11-letter words containing r, a, b, n
- diamond bar — a city in SW California.
- diefenbaker — John George, 1895–1979, prime minister of Canada 1957–63.
- discernable — capable of being discerned; distinguishable.
- discernably — capable of being discerned; distinguishable.
- disturbance — the act of disturbing.
- dogger bank — a shoal in the North Sea, between N England and Denmark: fishing grounds; naval battle 1915.
- doner kebab — a fast-food dish comprising grilled meat and salad served in pitta bread with chilli sauce
- dragon beam — dragging piece.
- dragon book — (publication) The classic text "Compilers: Principles, Techniques and Tools", by Alfred V. Aho, Ravi Sethi, and Jeffrey D. Ullman (Addison-Wesley 1986; ISBN 0-201-10088-6). So called because of the cover design featuring a dragon labelled "complexity of compiler design" and a knight bearing the lance "LALR parser generator" among his other trappings. This one is more specifically known as the "Red Dragon Book" (1986); an earlier edition, sans Sethi and titled "Principles Of Compiler Design" (Alfred V. Aho and Jeffrey D. Ullman; Addison-Wesley, 1977; ISBN 0-201-00022-9), was the "Green Dragon Book" (1977). (Also "New Dragon Book", "Old Dragon Book".) The horsed knight and the Green Dragon were warily eying each other at a distance; now the knight is typing (wearing gauntlets!) at a terminal showing a video-game representation of the Red Dragon's head while the rest of the beast extends back in normal space. See also book titles.
- drainboards — Plural form of drainboard.
- drakensberg — a mountain range in the E Republic of South Africa: highest peak, 10,988 feet (3350 meters).
- drum'n'bass — a type of electronic dance music using mainly bass guitar and drum sounds
- drumbeating — That to beat on drums.
- dual number — a grammatical number category referring to exactly two persons or things
- durableness — Durability.
- east berlin — a former country in central Europe: created in 1949 from the Soviet zone of occupied Germany established in 1945: reunited with West Germany in 1990. 41,827 sq. mi. (108,333 sq. km). Capital: East Berlin.
- elaborating — Present participle of elaborate.
- elaboration — The act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement.
- embarassing — Misspelling of embarrassing.
- embarcation — Alternative form of embarkation.
- embarkation — The act of embarking.
- embarkments — Plural form of embarkment.
- embarrasing — Misspelling of embarrassing.
- embracement — A clasp in the arms; embrace.
- embracingly — In an embracing manner.
- embrangling — Present participle of embrangle.
- embrocating — Present participle of embrocate.
- embrocation — A liquid used for rubbing on the body to relieve pain from sprains and strains.
- embryonated — Containing an embryo.
- encumbrance — A burden or impediment.
- energy band — a range of energies associated with the quantum states of electrons in a crystalline solid. In a semiconductor or an insulator there is a valence band containing many states, most of which are occupied. Above this is a forbidden band with only a few isolated states caused by impurities. Above this is a conduction band containing many states most of which are empty. In a metal there is a continuous valence-conduction band
- enforceable — Capable of being enforced.
- enlargeable — Capable of being enlarged.
- entablature — A horizontal, continuous lintel on a classical building supported by columns or a wall, comprising the architrave, frieze, and cornice.
- entrainable — (biology) Capable of being entrained, or brought into a specific rhythm.
- entreatable — able to be entreated
- equilibrant — a force capable of balancing another force and producing equilibrium
- exhorbitant — Misspelling of exorbitant.
- exorbitance — The state or characteristic of being exorbitant.
- exorbitancy — Alternative form of exorbitance.
- exuberantly — In an exuberant manner.
- exuberating — Present participle of exuberate.
- fabricating — Present participle of fabricate.
- fabrication — the act or process of fabricating; manufacture.
- farnborough — a town in S England, in NE Hampshire: military base, with an aeronautical research centre. Pop: 57 147 (2001)
- fauxbourdon — Music. a 15th-century compositional technique employing three voices, the upper and lower voices progressing an octave or a sixth apart while the middle voice extemporaneously doubles the upper part at a fourth below.
- featherbone — a substitute for whalebone, made from the quills of domestic fowls.
- fermentable — Also called organized ferment. any of a group of living organisms, as yeasts, molds, and certain bacteria, that cause fermentation.
- fibrination — (medicine) The state of acquiring or having an excess of fibrin.
- fimbriating — Present participle of fimbriate.