11-letter words containing n, a, b, e
- bangladeshi — Bangladeshi means belonging to or relating to Bangladesh, or to its people or culture.
- banistering — Present participle of banister.
- banjermasin — a seaport on the S coast of Borneo, in Indonesia.
- bank robber — someone who steals from a bank, often using violence
- 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.
- banteringly — in a bantering fashion
- banyan-tree — Also called banyan tree. an East Indian fig tree, Ficus benghalensis, of the mulberry family, having branches that send out adventitious roots to the ground and sometimes cause the tree to spread over a wide area.
- bárány test — a test which detects diseases of the semicircular canals of the inner ear, devised by Robert Bárány (1876–1936)
- barebacking — sexual intercourse performed without the use of a condom
- bareknuckle — (of a prizefight, prizefighter, etc.) without boxing gloves; using the bare fists.
- barents sea — a part of the Arctic Ocean, bounded by Norway, Russia, and the islands of Novaya Zemlya, Spitsbergen, and Franz Josef Land
- bargainable — an advantageous purchase, especially one acquired at less than the usual cost: The sale offered bargains galore.
- barley wine — an exceptionally strong beer
- barn-burner — Informal. something that is highly exciting, impressive, etc.: The All Stars game was a real barnburner.
- 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.
- baron-cohen — Sacha. born 1970, British television and film comedian, best known for his creation of the characters Ali G and Borat
- baronetical — pertaining to baronets
- baroqueness — The state or condition of being baroque.
- barotseland — a region in W Zambia. 44,920 sq. mi. (116,343 sq. km).
- barquentine — a sailing ship of three or more masts rigged square on the foremast and fore-and-aft on the others
- barrel knot — a knot for fastening together two strands of gut or nylon, as fishing lines or leaders.
- barycentric — Of or relating to the center of gravity.
- base runner — any member of the team at bat who has reached first, second, or third base safely or is trying to reach a base or home plate
- base tenant — a tenant of a base estate.
- basepersons — Plural form of baseperson.
- baserunning — the act of running around bases
- bashfulness — The quality or property of being bashful; shyness; reserve; timidity.
- basin range — a mountain range of the type found in the Great Basin region of the western U.S., typically long and narrow and characterized by faulted, tilted blocks of strata.
- 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
- bateau neck — boat neck.
- 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.
- baton rouge — the capital of Louisiana, in the SE part on the Mississippi River. Pop: 225 090 (2003 est)
- batter down — If you batter a door down, you hit it so hard that it falls to pieces.
- battery hen — a hen kept in a battery
- batting eye — the batter's visual appraisal of balls pitched toward home plate.
- battle line — the line along which troops are positioned for battle
- battle plan — the strategy to be used in a military engagement.
- battle zone — an area where a battle or battles are being fought
- battlefront — the front line of a battle, where the action takes place
- 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.
- battleplane — an airplane designed for combat; warplane.
- battlewagon — a battleship
- baum marten — a dark brown European marten (esp. Martes martes) or its fur