11-letter words containing s, i, r
- bristletail — any primitive wingless insect of the orders Thysanura and Diplura, such as the silverfish and firebrat, having a flattened body and long tail appendages
- bristliness — the quality of being bristly
- bristol bay — arm of the Bering Sea between the SW Alas. mainland & the Alaska Peninsula
- british gum — dextrin.
- british lop — a breed of large white pig with large drooping ears, originating from Wales, Cumberland, and Ulster
- brittlebush — any of several composite plants of the genus Encelia, of desert regions of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having alternate leaves and yellow ray flowers with a yellow or purple center.
- brittleness — the quality of being brittle
- bromidrosis — the production of foul-smelling perspiration
- brown shirt — (in Nazi Germany) a storm trooper
- brown swiss — a hardy breed of large, brown dairy cattle, first raised in Switzerland
- brownnosing — If you accuse someone of brownnosing, you are saying in a rather offensive way that they are agreeing with someone important in order to get their support.
- brownsville — city & port in S Tex., on the Rio Grande: pop. 140,000
- brucellosis — an infectious disease of cattle, goats, dogs, and pigs, caused by bacteria of the genus Brucella and transmittable to humans (e.g. by drinking contaminated milk): symptoms include fever, chills, and severe headache
- brush aside — If you brush aside or brush away an idea, remark, or feeling, you refuse to consider it because you think it is not important or useful, even though it may be.
- bulbiferous — (of plants) producing bulbs
- bullshitter — nonsense, lies, or exaggeration.
- burglarious — of, constituting, or inclined to burglary
- burnishment — the act or process of burnishing
- burns night — (in Scotland) 25 January, the traditional date for holding a celebratory meal (Burns supper) in honour of Robert Burns
- bursiculate — resembling a pouch
- bush shrike — any shrike of the African subfamily Malaconotinae, such as Chlorophoneus nigrifrons (black-fronted bush shrike)
- bushranging — the life of a bushranger
- butter dish — a small dish designed to hold butter
- butterflies — tremors in the stomach region due to nervousness
- byelorussia — Official name Belarus. Formerly White Russian Soviet Socialist Republic, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic. a republic in E Europe, N of Ukraine: formerly a part of the Soviet Union. 80,154 sq. mi. (207,600 sq. km). Capital: Minsk.
- c-odescript — (language) A Liana interpreter, embeddable in C and C++ programs.
- c1 security — Orange Book
- c2 security — Orange Book
- cacogastric — relating to an upset stomach
- caddis worm — the wormlike larva of the caddis fly that usually lives in fresh water in an elongated case made of twigs, grains of sand, etc. cemented together with silk that it secretes: commonly used as bait by anglers
- cafetoriums — Plural form of cafetorium.
- caipirinhas — Plural form of caipirinha.
- caird coast — a region of Antarctica: a part of Coats Land on the SE coast of the Weddell Sea; now included in the British Antarctic Territory (claim suspended under the Antarctic Treaty of 1959)
- calc-sinter — travertine
- calciferous — forming or producing salts of calcium, esp calcium carbonate
- calcigerous — containing lime or other salts
- calendarise — apportion (eg budget) to equal units of time (usually months) within a year
- calendarist — a person who calendarizes
- callicrates — 5th century bc, Greek architect: with Ictinus, designed the Parthenon
- campaigners — Plural form of campaigner.
- campestrian — Relating to open fields; growing in a field, or open ground.
- canis major — a constellation in the S hemisphere close to Orion, containing Sirius, the brightest star in the sky
- canis minor — a small constellation in the N hemisphere close to Orion, containing the first magnitude star Procyon
- canisterise — to put into canisters
- canisterize — to put into canisters
- cantharides — a diuretic and urogenital stimulant or irritant prepared from the dried bodies of Spanish fly (family Meloidae, not Cantharidae), once thought to be an aphrodisiac
- cantilevers — Plural form of cantilever.
- caparisoned — (of a horse) Having a richly ornamented harness.
- capillaries — pertaining to or occurring in or as if in a tube of fine bore.
- capri pants — women's tight-fitting trousers