10-letter words containing n, r, e
- bone earth — bone ash.
- bonesetter — a person who sets broken or dislocated bones, esp one who has no formal medical qualifications
- boneshaker — an early type of bicycle having solid tyres and no springs
- bonhoeffer — Dietrich (ˈdiːtrɪç). 1906–45, German Lutheran theologian: executed by the Nazis
- bonkbuster — a novel characterized by graphic descriptions of the heroine's frequent sexual encounters
- bonnetiere — a tall, narrow wardrobe of the 18th century, found especially in Normandy and Brittany.
- bony bream — an Australian freshwater clupeid fish, Fluvialosa richardsonii
- bookbinder — A bookbinder is a person whose job is fastening books together and putting covers on them.
- boondocker — combat boot.
- borderland — The borderland between two things is an area which contains features from both of these things so that it is not possible to say that it belongs to one or the other.
- borderline — The borderline between two different or opposite things is the division between them.
- boringness — the quality of being boring
- bouldering — rock climbing on large boulders or small outcrops either as practice or as a sport in its own right
- boundaries — something that indicates bounds or limits; a limiting or bounding line.
- bounderish — having the qualities of a bounder
- bournonite — a sulfide of lead, antimony, and copper, PbCuSbS 3 , occurring in gray to black crystals or granular masses.
- bowerwoman — a chamber-woman
- bowldering — pavement made with small boulders.
- box number — A box number is a number used as an address, for example one given by a newspaper for replies to a private advertisement, or one used by an organization for the letters sent to it.
- box wrench — a wrench with a completely enclosed head, used to hold and turn nuts and bolts
- boy wonder — a young man who is extremely good at a particular activity or who has a particular talent or skill
- bra burner — a contemptuous term used to refer to an ardent or militant feminist or to someone perceived as such.
- bra-burner — a contemptuous term used to refer to an ardent or militant feminist or to someone perceived as such.
- bracketing — a set of brackets
- brain cell — a nerve cell that is situated in the brain
- brain stem — the portion of the brain that is continuous with the spinal cord and comprises the medulla oblongata, pons, midbrain, and parts of the hypothalamus, functioning in the control of reflexes and such essential internal mechanisms as respiration and heartbeat.
- brain wave — any of the fluctuations of electrical potential in the brain as represented on an electroencephalogram. They vary in frequency from 1 to 30 hertz
- brain-dead — If someone is declared brain-dead, they have suffered brain death.
- brainpower — Brainpower is intelligence or the ability to think.
- brake band — a strip of fabric, leather, or metal tightened around a pulley or shaft to act as a brake
- branchiate — having gills.
- brand name — The brand name of a product is the name the manufacturer gives it and under which it is sold.
- brand-name — having or being a brand name: nationally known brand-name food products.
- brandering — furring (def 4b).
- brandished — to shake or wave, as a weapon; flourish: Brandishing his sword, he rode into battle.
- brandywine — creek in SE Pa. & N Del.: site of a battle (1777) of the Revolutionary War, in which Washington's army failed to check the British advance on Philadelphia
- brass neck — effrontery; nerve
- brassiness — made of or covered with brass.
- brattiness — the quality of being bratty
- brazen out — If you have done something wrong and you brazen it out, you behave confidently in order not to appear ashamed, even though you probably do feel ashamed.
- brazenness — shameless or impudent: brazen presumption.
- bread line — a line of people waiting to be given food as government relief or private charity
- breadknife — a knife, usually with a serrated blade, used for cutting slices from a loaf of bread
- break down — If a machine or a vehicle breaks down, it stops working.
- break even — to attain a level of activity, as in commerce, or a point of operation, as in gambling, at which there is neither profit nor loss
- break into — If someone breaks into a building, they get into it by force.
- break wind — to emit wind from the anus
- break-even — having income exactly equal to expenditure, thus showing neither profit nor loss.
- breakdance — to perform break dancing.
- breakfront — (of a bookcase, bureau, etc) having a slightly projecting central section