11-letter words containing n, i, a, r
- branch line — A branch line is a railway line that goes to small towns rather than one that goes between large cities.
- branch wilt — a disease of walnut trees, characterized by sudden wilting of the leaves, and cankers and discoloration of the bark and branches, caused by a fungus, Hendersonula toruloidea.
- branchiform — shaped like a gill.
- branchiopod — any crustacean of the mainly freshwater subclass Branchiopoda, having flattened limblike appendages for swimming, feeding, and respiration. The group includes the water fleas
- brand image — The brand image of a particular brand of product is the image or impression that people have of it, usually created by advertising.
- brandy mint — peppermint.
- brankursine — a bear's-breech, a type of acanthus plant
- bratticings — a series of temporary wooden housings erected on top of a wall, esp a castle wall
- brattishing — decorative work along the coping or on the cornice of a building
- 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 in on — to intrude on
- break point — a point which allows the receiving player to break the service of the server
- 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
- bricklaying — the technique or practice of laying bricks
- brickmaking — the activity of making bricks
- bridal gown — a wedding dress
- 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.
- brilliantly — shining brightly; sparkling; glittering; lustrous: the brilliant lights of the city.
- bring about — To bring something about means to cause it to happen.
- bring along — If you bring someone or something along, you bring them with you when you come to a place.
- brisingamen — the magic necklace worn by Freya.
- brobdingnag — in Swift's Gulliver's Travels, a land inhabited by giants about 60 feet tall
- 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
- browbeating — to intimidate by overbearing looks or words; bully: They browbeat him into agreeing.
- buccinatory — relating to a trumpeter or trumpet playing
- bushranging — the life of a bushranger
- buzz-aldrin — Edwin Eugene, Jr ("Buzz") born 1930, U.S. astronaut.
- cabin court — Older Use. a roadside motel having cabins.
- cabin fever — If you describe someone as having cabin fever, you mean that they feel restless and irritable because they have been indoors in one place for too long.
- cabin trunk — a large trunk specially designed to be used on journeys, and often having large handles at either end to make it easy to move
- cabinetwork — the making of furniture, esp of fine quality
- cachinatory — Alternative form of cachinnatory.
- cachinnator — One who laughs loudly and immoderately.
- caipirinhas — Plural form of caipirinha.
- cakravartin — (in Indian philosophy, politics, etc.) an ideal, universal, enlightened ruler, under whom the world exists in justice and peace.
- calc-sinter — travertine
- calcinatory — A vessel used in calcination.
- calcineurin — (enzyme) A protein phosphatase that stimulates the growth and differentiation of T cells.
- calendaring — a table or register with the days of each month and week in a year: He marked the date on his calendar.
- calendarise — apportion (eg budget) to equal units of time (usually months) within a year
- calendarist — a person who calendarizes
- calendarize — to apportion (e.g. a budget) into equal units of time (usually months) within a year
- calendering — a machine in which cloth, paper, or the like, is smoothed, glazed, etc., by pressing between rotating cylinders.