11-letter words containing o, b, r, i
- bring forth — to give birth to
- bring round — to restore (a person) to consciousness, esp after a faint
- bristlecone — a western American pine with bristle-like prickles on its cones
- bristol bay — arm of the Bering Sea between the SW Alas. mainland & the Alaska Peninsula
- british lop — a breed of large white pig with large drooping ears, originating from Wales, Cumberland, and Ulster
- broad river — a river in W North Carolina, flowing S to join the Saluda River, forming the Congaree River in South Carolina. 150 miles (241 km) long.
- brobdingnag — in Swift's Gulliver's Travels, a land inhabited by giants about 60 feet tall
- 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.
- broiler pan — a pan for broiling food
- broken hill — a town in SE Australia, in W New South Wales: mining centre for lead, silver, and zinc. Pop: 19 834 (2001)
- broken line — a discontinuous line or series of line segments, as a series of dashes, or a figure made up of line segments meeting at oblique angles.
- broken vein — a ruptured blood vessel
- broken wind — heaves
- bromic acid — a colourless unstable water-soluble liquid used as an oxidizing agent in the manufacture of dyes and pharmaceuticals. Formula: HBrO3
- bromidrosis — the production of foul-smelling perspiration
- bromouracil — a brominated derivative of uracil with antimetabolite properties
- brood bitch — a female dog used for breeding.
- brotherlike — like a brother
- browbeating — to intimidate by overbearing looks or words; bully: They browbeat him into agreeing.
- brown shirt — (in Nazi Germany) a storm trooper
- brown swiss — a hardy breed of large, brown dairy cattle, first raised in Switzerland
- brownnosing — If you accuse someone of brownnosing, you are saying in a rather offensive way that they are agreeing with someone important in order to get their support.
- brownsville — city & port in S Tex., on the Rio Grande: pop. 140,000
- brucellosis — an infectious disease of cattle, goats, dogs, and pigs, caused by bacteria of the genus Brucella and transmittable to humans (e.g. by drinking contaminated milk): symptoms include fever, chills, and severe headache
- buccinatory — relating to a trumpeter or trumpet playing
- bulbiferous — (of plants) producing bulbs
- buon giorno — good day; hello
- burglarious — of, constituting, or inclined to burglary
- burning out — to undergo rapid combustion or consume fuel in such a way as to give off heat, gases, and, usually, light; be on fire: The fire burned in the grate.
- byelorussia — Official name Belarus. Formerly White Russian Soviet Socialist Republic, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic. a republic in E Europe, N of Ukraine: formerly a part of the Soviet Union. 80,154 sq. mi. (207,600 sq. km). Capital: Minsk.
- cabin court — Older Use. a roadside motel having cabins.
- cabinetwork — the making of furniture, esp of fine quality
- calibration — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- calico crab — a brightly speckled swimming crab, Ovalipes ocellatus, of sandy beaches along the Atlantic coast of the U.S.
- canoe birch — paper birch.
- car bombing — an instance when a bomb which someone has hidden under or in a car explodes
- carabineros — Plural form of carabinero.
- carbimazole — a drug that inhibits the synthesis of the hormone thyroxine, used in the management of hyperthyroidism
- carbocation — (chemistry) any cation containing an excess positive charge on one or more carbon atoms.
- carbocyclic — (of a chemical compound) containing a closed ring of carbon atoms
- carbon sink — areas of vegetation, esp forests, and the phytoplankton-rich seas that absorb the carbon dioxide produced by the burning of fossil fuels
- carbonating — Present participle of carbonate.
- carbonation — absorption of or reaction with carbon dioxide
- carbonatite — a rare intrusive or extrusive igneous rock, mostly found in Africa, that contains a high proportion of carbonate minerals
- carbonizing — Present participle of carbonize.
- carburation — the process of mixing a hydrocarbon fuel with a correct amount of air to make an explosive mixture for an internal-combustion engine
- carburetion — Carburetion is the process of fuel becoming vapor and mixing with a stream of air in a carburetor.
- 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.
- centrobaric — of or concerned with a centre of gravity
- ceramic hob — (on an electric cooker) a flat ceramic cooking surface having heating elements fitted on the underside, usually patterned to show the areas where heat is produced