10-letter words containing n, o, r
- bargestone — any of several stones forming the sloping edge of a gable.
- barleycorn — a grain of barley, or barley itself
- barnardo's — a charity, founded by Thomas John Barnardo, that supports vulnerable children and young people
- baroclinic — of, relating to, or having the property of baroclinity.
- barognosis — the ability to judge weight
- baronesses — Plural form of baroness.
- baronetage — the order of baronets; baronets collectively
- baronetess — the wife of a baronet
- baronetize — to make (someone) a baronet; confer a baronetcy upon.
- barpersons — Plural form of barperson.
- barrenwort — a herbaceous European berberidaceous plant, Epimedium alpinum, having red-and-yellow star-shaped flowers
- barrington — Jonah. born 1940, British squash player; winner of the Open Championship 1966–67, 1969–72
- baseperson — (baseball, softball) A fielder (of either gender) positioned near a base.
- bat around — to discuss (an idea, proposition, etc) informally
- be hard on — to treat severely; be harsh toward
- beachfront — A beachfront house, café, shop, or hotel is situated on or by a beach.
- beforehand — If you do something beforehand, you do it earlier than a particular event.
- beg-pardon — an expression of apology (used especially in the phrase with no beg-pardons).
- bellperson — a bellhop.
- ben-gurion — David, original name David Gruen. 1886–1973, Israeli socialist statesman, born in Poland; first prime minister of Israel (1948–53, 1955–63)
- bench work — work done at a workbench, worktable, etc., as in a factory or laboratory.
- benefactor — A benefactor is a person who helps a person or organization by giving them money.
- benzofuran — a colourless insoluble aromatic liquid obtained from coal tar and used in the manufacture of synthetic resins. Formula: C8H6O
- bergsonism — the philosophy of Henri Bergson, which emphasizes duration as the basic element of experience and asserts the existence of a life-giving force that permeates the entire natural order
- beribboned — adorned with ribbons
- berlusconi — Silvio (ˈsilvjo). born 1936, Italian politician and media tycoon: prime minister of Italy (1994–95, 2001–06, 2008–11); convicted of tax fraud and expelled from the Italian Senate in 2013
- bernadotte — Folke (ˈfɔlke), Count. 1895–1948, Swedish diplomat, noted for his work with the Red Cross during World War II and as United Nations mediator in Palestine (1948). He was assassinated by Jewish terrorists
- bernstorff — Count Johann-Heinrich [yoh-hahn-hahyn-rikh] /ˈyoʊ hɑnˈhaɪn rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1862–1939, German diplomat.
- betancourt — Rómulo [rom-yuh-loh;; Spanish raw-moo-law] /ˈrɒm yəˌloʊ;; Spanish ˈrɔ muˌlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1908–81, Venezuelan journalist and political leader: president of Venezuela 1945–48 and 1959–64.
- bete noire — If you refer to someone or something as your bete noire, you mean that you have a particular dislike for them or that they annoy you a great deal.
- bettendorf — a city in E Iowa.
- bicornuate — Botany, Zoology. having two horns or hornlike parts.
- bingo card — a prepaid postcard inserted in a magazine by its publisher to enable a reader to order free information about advertised products.
- binoculars — Binoculars consist of two small telescopes joined together side by side, which you look through in order to look at things that are a long way away.
- biocentric — centered in life; having life as its principal fact.
- biocontrol — the use of one living thing to control another
- bioorganic — pertaining to the composition and biological activity of carbon-based compounds, especially those of laboratory rather than biogenic origin (contrasted with bioinorganic).
- bioreagent — a reagent of biological origin, such as an enzyme
- birthstone — a precious or semiprecious stone associated with a month or sign of the zodiac and thought to bring luck if worn by a person born in that month or under that sign
- bittorrent — a file transfer protocol which enables users to upload and download large files on the internet in the form of software, games, film, video, music, etc, from other users rather than from a central server
- blackthorn — a thorny Eurasian rosaceous shrub, Prunus spinosa, with black twigs, white flowers, and small sour plumlike fruits
- blind door — a door having louvers permitting circulation of air.
- blind-worm — a limbless European lizard, Anguis fragilis, related to the glass lizards.
- blindstory — a windowless story
- blue heron — any of the American varieties of heron with bluish or bluish-gray plumage, as the great blue heron.
- bnr prolog — A constraint logic language.
- boat train — A boat train is a train that takes you to or from a port.
- boca raton — city in SE Fla., near Fort Lauderdale: pop. 75,000
- boccherini — Luigi (luˈidʒi). 1743–1805, Italian composer and cellist
- bofors gun — an automatic single- or double-barrelled anti-aircraft gun with a 40 millimetre bore