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11-letter words containing r, e, l

  • bark beetle — any small beetle of the family Scolytidae, which bore tunnels in the bark and wood of trees, causing great damage. They are closely related to the weevils
  • barley beer — an alcoholic drink brewed from barley malt, sugar, hops, and water and fermented with yeast
  • barley coal — anthracite coal in sizes ranging from 3/32 to 3/16 inch (2.4 to 4.8 mm).
  • barley sack — a burlap bag.
  • barley wine — an exceptionally strong beer
  • barley-bree — liquor, malt liquor, or the like, especially whiskey.
  • baronetical — pertaining to baronets
  • barotseland — a region in W Zambia. 44,920 sq. mi. (116,343 sq. km).
  • barrel bolt — a rod-shaped bolt for fastening a door or the like, attached to one side of the door at the edge and sliding into a socket on the frame of the opening.
  • barrel cuff — a single cuff on a tailored sleeve, formed by a band of material and usually fastened by a button.
  • barrel knot — a knot for fastening together two strands of gut or nylon, as fishing lines or leaders.
  • barrel roll — a flight manoeuvre in which an aircraft rolls about its longitudinal axis while following a spiral course in line with the direction of flight
  • barrel roof — a roof or ceiling having a semicylindrical form.
  • barrel-race — to compete in a barrel race.
  • barrel-roll — to perform a barrel roll.
  • barrelheads — Plural form of barrelhead.
  • barrelhouse — a cheap and disreputable drinking establishment
  • bartholomew — one of the twelve apostles (Matthew 10:3). Feast day: Aug 24 or June 11
  • bartolommeo — Fra. original name Baccio della Porta. 1472–1517, Italian painter of the Florentine school, noted for his austere religious works
  • basal ridge — a U -shaped ridge at the base of the posterior surface of the crown of a tooth.
  • baskerville — a style of type
  • bass player — a player of a double bass or a bass guitar
  • bass reflex — a loudspeaker equipped with a baffle having openings designed to improve the reproduction of low-frequency sounds.
  • bath oliver — a kind of unsweetened biscuit
  • bath pearls — dissolvable granules added to bath water to impart scent or other qualities
  • batter pile — a pile driven at an angle to the vertical.
  • battle star — a small star worn on a campaign ribbon, awarded to a member of the armed forces for participation in a particular battle or campaign
  • battledores — Plural form of battledore.
  • battledress — the ordinary uniform of a soldier, consisting of tunic and trousers
  • battlefront — the front line of a battle, where the action takes place
  • be all ears — to be listening attentively or eagerly
  • beaker folk — a prehistoric people thought to have originated in the Iberian peninsula and spread to central Europe and Britain during the second millennium bc
  • beam aerial — an aerial system, such as a Yagi aerial, having directional properties
  • bear leader — (formerly) a tutor traveling with a wealthy or aristocratic young man.
  • bearability — the quality of being able to be borne
  • bearer bill — a bill payable to the person in possession
  • beau dollar — a silver dollar.
  • beautifuler — Obsolete spelling of beautifuller.
  • beaver tail — a flat oval doughnut served fried and sugared
  • beblubbered — tearstained, covered in tears from weeping
  • bedraggling — Present participle of bedraggle.
  • beer barrel — a barrel for, or containing beer
  • beer bottle — a bottle for beer
  • beetlebrain — a person of severely limited intelligence
  • before long — If you say that something will happen or happened before long, you mean that it will happen or happened soon.
  • behavioural — Behavioural means relating to the behaviour of a person or animal, or to the study of their behaviour.
  • belarussian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Belarus, its people, or their language
  • beleaguered — experiencing difficulties, opposition or criticism
  • bell beaker — a bell-shaped beaker, especially one associated with the Beaker folk.
  • bell bronze — an alloy of copper and tin that contains a high proportion (at least 20 per cent) of tin: used for bell founding
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