11-letter words containing n, s, r, d
- backhanders — Plural form of backhander.
- banderillas — Plural form of banderilla.
- bandleaders — Plural form of bandleader.
- bandmasters — Plural form of bandmaster.
- barnstormed — Simple past tense and past participle of barnstorm.
- barnyardism — a smutty or indecent word or expression.
- barotseland — a region in W Zambia. 44,920 sq. mi. (116,343 sq. km).
- barramundis — Plural form of barramundi.
- bastard son — an illegitimate son
- beardedness — the quality of having a beard, the quality of being bearded
- behind bars — If you say that someone is behind bars, you mean that they are in prison.
- belt sander — a sander that uses an endless abrasive belt driven by an electric motor.
- bendy straw — a drinking straw which is bent towards the top end
- bergschrund — a crevasse at the head of a glacier
- best friend — a dearest friend
- bioindustry — an industry that makes use of biotechnology and other advanced life science methodologies in the creation or alteration of life forms or processes
- bird's nest — the nest of a bird
- bird's-nest — nest (def 1).
- bladdernose — hooded seal
- blind trust — A blind trust is a financial arrangement in which someone's investments are managed without the person knowing where the money is invested. Blind trusts are used especially by people such as members of parliament, so that they cannot be accused of using their position to make money unfairly.
- blindstorey — a storey without windows, such as a gallery in a Gothic church
- bloodsprent — spattered or stained with blood
- blue-rinsed — (of hair) tinted silver-blue
- blunderbuss — an obsolete short musket with large bore and flared muzzle, used to scatter shot at short range
- bondservant — a serf or slave
- boss around — order about
- brandy snap — Brandy snaps are very thin crisp biscuits in the shape of hollow cylinders. They are flavoured with ginger and are often filled with cream.
- brown goods — Brown goods are electrical appliances such as televisions and audio equipment. Compare white goods.
- brown study — a mood of deep absorption or thoughtfulness; reverie
- bundle scar — any small mark left on the leaf scar from the vascular tissue, where the leaf was once attached to the stem.
- calendarise — apportion (eg budget) to equal units of time (usually months) within a year
- calendarist — a person who calendarizes
- campgrounds — Plural form of campground.
- canary seed — birdseed.
- candelabras — Plural form of candelabra.
- candy store — a shop solely or largely selling confectionery
- cantharides — a diuretic and urogenital stimulant or irritant prepared from the dried bodies of Spanish fly (family Meloidae, not Cantharidae), once thought to be an aphrodisiac
- caparisoned — (of a horse) Having a richly ornamented harness.
- carbonnades — Plural form of carbonnade.
- carloadings — the number of railroad carloads shipped in or out within a given period
- carotenoids — Plural form of carotenoid.
- casa grande — the massive, prehistoric structure within Indian ruins in S Ariz., now constituting a national monument
- case-harden — to form a hard surface layer of high carbon content on (a steel component) by heating in a carburizing environment with subsequent quenching or heat treatment
- casehardens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of caseharden.
- casting rod — a fishing rod, generally 4–8 feet (1.2–2.4 meters) long, for casting bait or lures with a reel mounted near the handle that enables the thumb or finger to control the line during a cast, including rods used for bait casting and spinning.
- centerfolds — Plural form of centerfold.
- centralised — to draw to or gather about a center.
- centredness — the state or condition of being centred
- chandeliers — Plural form of chandelier.
- chandleries — Plural form of chandlery.