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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 stokerBram [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
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