11-letter words containing n, a, b, e
- brandenburg — a state in NE Germany, part of East Germany until 1990. A former electorate, it expanded under the Hohenzollerns to become the kingdom of Prussia (1701). The district east of the Oder River became Polish in 1945. Capital: Potsdam. Pop: 2 575 000 (2003 est). Area: 29 481 sq km (11 219 sq miles)
- branfulness — (of flour) the state of being unsifted and hence full of bran
- brankursine — a bear's-breech, a type of acanthus plant
- brazenfaced — having, or uttered with, a brazen expression; impudent; shameless
- bread knife — a knife designed or suitable for slicing bread, as one having a wavy or saw-toothed blade.
- breadwinner — The breadwinner in a family is the person in it who earns the money that the family needs for essential things.
- break dance — an acrobatic dance style originating in the 1980s
- break in on — to intrude on
- break point — a point which allows the receiving player to break the service of the server
- break ranks — to fall out of line, esp when under attack
- breakdancer — a person who does breakdancing
- breaking-up — separation, or the action of separating, into smaller parts
- breast line — a mooring line securing a ship to that part of a pier alongside it.
- breatharian — a person who believes that it is possible to subsist healthily on air alone
- breathiness — (of the voice) characterized by audible or excessive emission of breath.
- brecciation — the fragmentation of rock
- bremerhaven — a port in NW Germany: an outport for Bremen. Pop: 118 276 (2003 est)
- breton lace — a net lace with a design embroidered in heavy, often colored, thread.
- bridge loan — A bridge loan is money that a bank lends you for a short time, for example, so that you can buy a new house before you have sold the one you already own.
- bridle hand — (of a horseback rider) the hand, usually the left hand, that holds both reins or both pairs of reins, leaving the other hand free to manage a whip, crop, lariat, or the like.
- brisingamen — the magic necklace worn by Freya.
- broaden out — If something such as a discussion broadens out or if someone broadens it out, the number of things or people that it includes or affects becomes greater.
- brochantite — a mineral, hydrous copper sulfate, Cu 4 (OH) 6 SO 4 , occurring in green fibrous masses and similar in physical properties to antlerite: formerly a major ore of copper.
- broiler pan — a pan for broiling food
- broken coal — anthracite in pieces ranging from 2 1/2 to 4 inches (6.5 to 11 cm) in extreme dimension; the largest commercial size, larger than egg coal.
- broken play — an improvised offensive play that results when the originally planned play has failed to be executed properly.
- bronze star — a U.S. military decoration awarded for heroism or achievement in military operations other than those involving aerial flights.
- brow antler — the first prong from the base of a stag's antler.
- browbeating — to intimidate by overbearing looks or words; bully: They browbeat him into agreeing.
- brown algae — any algae of the phylum Phaeophyta, such as the wracks and kelps, which contain a brown pigment in addition to chlorophyll
- brown bread — bread made with wholemeal flour, or with ingredients that give it a brown colour
- brown earth — an intrazonal soil of temperate humid regions typically developed under deciduous forest into a dark rich layer (mull): characteristic of much of southern and central England
- brown heart — a brown discoloration of the flesh of stored apples, resulting from high concentrations of carbon dioxide.
- brown hyena — a hyena, Hyaena brunnea, of southern Africa, having a blackish-gray coat: its dwindling population is now protected.
- brown paper — a coarse unbleached paper used for wrapping
- brown sauce — a sauce made from cooked fat and flour
- brown snake — any of various common venomous snakes of the genus Pseudonaja
- brown water — shallow water, as opposed to deep (blue) water.
- brown-state — (of linen and lace fabrics) undyed
- budget plan — the planning of one's spending
- buena vista — a village in NE Mexico, near Saltillo: site of the defeat of the Mexicans by US forces (1847)
- buenos dias — good day; good morning
- bulkheading — the construction of bulkheads; bulkheads in general.
- bundelkhand — a region of central India: formerly native states, now mainly part of Madhya Pradesh
- bundle scar — any small mark left on the leaf scar from the vascular tissue, where the leaf was once attached to the stem.
- bungstarter — a mallet for loosening or removing the bung of a cask.
- bunyanesque — of immense size or stature, as ascribed to Paul Bunyan or to the other characters, exploits, etc., in the legends about him.
- buoyantness — the property of being buoyant
- bupivacaine — a local anaesthetic of long duration, used for nerve blocks
- burnt shale — carbonaceous shale formed by destructive distillation of oil shale or by spontaneous combustion of shale after it has been some years in a tip: sometimes used in road making