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10-letter words containing r, o, b, e

  • bog myrtle — sweet gale.
  • bog turtle — a small turtle, Clemmys muhlenbergi, inhabiting swamps and slow, muddy-bottomed streams in scattered areas from New York to North Carolina.
  • bogtrotter — a highly offensive term for an Irish person
  • bohmerwald — German name of Bohemian Forest.
  • boilersuit — a one-piece work garment consisting of overalls and a shirt top usually worn over ordinary clothes to protect them
  • bois brule — métis (def 2).
  • bois-brûlé — a mixed-race person of Canadian Indian and White (usually French Canadian) ancestry; Métis
  • boisterous — Someone who is boisterous is noisy, lively, and full of energy.
  • boldrewood — Rolf, real name Thomas Alexander Browne. 1826–1915, Australian writer, born in the UK, noted for his novels of the Australian outback, esp Robbery Under Arms (1882–3)
  • bolstering — a long, often cylindrical, cushion or pillow for a bed, sofa, etc.
  • bomb aimer — a person whose job is to aim a bomb to be dropped from an aircraft
  • bomb scare — an alarm arising from the fear that a bomb may have been left in a place
  • bombardier — the member of a bomber aircrew responsible for aiming and releasing the bombs
  • bon marche — a bargain.
  • bond paper — a superior quality of strong white paper, used esp for writing and typing
  • bondholder — A bondholder is a person who owns one or more investment bonds.
  • bone earth — bone ash.
  • bonesetter — a person who sets broken or dislocated bones, esp one who has no formal medical qualifications
  • boneshaker — an early type of bicycle having solid tyres and no springs
  • bonhoeffer — Dietrich (ˈdiːtrɪç). 1906–45, German Lutheran theologian: executed by the Nazis
  • bonkbuster — a novel characterized by graphic descriptions of the heroine's frequent sexual encounters
  • bonnetiere — a tall, narrow wardrobe of the 18th century, found especially in Normandy and Brittany.
  • bony bream — an Australian freshwater clupeid fish, Fluvialosa richardsonii
  • book cover — the cover of a book
  • book lover — a person who enjoys reading and reads more than the average person
  • book price — the value of a car as defined by the manufacturers or other accredited organization
  • book share — a share of a mutual fund credited to the account of a shareholder without the physical issuance of a certificate evidencing ownership.
  • bookbinder — A bookbinder is a person whose job is fastening books together and putting covers on them.
  • bookkeeper — A bookkeeper is a person whose job is to keep an accurate record of the money that is spent and received by a business or other organization.
  • bookmarked — a ribbon or other marker placed between the pages of a book to mark a place.
  • bookreader — DEC's CD-ROM-based on-line documentation browser.
  • bookseller — A bookseller is a person who sells books.
  • bookviewer — A hypertext documentation system from Oracle based on Oracle Toolkit. It allows the user to create private links and bookmarks, and to make multimedia annotations.
  • boondocker — combat boot.
  • boosterish — designed to boost business; optimistic
  • boosterism — the practice of actively promoting a city, region, etc, and its local businesses
  • bootlegger — alcoholic liquor unlawfully made, sold, or transported, without registration or payment of taxes.
  • bootlicker — to seek the favor or goodwill of in a servile, degraded way; toady to.
  • bootloader — a bootstrap loader
  • borah peak — a mountain in central Idaho, in the Lost River Range: highest peak in Idaho. 12,662 feet (3861 meters).
  • borax bead — a bead of fused borax, used in chemical analysis for the identification of certain metal oxides.
  • bordelaise — denoting a brown sauce flavoured with red wine and sometimes mushrooms
  • border tax — a tax system for imports and exports, especially one that compensates for internal taxes in Common Market countries by levying fees or paying rebates.
  • bordereaux — a detailed memorandum, especially one in which documents are listed.
  • borderland — The borderland between two things is an area which contains features from both of these things so that it is not possible to say that it belongs to one or the other.
  • borderless — without a band or margin around or along the edge
  • borderline — The borderline between two different or opposite things is the division between them.
  • borer bomb — a device that emits pesticide fumes
  • borgerhout — a town in N Belgium, near Antwerp. Pop: 40 142 (2002 est)
  • boringness — the quality of being boring
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