11-letter words containing n, u, e, a
- auxanometer — an instrument that measures the linear growth of plant shoots
- averruncate — to avert, to turn away
- back burner — If you put an issue on the back burner, you leave it in order to deal with it later because you now consider it to have become less urgent or important.
- back number — A back number of a magazine or newspaper is the same as a back issue.
- back-burner — a condition of low priority or temporary deferment (usually used in the phrase on the back burner): Put other issues on the back burner until after the election.
- baconburger — a hamburger topped with strips of cooked bacon.
- balance lug — a lugsail having a portion of its area forward of the mast and having a long foot, often with a boom.
- balance out — If two or more opposite things balance out or if you balance them out, they become equal in amount, value, or effect.
- balefulness — The characteristic of being baleful.
- bancassurer — a bank that sells insurance products
- banefulness — The state or quality of being baneful.
- banquetings — Plural form of banqueting.
- bareknuckle — (of a prizefight, prizefighter, etc.) without boxing gloves; using the bare fists.
- barn-burner — Informal. something that is highly exciting, impressive, etc.: The All Stars game was a real barnburner.
- baroqueness — The state or condition of being baroque.
- barquentine — a sailing ship of three or more masts rigged square on the foremast and fore-and-aft on the others
- base runner — any member of the team at bat who has reached first, second, or third base safely or is trying to reach a base or home plate
- baserunning — the act of running around bases
- bashfulness — The quality or property of being bashful; shyness; reserve; timidity.
- bateau neck — boat neck.
- baton rouge — the capital of Louisiana, in the SE part on the Mississippi River. Pop: 225 090 (2003 est)
- baum marten — a dark brown European marten (esp. Martes martes) or its fur
- be laughing — to be in a favourable situation
- bean sprout — Bean sprouts are small, long, thin shoots grown from beans. They are frequently used in Chinese cookery.
- beanbag gun — a gun that fires a fabric bag containing lead shot, designed to stun or knock the target to the ground
- beancounter — Alternative spelling of bean counter.
- beardtongue — a plant of the genus Penstemon
- beauharnais — Alexandre (alɛksãdr), Vicomte de. 1760–94, French general, who served in the War of American Independence and the French Revolutionary wars; first husband of Empress Joséphine: guillotined
- beauticians — Plural form of beautician.
- beautifying — Present participle of beautify.
- beckenbauer — Franz. born 1945, German footballer: team captain when West Germany won the World Cup (1974): manager of West Germany (1984–90), coaching the team to success in the 1990 World Cup
- bedaux-plan — a system of payment for work on the basis of the number of points of work done in a given amount of time, each point representing one minute of work on a given job at a normal rate of speed.
- been around — in a circle, ring, or the like; so as to surround a person, group, thing, etc.: The crowd gathered around.
- belarussian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Belarus, its people, or their language
- belorussian — of Belarus or its people, language, or culture
- ben yehudah — Eliezer [el-ee-ez-er] /ˌɛl iˈɛz ər/ (Show IPA), 1858–1922, Jewish scholar, born in Lithuania.
- bequeathing — to dispose of (personal property, especially money) by last will: She bequeathed her half of the company to her niece.
- bhubaneswar — an ancient city in E India, the capital of Odisha (formerly Orissa) state: many temples built between the 7th and 16th centuries. Pop: 647 302 (2001)
- binucleated — having two nuclei
- blacktongue — canine pellagra.
- blue island — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- blue mantle — one of the four pursuivants of the British College of Arms
- blue marlin — a large marlin, Makaira nigricans, occurring worldwide in warm and temperate seas, highly prized in sportfishing and as a food fish.
- blue monday — a Monday regarded as a depressing workday in contrast to the pleasant relaxation of the weekend.
- blue riband — If someone or something wins the blue riband in a competition, they win first prize. The prize is sometimes in the shape of a blue ribbon.
- blue-jeaned — wearing blue jeans.
- bluejacking — the practice of using one Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone to gain access to another, esp in order to send anonymous text messages
- blunderhead — Informal. a blunderer; nincompoop.
- bonaventura — Saint, called the Seraphic Doctor. 1221–74, Italian Franciscan monk, mystic, theologian, and philosopher; author of a Life of St Francis and Journey of the Soul to God. Feast day: July 14
- bonaventure — Saint ("the Seraphic Doctor") 1221–74, Italian scholastic theologian.