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11-letter words containing s, a, b, t

  • breast beam — a horizontal bar, located at the front of a loom, over which the woven material is passed on its way to the cloth roll.
  • breast line — a mooring line securing a ship to that part of a pier alongside it.
  • breast lump — a harder lump detectable in the soft tissue of a woman's breast
  • breast milk — Breast milk is the white liquid produced by women to breast-feed their babies.
  • breast pump — a device for extracting and collecting milk from the breast during lactation
  • breast wall — a retaining wall built to hold back a bank of earth
  • breast-feed — When a woman breast-feeds her baby, she feeds it with milk from her breasts, rather than from a bottle.
  • breastplate — A breastplate is a piece of armour that covers and protects the chest.
  • breastworks — a defensive work, usually breast high.
  • breath test — A breath test is a test carried out by police in which a driver blows into a piece of equipment to show how much alcohol he or she has drunk.
  • breathalyse — to apply a Breathalyser test to (someone)
  • breathiness — (of the voice) characterized by audible or excessive emission of breath.
  • bristletail — any primitive wingless insect of the orders Thysanura and Diplura, such as the silverfish and firebrat, having a flattened body and long tail appendages
  • bristol bay — arm of the Bering Sea between the SW Alas. mainland & the Alaska Peninsula
  • broadcasted — to transmit (programs) from a radio or television station.
  • broadcaster — A broadcaster is someone who gives talks or takes part in interviews and discussions on radio or television programmes.
  • bronze star — a U.S. military decoration awarded for heroism or achievement in military operations other than those involving aerial flights.
  • brown toast — toasted wholemeal bread
  • brown-state — (of linen and lace fabrics) undyed
  • bucket seat — A bucket seat is a seat for one person in a car or aeroplane which has rounded sides that partly enclose and support the body.
  • buena vista — a village in NE Mexico, near Saltillo: site of the defeat of the Mexicans by US forces (1847)
  • bullmastiff — a breed of dog
  • bungstarter — a mallet for loosening or removing the bung of a cask.
  • buoyantness — the property of being buoyant
  • burgomaster — the chief magistrate of a town in Austria, Belgium, Germany, or the Netherlands; mayor
  • burmese cat — a breed of cat similar in shape to the Siamese but typically having a dark brown or blue-grey coat
  • burnt shale — carbonaceous shale formed by destructive distillation of oil shale or by spontaneous combustion of shale after it has been some years in a tip: sometimes used in road making
  • burnt sugar — caramel
  • bursiculate — resembling a pouch
  • bus station — a place incorporating waiting areas, stands for buses, and ticket offices from which buses or coaches depart
  • bush jacket — a casual jacket or shirt having four patch pockets and a belt
  • bust a move — go, leave
  • butterpaste — a mixture of flour and butter kneaded together, used as a thickening for sauces.
  • butyraceous — of, containing, or resembling butter
  • byzantinism — caesaropapism, especially before the Great Schism of 1054.
  • byzantinist — an authority on or student of the history and culture of the Byzantine Empire.
  • cabbalistic — cabala.
  • capstan bar — a lever, often wooden, for turning a capstan
  • carburetors — Plural form of carburetor.
  • cashability — money or an equivalent, as a check, paid at the time of making a purchase.
  • castability — the ability of materials to set in a mould when mixed with water and a bonding agent
  • castor bean — the seed of this plant
  • catabaptist — a person who is opposed to baptism.
  • catabolisms — Plural form of catabolism.
  • catabolites — Plural form of catabolite.
  • catch basin — a pit in a drainage system in which matter that might otherwise block a sewer is collected so that it may periodically be removed
  • causability — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
  • celebrators — Plural form of celebrator.
  • cerebralist — a person that advocates the theory of cerebralism
  • chartbuster — A popular singer or group that makes a best-selling recording.
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