11-letter words containing r, o, b, e
- battledores — Plural form of battledore.
- battlefront — the front line of a battle, where the action takes place
- be dirty on — to be offended by or be hostile towards
- be good for — If someone is good for something, you can rely on them to provide that thing.
- be great on — to be informed about
- beachcomber — A beachcomber is someone who spends their time wandering along beaches looking for things they can use.
- 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
- 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.
- beanshooter — peashooter
- bear's-foot — either of two Eurasian hellebore plants, Helleborus foetidus or H. viridis, having leaves shaped like the foot and claws of a bear
- beardtongue — a plant of the genus Penstemon
- bearer bond — a bond payable to the person in possession
- beau dollar — a silver dollar.
- beaugregory — a blue and yellow damselfish, Pomacentrus leucostictus, inhabiting shallow waters off Bermuda, Florida, and the West Indies.
- beaverboard — a stiff light board of compressed wood fibre, used esp to surface partitions
- beaverbrook — 1st Baron, title of William Maxwell Aitken. 1879–1964, British newspaper proprietor and Conservative politician, born in Canada, whose newspapers included the Daily Express; minister of information (1918); minister of aircraft production (1940–41)
- bedroom tax — a reduction in housing benefit for occupants of council housing who have more rooms than they are deemed to require
- beech grove — a grove of beech trees
- been around — in a circle, ring, or the like; so as to surround a person, group, thing, etc.: The crowd gathered around.
- beer bottle — a bottle for beer
- before dark — If you do something before dark, you do it before the sun sets and night begins.
- before long — If you say that something will happen or happened before long, you mean that it will happen or happened soon.
- behaviorism — Behaviorism is the belief held by some psychologists that the only valid method of studying the psychology of people or animals is to observe how they behave.
- behaviorist — the theory or doctrine that human or animal psychology can be accurately studied only through the examination and analysis of objectively observable and quantifiable behavioral events, in contrast with subjective mental states.
- behavioural — Behavioural means relating to the behaviour of a person or animal, or to the study of their behaviour.
- bell bronze — an alloy of copper and tin that contains a high proportion (at least 20 per cent) of tin: used for bell founding
- bell-topper — a tall silk hat
- bellerophon — a hero of Corinth who performed many deeds with the help of the winged horse Pegasus, notably the killing of the monster Chimera
- bellfounder — a foundry worker who casts bells
- belorussian — of Belarus or its people, language, or culture
- belowground — underground
- belowstairs — (formerly) at or in the basement of a large house, considered as the place where the servants live and work
- 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.
- ben trovato — appropriate and characteristic even if untrue; happily invented or discovered.
- benderboard — pliable, lightweight board used for making concrete patios, in gardens, and as woven fencing: often 4 to 6 inches (10 to 15 cm) wide and 1/4 to 1/2 inch (0.6 to 1.2 cm) thick and made from California redwood.
- benedictory — of, giving, or expressing benediction.
- benefactory — relating to a benefactor; beneficial
- bengal rose — China rose (def 1).
- bengal-rose — Also called Bengal rose. a rose, Rosa chinensis, of China, having slightly fragrant crimson, pink, or white flowers.
- benzopyrene — an aromatic hydrocarbon, C20H12, found in coal tar, cigarette smoke, etc. and known to be a cause of cancer in animals
- berlin wool — a fine wool yarn used for tapestry work, etc
- berry spoon — a small spoon, especially of the late 18th century, having a perforated bowl.
- berylliosis — a lung disease caused by inhaling beryllium
- beryllonite — a mineral, sodium beryllium phosphate, NaBePO 4 , occurring in colorless or light-yellow crystals, sometimes used as a gemstone.
- best effort — (networking) A classification of low priority network traffic, used especially the Internet. Different kinds of traffic have different priorities. Videoconferencing and other types of real-time communication, for example, require a certain minimum guaranteed bandwidth and latency and so must be given a high priority. Electronic mail, on the other hand, can tolerate an arbitrarily long delay and is classified as a "best-effort" service.
- betrothment — the act or state of being betrothed; engagement.
- beurre noir — a sauce of darkly browned butter, sometimes flavored with herbs, vinegar, etc.
- bible story — a story from the Bible