11-letter words containing r, a, b, o
- footbreadth — a measurement equalling a breadth of a foot
- forbearance — the act of forbearing; a refraining from something.
- forbiddance — the act of forbidding.
- forebearers — Plural form of forebearer.
- forebearing — Present participle of forebear.
- foreseeable — to have prescience of; to know in advance; foreknow.
- foreseeably — In a manner that could be foreseen.
- forfeitable — a fine; penalty.
- forgettable — to cease or fail to remember; be unable to recall: to forget someone's name.
- forgiveable — Misspelling of forgivable.
- formability — the capacity of a material, as sheet steel, to be readily bent, stamped, shaped, etc.
- four-bagger — home run.
- four-banger — a four-cylinder engine.
- francophobe — Also, Francophobic. fearing or hating France, the French people, and French culture, products, etc.
- frank dobie — (James) Frank, 1888–1964, U.S. folklorist, educator, and author.
- fray bentos — a port in W Uruguay, on the River Uruguay: noted for meat-packing. Pop: 23 122 (2004 est)
- free labour — the labour of workers who are not members of trade unions
- frescobaldi — Girolamo [jee-raw-lah-maw] /dʒiˈrɔ lɑ mɔ/ (Show IPA), 1583–1643, Italian organist and composer.
- from a to b — People talk about getting from A to B when they are referring generally to journeys they need to make, without saying where the journeys will take them.
- from abroad — from a foreign land or lands
- garbologist — the study of the material discarded by a society to learn what it reveals about social or cultural patterns.
- germaphobia — Pathological fear of germs.
- germaphobic — Alternative form of germophobic.
- glamour boy — a man whose appearance or lifestyle is considered glamorous by popular standards.
- glassblower — A person skilled in the art of glassblowing.
- glastonbury — a borough of SW England, in whose vicinity the ruins of an important Iron Age lake village have been found and to which in folklore both King Arthur and Joseph of Arimathaea have been linked, the latter as the founder of the abbey there.
- global rule — (in transformational grammar) a rule that makes reference to nonconsecutive stages of a derivation
- globigerina — any marine foraminifer of the genus Globigerina, having a calcareous shell, occurring either near the surface of the sea or in the mud at the bottom.
- go bail for — to furnish bail for
- goatsbeards — Plural form of goatsbeard.
- goldbergian — Rube Goldberg.
- gopher ball — a pitched ball hit for a home run: leading the league in gopher balls.
- granny bond — (in Britain) an informal name for retirement issue certificate, an index-linked savings certificate, originally available only to people over retirement age
- graverobber — a person who steals valuables from graves and tombs: Graverobbers had emptied the Mayan tomb before archaeologists could examine its contents.
- great abaco — two islands (Great Abaco and Little Abaco) in the N Bahamas. 776 sq. mi. (2010 sq. km).
- ground bait — chum2 (def 1).
- ground ball — a batted ball that rolls or bounces along the ground.
- ground bass — a short fundamental bass part continually repeated throughout a movement.
- ground beam — a reinforced concrete beam for supporting walls, joists, etc., at or near ground level, itself either resting directly upon the ground or supported at both ends by piers.
- gubernation — the act of governing or ruling
- habilitator — to clothe or dress.
- half-broken — past participle of break.
- halfbrother — Alternative spelling of half brother.
- halocarbons — Plural form of halocarbon.
- halsingborg — a seaport in SW Sweden, opposite Helsingör.
- hammer blow — a blow from a hammer
- handbarrows — Plural form of handbarrow.
- harbor seal — a small, spotted seal, Phoca vitulina, of the Atlantic coasts of North America and Europe and the Pacific coast of northern North America.
- harbourless — Without a harbour.
- harbourside — An area (especially a residential area) near a harbour (often in the form of converted warehouses etc).