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10-letter words containing s, e, r, o

  • blastomere — any of the cells formed by cleavage of a fertilized egg
  • blastopore — the opening of the archenteron in the gastrula that develops into the anus of some animals
  • blogstream — the publication on the internet of content from weblogs rather than from mainstream media sources
  • blue cross — a nonprofit health insurance organization offering hospitalization and medical benefits to subscribers, esp. to groups of employees and their families
  • blues-rock — a blend of rock-'n'-roll and blues.
  • blusterous — to roar and be tumultuous, as wind.
  • board side — the broad side of a piece of lumber.
  • bobbysoxer — an adolescent girl wearing bobbysocks, esp in the 1940s
  • bobsledder — a person who bobsleds
  • body press — a hold in which a wrestler places full body weight on a supine opponent in trying to pin the opponent's shoulders to the mat.
  • bodyshaper — an undergarment which flattens the stomach, bottom etc
  • boilersuit — a one-piece work garment consisting of overalls and a shirt top usually worn over ordinary clothes to protect them
  • bois brule — métis (def 2).
  • bois-brûlé — a mixed-race person of Canadian Indian and White (usually French Canadian) ancestry; Métis
  • boisterous — Someone who is boisterous is noisy, lively, and full of energy.
  • bolstering — a long, often cylindrical, cushion or pillow for a bed, sofa, etc.
  • bomb scare — an alarm arising from the fear that a bomb may have been left in a place
  • bonesetter — a person who sets broken or dislocated bones, esp one who has no formal medical qualifications
  • boneshaker — an early type of bicycle having solid tyres and no springs
  • bonkbuster — a novel characterized by graphic descriptions of the heroine's frequent sexual encounters
  • book share — a share of a mutual fund credited to the account of a shareholder without the physical issuance of a certificate evidencing ownership.
  • bookseller — A bookseller is a person who sells books.
  • boosterish — designed to boost business; optimistic
  • boosterism — the practice of actively promoting a city, region, etc, and its local businesses
  • bordelaise — denoting a brown sauce flavoured with red wine and sometimes mushrooms
  • borderless — without a band or margin around or along the edge
  • boringness — the quality of being boring
  • boris bike — any bicycle rented out by London's public bicycle hire scheme
  • bothersome — Someone or something that is bothersome is annoying or irritating.
  • boundaries — something that indicates bounds or limits; a limiting or bounding line.
  • bounderish — having the qualities of a bounder
  • bourgeoise — a female bourgeois
  • bow street — a street in London, England: location of a metropolitan police court.
  • bowdlerise — to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
  • bowdlerism — to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
  • bowser bag — doggy bag.
  • box supper — a social gathering, as at a church, at which box lunches donated by women are auctioned off to raise funds
  • brake shoe — the curved metal casting to which the brake lining is riveted in a drum brake
  • bread shop — a baker's shop
  • breastbone — Your breastbone is the long, flat bone which goes from your throat to the bottom of your ribs and to which your ribs are attached.
  • breastplow — a cultivator moved forward by a person pressing the chest against a crossbar.
  • breastwork — a temporary defensive work, usually breast-high
  • brier rose — any of various thorny shrubs or other plants, such as the sweetbrier and greenbrier
  • brightsome — bright or luminous
  • broad seal — the official seal of a nation and its government
  • broadscale — on a broad scale; extensive; spread over a wide area
  • broadsheet — A broadsheet is a newspaper that is printed on large sheets of paper. Broadsheets are generally considered to be more serious than other newspapers. Compare tabloid.
  • brockhouseBertram Neville, 1918–2003, Canadian physicist: Nobel Prize 1994.
  • brokenness — the quality of being broken
  • brokership — an agent who buys or sells for a principal on a commission basis without having title to the property.
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