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11-letter words containing s, a

  • beach grass — any of a genus (Ammophila) of deeply rooted, tough, perennial grasses that grow on sandy beaches and are often planted to combat beach erosion
  • beach house — a holiday house overlooking a beach
  • beach scarp — a steep slope or miniature cliff, formed by wave action, fronting the berm on a beach.
  • beachmaster — a bull fur seal having its own territory in the breeding grounds.
  • beaky-nosed — having a nose that is large, pointed, or hooked
  • beam search — (algorithm)   An optimisation of the best first search graph search algorithm where only a predetermined number of paths are kept as candidates. The number of paths is the "width of the beam". If more paths than this are generated, the worst paths are discarded. This reduces the space requirements of best first search.
  • bean sprout — Bean sprouts are small, long, thin shoots grown from beans. They are frequently used in Chinese cookery.
  • 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
  • bearberries — Plural form of bearberry.
  • beardedness — the quality of having a beard, the quality of being bearded
  • bearishness — The characteristic of being bearish.
  • beastiality — Misspelling of bestiality.
  • beastliness — of or like a beast; bestial.
  • beauharnais — Alexandre (alɛksãdr), Vicomte de. 1760–94, French general, who served in the War of American Independence and the French Revolutionary wars; first husband of Empress Joséphine: guillotined
  • beauteously — In a beauteous manner.
  • beauticians — Plural form of beautician.
  • beautifiers — Plural form of beautifier.
  • beauty bush — a hardy shrub (Kolkwitzia amabilis) of the honeysuckle family, having tubular pink flowers with white bristly hairs on the ovary
  • beauty shop — A beauty shop is the same as a beauty parlour.
  • beauty spot — A beauty spot is a place in the country that is popular because of its beautiful scenery.
  • beauty-bush — a Chinese shrub, Kolkwitzia amabilis, of the honeysuckle family, having showy, pinkish flowers and grown as an ornamental.
  • bedchambers — Plural form of bedchamber.
  • 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.
  • behind bars — If you say that someone is behind bars, you mean that they are in prison.
  • beilan pass — a mountain pass in SE Turkey near Syria. 2395 feet (730 meters).
  • belarussian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Belarus, its people, or their language
  • belatedness — coming or being after the customary, useful, or expected time: belated birthday greetings.
  • bell-shaped — shaped like a bell
  • belorussian — of Belarus or its people, language, or culture
  • belowstairs — (formerly) at or in the basement of a large house, considered as the place where the servants live and work
  • belt sander — a sander that uses an endless abrasive belt driven by an electric motor.
  • bendy straw — a drinking straw which is bent towards the top end
  • 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.
  • bersagliere — a member of a rifle regiment in the Italian Army
  • best of all — You use best of all to indicate that what you are about to mention is the thing that you prefer or that has most advantages out of all the things you have mentioned.
  • bestridable — capable of being bestridden
  • beta crucis — a star of the first magnitude in the constellation Southern Cross.
  • betsiamites — a river in E Quebec, Canada, flowing SE to the St. Lawrence River. 240 miles (386 km) long.
  • betulaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Betulaceae, a family of mostly N temperate catkin-bearing trees and shrubs such as birch and alder, some species of which reach the northern limits of tree growth
  • bhubaneswar — an ancient city in E India, the capital of Odisha (formerly Orissa) state: many temples built between the 7th and 16th centuries. Pop: 647 302 (2001)
  • bi-partisan — representing, characterized by, or including members from two parties or factions: Government leaders hope to achieve a bipartisan foreign policy.
  • bible class — a class, typically one meeting weekly, for Bible study
  • biblioclasm — a person who mutilates or destroys books.
  • biblioclast — One who destroys books, especially the Bible.
  • bicephalous — having two heads
  • bigeye scad — a carangid fish, Selar crumenophthalmus, of tropical seas and Atlantic coastal waters of the U.S., having prominent eyes and commonly used as bait.
  • bikini scar — a horizontal scar on the lower abdomen in the area where a bikini would be worn, usually resulting from a Caesarean section.
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