10-letter words containing s, l, r
- blue shark — a shark of the species Prionace glauca, found in temperate and tropical waters
- blue-curls — any of a genus (Trichostema) of plants of the mint family, with downy, narrow leaves and blue flowers
- blue-rinse — of, for, or composed mostly of elderly women: the blue-rinse matinee audience.
- bluebreast — any of several birds with blue plumage around the throat
- bluehearts — a hairy, purple-flowered perennial plant (Buchnera americana) of the figwort family, found in the S U.S.
- blues-rock — a blend of rock-'n'-roll and blues.
- blurriness — blurred; indistinct.
- blusterous — to roar and be tumultuous, as wind.
- bnr pascal — ["Remote Rendezvous", N. Gammage et al, Soft Prac & Exp 17(10):741-755 (Oct 1987)].
- bobsledder — a person who bobsleds
- 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
- bolstering — a long, often cylindrical, cushion or pillow for a bed, sofa, etc.
- bookseller — A bookseller is a person who sells books.
- bordelaise — denoting a brown sauce flavoured with red wine and sometimes mushrooms
- borderless — without a band or margin around or along the edge
- 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.
- braaivleis — a picnic at which meat is cooked over an open fire; a barbecue
- brailowsky — Alexander [al-ig-zan-der,, -zahn-;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahn-dr] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑn dr/ (Show IPA), 1896–1976, Russian pianist.
- branglings — a series of squabbles or disputes
- bratislava — the capital of Slovakia since 1918, a port on the River Danube; capital of Hungary (1541–1784) and seat of the Hungarian parliament until 1848. Pop: 428 672 (2001)
- brattlings — a series of rattling or clattering sounds
- breakables — objects that are delicate and could be easily broken
- breastplow — a cultivator moved forward by a person pressing the chest against a crossbar.
- breastrail — the upper rail of any parapet on a ship
- breathless — If you are breathless, you have difficulty in breathing properly, for example because you have been running or because you are afraid or excited.
- breechless — having no breeches or trousers; bare-bottomed
- breezeless — without a breeze; windless
- bridlewise — (of a horse) obedient to the pressure of the reins on the neck rather than to the bit
- brix scale — a scale for calibrating hydrometers used for measuring the concentration and density of sugar solutions at a given temperature
- broad seal — the official seal of a nation and its government
- broadlands — a Palladian mansion near Romsey in Hampshire: formerly the home of Lord Palmerston and Lord Mountbatten
- broadscale — on a broad scale; extensive; spread over a wide area
- brunfelsia — any of various shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Brunfelsia, of the nightshade family, native to tropical America, having white or purple tubular or bell-shaped flowers.
- brushwheel — a toothless wheel with bristles attached to its circumference, used to turn another wheel by friction
- bull shark — a requiem shark, Carcharhinus leucas, inhabiting shallow waters from North Carolina to Brazil.
- burnsville — a city in SE Minnesota.
- bushwalker — a person who hikes through bushland
- butlership — the skills of a butler
- butterless — without butter
- cablegrams — Plural form of cablegram.
- cabriolets — Plural form of cabriolet.
- cagliostro — Count Alessandro di (alesˈsandro di), original name Giuseppe Balsamo. 1743–95, Italian adventurer and magician, who was imprisoned for life by the Inquisition for his association with freemasonry
- calcareous — of, containing, or resembling calcium carbonate; chalky
- calcsinter — travertine.
- calibrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of calibrate.
- camarillas — Plural form of camarilla.
- camelshair — (attributive) The hair of a camel, used for paintbrushes etc.