection or inflammation of the brain
- chambertin — a dry red burgundy wine produced in Gevrey-Chambertin in E France
- charitable — A charitable organization or activity helps and supports people who are ill, very poor, or who have a disability.
- city break — a short holiday spent in a city
- clofibrate — a medication used in the treatment of heart disease
- coatbridge — an industrial town in central Scotland, in North Lanarkshire. Pop: 41 170 (2001)
- coimbatore — an industrial city in SW India, in W Tamil Nadu. Pop: 923 085 (2001)
- contribute — If you contribute to something, you say or do things to help to make it successful.
- corbiestep — one of a series of steps at the upper end wall of some gables
- counterbid — A counterbid is a bid that is made in response to a bid from another person or group, offering the seller more advantages.
- creditable — A creditable performance or achievement is of a reasonably high standard.
- creditably — bringing or deserving credit, honor, reputation, or esteem.
- crib death — Crib death is the sudden death of a baby while it is asleep, although the baby had not previously been ill.
- crib sheet — a sheet containing notes, etc, on a particular subject, used as a study aid
- cybernetic — the study of human control functions and of mechanical and electronic systems designed to replace them, involving the application of statistical mechanics to communication engineering.
- cytarabine — a toxic synthetic nucleoside, C 9 H 13 N 3 O 5 , used as an immunosuppressive and cytotoxic agent in the treatment of certain leukemias.
- dagobert i — a.d. 602?–639, Merovingian king of the Franks 628–639.
- debit card — A debit card is a bank card that you can use to pay for things. When you use it the money is taken out of your bank account immediately.
- decembrist — a participant in the unsuccessful revolt against Tsar Nicolas I in Dec 1825
- deliberate — If you do something that is deliberate, you planned or decided to do it beforehand, and so it happens on purpose rather than by chance.
- describent — (geometry) A generatrix.
- directable — to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time.
- disbarment — to expel from the legal profession or from the bar of a particular court.