11-letter words containing s, a, k, r
- 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
- baskerville — a style of type
- basket fern — a small, compact fern, Nephrolepis pectinata, of tropical America, often grown in hanging baskets.
- basket star — any echinoderm of the class Ophiuroidea, especially of the genus Gorgonocephalus, having long, slender, branching arms.
- basket-star — any of several echinoderms of the genus Gorgonocephalus, in which long slender arms radiate from a central disc: order Ophiuroidea (brittle-stars)
- basketmaker — A person who makes baskets.
- bikini scar — a horizontal scar on the lower abdomen in the area where a bikini would be worn, usually resulting from a Caesarean section.
- bird's beak — beak (def 9).
- bismarckian — of, relating to, or resembling Otto von Bismarck, especially in respect to his aggressiveness in politics and diplomacy.
- black frost — a frost without snow or rime that is severe enough to blacken vegetation
- black shirt — a member of any fascist organization (specif., the former Italian Fascist party) with a black-shirted uniform
- blacklister — someone who blacklists
- blank verse — Blank verse is poetry that does not rhyme. In English literature it usually consists of lines with five stressed syllables.
- blue streak — anything regarded as like a streak of lightning in speed, vividness, etc.
- bone shaker — an early-model bicycle, especially one with hard rubber tires.
- bone-shaker — an early-model bicycle, especially one with hard rubber tires.
- bracket saw — a handsaw for cutting curved forms.
- brake servo — The brake servo is a device for increasing the pressure of the driver's foot on the brake pedal.
- bram stoker — Bram [bram] /bræm/ (Show IPA), (Abraham Stoker) 1847–1912, British novelist, born in Ireland: creator of Dracula.
- brankursine — a bear's-breech, a type of acanthus plant
- brass tacks — basic realities; hard facts (esp in the phrase get down to brass tacks)
- breadbasket — a basket for carrying bread or rolls
- breadsticks — bread baked in long thin crisp sticks
- break loose — to free oneself by force
- break ranks — to fall out of line, esp when under attack
- breakfasted — the first meal of the day; morning meal: A hearty breakfast was served at 7 a.m.
- breast milk — Breast milk is the white liquid produced by women to breast-feed their babies.
- breastworks — a defensive work, usually breast high.
- brickshaped — resembling the shape of a brick
- brown snake — any of various common venomous snakes of the genus Pseudonaja
- brush maker — a manufacturer or crafter of brushes
- buck passer — a person who avoids responsibility by shifting it to another, especially unjustly or improperly.
- buck-passer — a person who regularly seeks to shift blame or responsibility to someone else
- bushwhacker — a person who travels around or lives in thinly populated woodlands
- canker sore — an ulceration, esp of the lips or lining of the oral cavity
- cankerworms — Plural form of cankerworm.
- carbon sink — areas of vegetation, esp forests, and the phytoplankton-rich seas that absorb the carbon dioxide produced by the burning of fossil fuels
- carjackings — Plural form of carjacking.
- carsickness — a feeling of nausea and dizziness, sometimes accompanied by vomiting, as a result of the motion of the car in which one is traveling.
- caseworkers — Plural form of caseworker.
- cassia bark — the cinnamon-like bark of this tree, used as a spice
- casual work — temporary, as opposed to permanent or regular, employment
- chalkboards — Plural form of chalkboard.
- chalkstripe — clothing with a pattern of thin white stripes on a dark background
- chargebacks — Plural form of chargeback.
- cheek strap — (of a bridle) one of two straps passing over the cheeks of the horse and connecting the crown piece with the bit or noseband.
- cheesemaker — a person or thing that makes cheese.
- clarksville — city in N Tenn., on the Cumberland River: pop. 103,000
- clickstream — a record of the path taken by users through a website, enabling designers to access the use being made of their website
- close ranks — to maintain discipline or solidarity, esp in anticipation of attack