11-letter words containing s, e, n, r
- berners-lee — Sir Tim. born 1955, British computer scientist who in 1990 created the World Wide Web
- berry spoon — a small spoon, especially of the late 18th century, having a perforated bowl.
- best friend — a dearest friend
- 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)
- bird's nest — the nest of a bird
- bird's-nest — nest (def 1).
- bladdernose — hooded seal
- blank verse — Blank verse is poetry that does not rhyme. In English literature it usually consists of lines with five stressed syllables.
- blindstorey — a storey without windows, such as a gallery in a Gothic church
- bloodsprent — spattered or stained with blood
- blue screen — a special effects film technique involving filming actors against a blue screen on which effects such as computerized graphics can be added later and integrated into a single sequence
- blue-rinsed — (of hair) tinted silver-blue
- blunderbuss — an obsolete short musket with large bore and flared muzzle, used to scatter shot at short range
- bondservant — a serf or slave
- bone shaker — an early-model bicycle, especially one with hard rubber tires.
- bone-shaker — an early-model bicycle, especially one with hard rubber tires.
- bonus share — a share from stock given by a company to existing shareholders
- boorishness — of or like a boor; unmannered; crude; insensitive.
- boss screen — a screen image within a computer game that can be activated instantly, designed to hide the evidence of game-playing, esp at work
- boston fern — a cultivated fern (Nephrolepis exaltata var. bostoniensis) with odd-pinnate leaves, used as a house plant
- bournebasic — A BASIC interpreter. comp.sources.misc archives volume 1.
- box spanner — a spanner consisting of a steel cylinder with a hexagonal end that fits over a nut: used esp to turn nuts in positions that are recessed or difficult of access
- boysenberry — a type of bramble: a hybrid of the loganberry and various blackberries and raspberries
- brainteaser — an intellectually challenging puzzle, problem, game, etc.
- branfulness — (of flour) the state of being unsifted and hence full of bran
- brankursine — a bear's-breech, a type of acanthus plant
- break ranks — to fall out of line, esp when under attack
- breast line — a mooring line securing a ship to that part of a pier alongside it.
- breathiness — (of the voice) characterized by audible or excessive emission of breath.
- breconshire — (until 1974) a county of SE Wales, now mainly in Powys: over half its area forms the Brecon Beacons National Park
- brent goose — a small goose, Branta bernicla, that has a dark grey plumage and short neck and occurs in most northern coastal regions
- brimfulness — the quality of being completely full or full to the brim
- brisingamen — the magic necklace worn by Freya.
- bristlecone — a western American pine with bristle-like prickles on its cones
- bristliness — the quality of being bristly
- brittleness — the quality of being brittle
- bronze star — a U.S. military decoration awarded for heroism or achievement in military operations other than those involving aerial flights.
- brooklynese — the speech, especially the pronunciation, thought to be characteristic of a person coming from New York City, especially Brooklyn.
- brown sauce — a sauce made from cooked fat and flour
- brown snake — any of various common venomous snakes of the genus Pseudonaja
- brown-state — (of linen and lace fabrics) undyed
- brownstoner — a person who lives in or owns a brownstone house.
- brownsville — city & port in S Tex., on the Rio Grande: pop. 140,000
- brusqueness — abrupt in manner; blunt; rough: A brusque welcome greeted his unexpected return.
- bundle scar — any small mark left on the leaf scar from the vascular tissue, where the leaf was once attached to the stem.
- bungstarter — a mallet for loosening or removing the bung of a cask.
- buon fresco — fresco (def 1).
- burne-jones — Sir Edward. 1833–98, English Pre-Raphaelite painter and designer of stained-glass windows and tapestries
- burnet rose — a very prickly Eurasian rose, Rosa pimpinellifolia, with white flowers and purplish-black fruits
- burnishment — the act or process of burnishing