11-letter words containing r, a, t
- bioaeration — the oxidative treatment of raw sewage by aeration
- biomaterial — a synthetic material used in prostheses or the replacement of natural body tissues
- biometrical — pertaining to biometry
- bipartition — divided into or consisting of two parts.
- biquadratic — of or relating to the fourth power
- biquarterly — occurring twice every three months
- birth canal — the passageway down which the fetus passes during birth
- birthparent — a person's parent related biologically rather than by adoption
- bit pattern — (data) A sequence of bits, in a memory, a communications channel or some other device. The term is used to contrast this with some higher level interpretation of the bits such as an integer or an image. A bit string is similar but suggests an arbitrary, as opposed to predetermined, length.
- bitter lake — a salt lake containing in solution a high concentration of sulfates, carbonates, and chlorides.
- black frost — a frost without snow or rime that is severe enough to blacken vegetation
- black shirt — a member of any fascist organization (specif., the former Italian Fascist party) with a black-shirted uniform
- black water — household waste water that cannot be reused without purification
- blacklister — someone who blacklists
- bladderwort — any aquatic plant of the genus Utricularia, some of whose leaves are modified as small bladders to trap minute aquatic animals: family Lentibulariaceae
- blameworthy — deserving disapproval or censure
- blastospore — a spore formed by budding, as in certain fungi
- bleacherite — someone who sits in the bleachers at a sports stadium
- blepharitis — inflammation of the eyelids
- blister gas — a poison gas that burns or blisters the tissues of the body; vesicant.
- block grant — (in Britain) an annual grant made by the government to a local authority to help to pay for the public services it provides, such as health, education, and housing
- block party — A block party is an outdoor party for all the residents of a block or neighborhood.
- block trade — the purchase and sale of blocks of securities through brokers, sometimes not members of an exchange, who negotiate between buyers and sellers.
- bloodstream — Your bloodstream is the blood that flows around your body.
- blue streak — anything regarded as like a streak of lightning in speed, vividness, etc.
- boat anchor — 1. Like doorstop but more severe; implies that the offending hardware is irreversibly dead or useless. "That was a working motherboard once. One lightning strike later, instant boat anchor!" 2. A person who just takes up space. 3. Obsolete but still working hardware, especially when used of an old S100-bus hobbyist system; originally a term of annoyance, but became more and more affectionate as the hardware became more and more obsolete.
- boatbuilder — A boatbuilder is a person or company that makes boats.
- boilerplate — A boilerplate is a basic written contract that can be used to make many different kinds of contracts.
- boldhearted — courageous or daring; intrepid.
- bomb crater — the crater in the ground, pavement, etc, left in the aftermath of an explosion
- bombardment — A bombardment is a strong and continuous attack of gunfire or bombing.
- bonapartism — a political system resembling the rules of the Bonapartes, esp Napoleon I and Napoleon III: centralized government by a military dictator, who enjoys popular support given expression in plebiscites
- bonapartist — an adherent of the Bonapartes or their policies.
- bonaventura — Saint, called the Seraphic Doctor. 1221–74, Italian Franciscan monk, mystic, theologian, and philosopher; author of a Life of St Francis and Journey of the Soul to God. Feast day: July 14
- bonaventure — Saint ("the Seraphic Doctor") 1221–74, Italian scholastic theologian.
- bond market — the market in which bonds are traded
- bondservant — a serf or slave
- boost-start — jump-start.
- borstal boy — (formerly) a boy sent to borstal
- boston crab — a wrestling hold in which a wrestler seizes both or one of his opponent's legs, turns him face downwards, and exerts pressure over his back
- botheration — bother
- bottle rack — a rack for bottles, such as bottles of wine
- bottom gear — the lowest gear of a car, lorry, etc
- brace table — a table giving the lengths of the hypotenuses of right isosceles triangles of varying sizes: used especially for calculating the lengths of diagonal braces.
- brachiating — Botany. having widely spreading branches in alternate pairs.
- brachiation — locomotion accomplished by swinging by the arms from one hold to another.
- brachyodont — (of mammals, such as humans) having teeth with short crowns
- bracket saw — a handsaw for cutting curved forms.
- bracteolate — having bractlets
- bradypeptic — a person with slow digestion