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11-letter words containing r, e, u, b

  • baum marten — a dark brown European marten (esp. Martes martes) or its fur
  • bean sprout — Bean sprouts are small, long, thin shoots grown from beans. They are frequently used in Chinese cookery.
  • beancounter — Alternative spelling of bean counter.
  • beardtongue — a plant of the genus Penstemon
  • beau dollar — a silver dollar.
  • beaugregory — a blue and yellow damselfish, Pomacentrus leucostictus, inhabiting shallow waters off Bermuda, Florida, and the West Indies.
  • beauharnais — Alexandre (alɛksãdr), Vicomte de. 1760–94, French general, who served in the War of American Independence and the French Revolutionary wars; first husband of Empress Joséphine: guillotined
  • beautifiers — Plural form of beautifier.
  • beautifuler — Obsolete spelling of beautifuller.
  • beauty mark — A beauty mark is a small, dark spot on the skin that is supposed to add to a woman's beauty.
  • beautyberry — any of various shrubs of the genus Callicarpa, of southern North America, as C. americana, having clusters of bluish flowers and purple, berrylike fruit.
  • beblubbered — tearstained, covered in tears from weeping
  • beckenbauer — Franz. born 1945, German footballer: team captain when West Germany won the World Cup (1974): manager of West Germany (1984–90), coaching the team to success in the 1990 World Cup
  • bedside rug — a rug beside a bed
  • beefburgers — Plural form of beefburger.
  • been around — in a circle, ring, or the like; so as to surround a person, group, thing, etc.: The crowd gathered around.
  • 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
  • bellfounder — a foundry worker who casts bells
  • belorussian — of Belarus or its people, language, or culture
  • belowground — underground
  • belt course — an ornamental projecting band or continuous moulding along a wall
  • belt-course — a horizontal band or course, as of stone, projecting beyond or flush with the face of a building, often molded and sometimes richly carved.
  • bergschrund — a crevasse at the head of a glacier
  • bermuda bag — an oval-shaped handbag with wooden handles and changeable decorative cloth covers.
  • bermuda rig — a fore-and-aft sailing boat rig characterized by a tall mainsail (Bermudian mainsail) that tapers to a point
  • beta crucis — a star of the first magnitude in the constellation Southern Cross.
  • beurre noir — a sauce of darkly browned butter, sometimes flavored with herbs, vinegar, etc.
  • bhubaneswar — an ancient city in E India, the capital of Odisha (formerly Orissa) state: many temples built between the 7th and 16th centuries. Pop: 647 302 (2001)
  • big picture — a broad, overall view or perspective of an issue or problem.
  • big-leaguer — Sports. a player in a major league.
  • bimolecular — (of a chemical complex, collision, etc) having or involving two molecules
  • biquarterly — occurring twice every three months
  • bitterbrush — a flowering plant of the genus Purshia, native to North America
  • bletcherous — /blech'*-r*s/ Disgusting in design or function; aesthetically unappealing. This word is seldom used of people. "This keyboard is bletcherous!" (Perhaps the keys don't work very well, or are misplaced.) The term bletcherous applies to the esthetics of the thing so described; similarly for cretinous. By contrast, something that is "losing" or "bagbiting" may be failing to meet objective criteria.
  • bleu-de-roi — the bright enamel blue color characteristic of Sèvres ware.
  • blockbuster — A blockbuster is a film or book that is very popular and successful, usually because it is very exciting.
  • blood purge — the mass execution, especially by a government, of persons considered guilty of treason or sedition.
  • blood serum — blood plasma from which the clotting factors have been removed
  • bloodsucker — A bloodsucker is any creature that sucks blood from a wound that it has made in an animal or person.
  • blubberhead — a stupid, inept person; blockhead.
  • blue collar — of or relating to wage-earning workers who wear work clothes or other specialized clothing on the job, as mechanics, longshoremen, and miners. Compare white-collar.
  • blue grouse — a grouse, Dendragapus obscurus, of W North America, having a bluish-grey plumage with a black tail
  • blue heeler — a cattle dog that controls cattle by biting their heels
  • blue marlin — a large marlin, Makaira nigricans, occurring worldwide in warm and temperate seas, highly prized in sportfishing and as a food fish.
  • blue murder — If you say that someone screams blue murder or screams bloody murder, you are emphasizing that they are making a lot of noise or fuss about something that they do not like.
  • blue myrtle — blueblossom.
  • blue riband — If someone or something wins the blue riband in a competition, they win first prize. The prize is sometimes in the shape of a blue ribbon.
  • blue ribbon — A blue ribbon is the same as a blue riband.
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