11-letter words containing r, a, b
- bacteriuria — the presence of bacteria in the urine
- bacteroides — any of several rod-shaped, anaerobic bacteria of the genus Bacteroides, occurring in the alimentary and genitourinary tracts of humans and other mammals, certain species of which are pathogenic.
- baculovirus — any of a family of viruses that attack insects and other arthropods, used as biological pesticides
- bad homburg — a city in W central Germany on the S slope of the Taunus Mountains, near Frankfurt.
- badderlocks — a seaweed, Alaria esculenta, that has long brownish-green fronds and is eaten in parts of N Europe
- badger game — the blackmailing of a man by maneuvering him into a compromising situation with a woman
- baggage car — A baggage car is a railway carriage, often without windows, which is used to carry luggage, goods, or mail.
- baggy green — the Australian Test cricket cap
- bahia grass — a grass, Paspalum notatum, of tropical America, grown in the southern United States for lawns and pasturage.
- bake-wares' — heat-resistant dishes, as of glass or pottery, in which food may be baked; ovenware.
- bakersfield — city in SC Calif.: pop. 247,000
- baking tray — A baking tray is the same as a baking sheet.
- balbriggans — underwear made from balbriggan fabric, for example long men's underpants
- baldcypress — any of a genus (Taxodium, esp. T. distichum) of cone-bearing trees of the baldcypress family, that grows in the swamps of the SE U.S. and normally sheds its small, pointed needles in the fall
- balistraria — (in a medieval fortification) an opening, usually in the form of a cross, through which a crossbow could be fired.
- ball tearer — something exceptional in its class, for good or bad qualities
- ball-buster — an arduous, often unpleasant task.
- ball-flower — a decoration in a molding that looks like a ball held in the petals of a flower
- ballbearing — Alternative form of ball bearing.
- ballbreaker — a person, esp a woman, whose character and behaviour may be regarded as threatening a man's sense of power
- ballcarrier — an attacking player in possession of the ball
- ballesteros — Severiano (sevɛˈrjano). 1957–2011, Spanish professional golfer: won the British Open Championship (1979; 1984; 1988) and the US Masters (1980; 1983)
- ballhandler — a player particularly skilled at passing and dribbling
- ballicatter — (in Newfoundland) ice that forms along a shore from waves and spray
- ballplayers — Plural form of ballplayer.
- balmorality — an idealization of Scottish traditions and culture
- balsam pear — an Old World tropical vine, Momordica charantia, of the gourd family, having yellow flowers and orange-yellow fruit.
- balustraded — Having balustrades.
- balustrades — Plural form of balustrade.
- bamboo ware — a cane-colored Wedgwood stoneware of c1770 imitating bamboo.
- bancassurer — a bank that sells insurance products
- band leader — the leader of a group of musicians, esp those playing popular music
- band theory — a theory of the electrical properties of metals, semiconductors, and insulators based on energy bands
- bandeirante — a 16th–18th-century Portugese explorer in South America motivated by profit, known for hunting down natives for slaves as well as for locating mines of precious stones and metals
- banderillas — Plural form of banderilla.
- bandkeramik — the pottery of the early Neolithic Danubian culture of Europe, having characteristic parallel spiral lines over the body and neck of the gourdlike vessels and dated 5000–4000 b.c.
- bandleaders — Plural form of bandleader.
- bandmasters — Plural form of bandmaster.
- baneberries — Plural form of baneberry.
- banistering — Present participle of banister.
- banjarmasin — a port in Indonesia, in SW Borneo. Pop: 527 415 (2000)
- banjermasin — a seaport on the S coast of Borneo, in Indonesia.
- bank robber — someone who steals from a bank, often using violence
- bankrolling — Present participle of bankroll.
- bankrupting — Present participle of bankrupt.
- bannerstone — a North American prehistoric stone implement in the form of a double-edged ax with a notch or hole, possibly for attaching a handle.
- bannockburn — a village in central Scotland, south of Stirling: nearby is the site of a victory (1314) of the Scots, led by Robert the Bruce, over the English. Pop: 7396 (2001)
- bantam work — Coromandel work.
- banteringly — in a bantering fashion
- banyan-tree — Also called banyan tree. an East Indian fig tree, Ficus benghalensis, of the mulberry family, having branches that send out adventitious roots to the ground and sometimes cause the tree to spread over a wide area.