11-letter words containing o, b, e, n, t
- broaden out — If something such as a discussion broadens out or if someone broadens it out, the number of things or people that it includes or affects becomes greater.
- 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.
- bronze star — a U.S. military decoration awarded for heroism or achievement in military operations other than those involving aerial flights.
- brow antler — the first prong from the base of a stag's antler.
- browbeating — to intimidate by overbearing looks or words; bully: They browbeat him into agreeing.
- brown betty — a baked apple pudding made with butter, spices, sugar, and bread crumbs
- brown earth — an intrazonal soil of temperate humid regions typically developed under deciduous forest into a dark rich layer (mull): characteristic of much of southern and central England
- brown heart — a brown discoloration of the flesh of stored apples, resulting from high concentrations of carbon dioxide.
- brown water — shallow water, as opposed to deep (blue) water.
- brown-state — (of linen and lace fabrics) undyed
- brownstoner — a person who lives in or owns a brownstone house.
- bucket down — If the rain buckets down, or if it buckets down with rain, it rains very heavily.
- bull tongue — a heavy plough used in growing cotton, having an almost vertical mouldboard
- buoyantness — the property of being buoyant
- burnet rose — a very prickly Eurasian rose, Rosa pimpinellifolia, with white flowers and purplish-black fruits
- bus network — (networking) A network topology in which all nodes are connected to a single wire or set of wires (the bus). Bus networks typically use CSMA/CD techniques to determine which node should transmit data at any given time. Some networks are implemented as a bus, e.g. Ethernet - a one-bit bus operating at 10, 100, 1000 or 10,000 megabits per second. Originally Ethernet was a physical layer bus consisting of a wire (with terminators at each end) to which each node was attached. Switched Ethernet, while no longer physically a bus still acts as one at the logical layers.
- butenedioic — designating a type of acid
- button rose — a small rose whose flowers form a round head
- button tree — any of a genus (Conocarpus) of dicotyledonous West Indian trees with buttonlike fruit
- button-hole — the hole, slit, or loop through which a button is passed and by which it is secured.
- buttoned up — If you say that someone is buttoned up, you mean that they do not usually talk about their thoughts and feelings.
- buttoned-up — carefully planned, operated, supervised, etc.: one of the most buttoned-up companies in the business.
- buttonholer — a person who buttonholes
- by-election — A by-election is an election that is held to choose a new member of parliament when a member has resigned or died.
- cabbagetown — a former slum area of Toronto, now known for its Victorian architecture and thriving arts community
- cabinetwood — any wood suitable for use in cabinetwork.
- cabinetwork — the making of furniture, esp of fine quality
- campbeltown — a seaport on the Kintyre peninsula, in SW Scotland: resort.
- cape breton — an island forming the NE part of Nova Scotia, in SE Canada. 3970 sq. mi. (10,280 sq. km).
- carbon-date — to determine the age of an organic object by examining the relative proportions of the carbon isotopes carbon-12 and carbon-14
- carbonatite — a rare intrusive or extrusive igneous rock, mostly found in Africa, that contains a high proportion of carbonate minerals
- carbonylate — to introduce the carbonyl group into (a compound) through chemical reaction
- carburetion — Carburetion is the process of fuel becoming vapor and mixing with a stream of air in a carburetor.
- castor bean — the seed of this plant
- celebration — A celebration is a special enjoyable event that people organize because something pleasant has happened or because it is someone's birthday or anniversary.
- centerboard — a movable board or metal plate that, when lowered through a slot in the floor of a shallow-draft sailboat, functions like a keel to reduce leeward drift or increase stability, esp. one that moves on a pivot
- centreboard — a supplementary keel for a sailing vessel, which may be adjusted by raising and lowering
- centrobaric — of or concerned with a centre of gravity
- cerebration — the act of thinking; consideration; thought
- clenbuterol — a drug prescribed for breathing disorders
- cobblestone — Cobblestones are stones with a rounded upper surface which used to be used for making streets.
- cocelebrant — One of two or more celebrants involved with the same occasion.
- coenobitism — the practice of coenobites
- combat zone — (in warfare) an area where fighting is taking place
- combinative — resulting from being, tending to be, or able to be joined or mixed together
- commentable — a remark, observation, or criticism: a comment about the weather.
- conductible — personal behavior; way of acting; bearing or deportment.
- confabulate — to talk together; converse; chat
- congestible — to fill to excess; overcrowd or overburden; clog: The subway entrance was so congested that no one could move.
- conglobated — in the form of a globe or ball