11-letter words containing r, i, s, n
- awestricken — filled with awe.
- balbriggans — underwear made from balbriggan fabric, for example long men's underpants
- banderillas — Plural form of banderilla.
- 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.
- barnyardism — a smutty or indecent word or expression.
- barramundis — Plural form of barramundi.
- barthianism — the theological doctrines and principles of Karl Barth and his followers, especially in reference to neoorthodoxy.
- baryshnikov — Mikhail. born 1948, Soviet-born ballet dancer, who defected (1974) to the West while on tour with the Kirov Ballet: director (1980–90) of the American Ballet Theatre
- baserunning — the act of running around bases
- basicranial — of or relating to the base of the skull
- basicranium — (anatomy) The inferior region of the skull.
- basin range — a mountain range of the type found in the Great Basin region of the western U.S., typically long and narrow and characterized by faulted, tilted blocks of strata.
- batrachians — Plural form of batrachian.
- bearishness — The characteristic of being bearish.
- 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
- behind bars — If you say that someone is behind bars, you mean that they are in prison.
- belarussian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Belarus, its people, or their language
- belorussian — of Belarus or its people, language, or culture
- benchership — the position of a bencher at the Inns of Court
- best friend — a dearest friend
- bi-partisan — representing, characterized by, or including members from two parties or factions: Government leaders hope to achieve a bipartisan foreign policy.
- bikini scar — a horizontal scar on the lower abdomen in the area where a bikini would be worn, usually resulting from a Caesarean section.
- binary star — a double star system comprising two stars orbiting around their common centre of mass. A visual binary can be seen through a telescope. A spectroscopic binary can only be observed by the spectroscopic Doppler shift as each star moves towards or away from the earth
- bioindustry — an industry that makes use of biotechnology and other advanced life science methodologies in the creation or alteration of life forms or processes
- bird's nest — the nest of a bird
- bird's-nest — nest (def 1).
- bismarckian — of, relating to, or resembling Otto von Bismarck, especially in respect to his aggressiveness in politics and diplomacy.
- blind trust — A blind trust is a financial arrangement in which someone's investments are managed without the person knowing where the money is invested. Blind trusts are used especially by people such as members of parliament, so that they cannot be accused of using their position to make money unfairly.
- blindstorey — a storey without windows, such as a gallery in a Gothic church
- blue-rinsed — (of hair) tinted silver-blue
- 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.
- boorishness — of or like a boor; unmannered; crude; insensitive.
- bourbonnais — a town in NE Illinois.
- bournebasic — A BASIC interpreter. comp.sources.misc archives volume 1.
- brain trust — A brain trust is a group of experts who advise important people in a government or organization.
- brain-trust — to serve as a brain trust or a brain truster for: They have brain-trusted many major corporations.
- brainteaser — an intellectually challenging puzzle, problem, game, etc.
- brankursine — a bear's-breech, a type of acanthus plant
- bratticings — a series of temporary wooden housings erected on top of a wall, esp a castle wall
- brattishing — decorative work along the coping or on the cornice of a building
- breast line — a mooring line securing a ship to that part of a pier alongside it.
- breathiness — (of the voice) characterized by audible or excessive emission of breath.
- breconshire — (until 1974) a county of SE Wales, now mainly in Powys: over half its area forms the Brecon Beacons National Park
- brimfulness — the quality of being completely full or full to the brim
- brisingamen — the magic necklace worn by Freya.
- bristlecone — a western American pine with bristle-like prickles on its cones