10-letter words containing i, b, e, r, t
- retainable — to keep possession of.
- retributor — a person who retributes
- rewritable — A rewritable CD or DVD is a CD or DVD that you can record onto more than once. Compare recordable.
- ribbentrop — Joachim von [yoh-ah-khim fuh n] /ˈyoʊ ɑ xɪm fən/ (Show IPA), 1893–1946, German leader in the Nazi party: minister of foreign affairs 1938–45; executed for war crimes.
- rice blast — a disease of rice caused by the fungus Pyricularia oryae, characterized by elliptical leaf spots with reddish-brown margins, brownish lesions and neck rot of the fruiting panicles, and stunting of the plant.
- riebeckite — an amphibolic mineral, silicate of sodium and iron, occurring usually in feldspathoid rocks.
- rifle butt — the end of the stock of a rifle
- robert iii — ?1337–1406, king of Scotland (1390–1406), son of Robert II
- rubinstein — Anton [an-ton;; Russian uhn-tawn] /ˈæn tɒn;; Russian ʌnˈtɔn/ (Show IPA), 1829–94, Russian pianist and composer.
- rubricated — (in ancient manuscripts, early printed books, etc.) having titles, catchwords, etc., distinctively colored.
- sailboater — a person who sails a boat
- sob sister — a journalist who writes human-interest stories with sentimental pathos.
- sombrerite — a lime and alumina phosphoric compound
- soubriquet — sobriquet.
- spitballer — a pitcher who is known or believed to throw spitballs.
- st. brieuc — a department in NW France. 2787 sq. mi. (7220 sq. km). Capital: Saint-Brieuc.
- stabilizer — a person or thing that stabilizes.
- state bird — a bird chosen as an official symbol of a U.S. state.
- strindberg — Johan August [yoo-hahn ou-goo st] /ˈyu hɑn ˈaʊ gʊst/ (Show IPA), 1849–1912, Swedish novelist, dramatist, and essayist.
- stringbean — any of various kinds of bean, as the green bean, the unripe pods of which are used as food, usually after stripping off the fibrous thread along the side.
- strippable — Mining. of or relating to ore or coal that can be produced by strip mining.
- strobilate — to undergo strobilation
- strobiline — of or relating to a strobilus
- sturbridge — a town in central Massachusetts: reconstruction of early American village.
- sub-editor — A sub-editor is a person whose job it is to check and correct articles in newspapers or magazines before they are printed.
- subarticle — an article that forms part of a larger or main article
- subfertile — less than normally fertile
- subnitrate — a basic salt of nitric acid.
- subprimate — a primitive variety of primate
- subreption — Canon Law. a concealment of the pertinent facts in a petition, as for dispensation or favor, that in certain cases nullifies the grant. Compare obreption (def 1).
- subroutine — an instruction sequence in a machine or assembly language program that can be prewritten and referred to as often as needed. Compare procedure (def 4a).
- subterrain — a cave or subterranean room.
- subvariety — a minor or subordinate variety
- superbitch — an exceptionally spiteful woman, a very bitchy person
- sweetbrier — a rose, Rosa eglanteria, of Europe and central Asia, having a tall stem, stout, hooked prickles often mixed with bristles, and single, pink flowers.
- tabularize — to tabulate.
- tailorable — capable of being made into clothing: tailorable fabrics.
- tambourine — a small drum consisting of a circular frame with a skin stretched over it and several pairs of metal jingles attached to the frame, played by striking with the knuckles, shaking, and the like.
- telebridge — a television broadcast using satellite technology to enable discussion between studio audiences in different countries
- tenebrific — producing darkness.
- tenebrious — dark; gloomy; obscure.
- terminable — capable of being terminated.
- tetrabasic — (of an acid) having four atoms of hydrogen replaceable by basic atoms or groups.
- the rabbis — the early Jewish scholars whose teachings are recorded in the Talmud
- thimblerig — a sleight-of-hand swindling game in which the operator palms a pellet or pea while appearing to cover it with one of three thimblelike cups, and then, moving the cups about, offers to bet that no one can tell under which cup the pellet or pea lies.
- third base — the third in counterclockwise order of the bases from home plate.
- thunbergia — any of various plants, vines, or shrubs belonging to the genus Thunbergia, of the acanthus family, native to Africa and southern Asia, having variously colored flowers and often cultivated as ornamentals in warm regions.
- tick-borne — carried or transmitted by ticks: tick-borne disease.
- tidal bore — an abrupt rise of tidal water moving rapidly inland from the mouth of an estuary.
- tiebreaker — a system for breaking a tie score at the end of regulation play by establishing a winner through special additional play, usually of a fairly short duration, as in tennis and soccer.