11-letter words containing s, l, r
- balsam pear — an Old World tropical vine, Momordica charantia, of the gourd family, having yellow flowers and orange-yellow fruit.
- balustraded — Having balustrades.
- balustrades — Plural form of balustrade.
- banderillas — Plural form of banderilla.
- bandleaders — Plural form of bandleader.
- barbarously — uncivilized; wild; savage; crude.
- barbastelle — an insectivorous forest bat, Barbastella barbastellus, widely distributed across Eurasia, having a wrinkled face and prominent ears: roosts in trees or caves
- barbitalism — barbiturism.
- barley sack — a burlap bag.
- barotseland — a region in W Zambia. 44,920 sq. mi. (116,343 sq. km).
- barrelheads — Plural form of barrelhead.
- barrelhouse — a cheap and disreputable drinking establishment
- basal ridge — a U -shaped ridge at the base of the posterior surface of the crown of a tooth.
- basicranial — of or relating to the base of the skull
- baskerville — a style of type
- bass player — a player of a double bass or a bass guitar
- bass reflex — a loudspeaker equipped with a baffle having openings designed to improve the reproduction of low-frequency sounds.
- bath pearls — dissolvable granules added to bath water to impart scent or other qualities
- battle star — a small star worn on a campaign ribbon, awarded to a member of the armed forces for participation in a particular battle or campaign
- battledores — Plural form of battledore.
- battledress — the ordinary uniform of a soldier, consisting of tunic and trousers
- be all ears — to be listening attentively or eagerly
- belarussian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Belarus, its people, or their language
- 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 course — an ornamental projecting band or continuous moulding along a wall
- belt sander — a sander that uses an endless abrasive belt driven by an electric motor.
- belt-course — a horizontal band or course, as of stone, projecting beyond or flush with the face of a building, often molded and sometimes richly carved.
- 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.
- berkeleyism — any philosophical system or doctrine derived from the views of Bishop Berkeley.
- berners-lee — Sir Tim. born 1955, British computer scientist who in 1990 created the World Wide Web
- bersagliere — a member of a rifle regiment in the Italian Army
- berylliosis — a lung disease caused by inhaling beryllium
- best seller — A best seller is a book of which a lot of copies have been sold.
- bestridable — capable of being bestridden
- bible story — a story from the Bible
- birtwhistle — Harrison, born 1934, English composer.
- black frost — a frost without snow or rime that is severe enough to blacken vegetation
- black shirt — a member of any fascist organization (specif., the former Italian Fascist party) with a black-shirted uniform
- blacklister — someone who blacklists
- bladdernose — hooded seal
- blady grass — a coarse leafy Australasian grass, Imperata cylindrica
- blank verse — Blank verse is poetry that does not rhyme. In English literature it usually consists of lines with five stressed syllables.
- blasphemers — to speak impiously or irreverently of (God or sacred things).
- blastospore — a spore formed by budding, as in certain fungi
- bleed screw — A bleed screw is a type of tap or valve that helps to drain a hydraulic system, such as a brake system.
- blepharitis — inflammation of the eyelids
- bletcherous — /blech'*-r*s/ Disgusting in design or function; aesthetically unappealing. This word is seldom used of people. "This keyboard is bletcherous!" (Perhaps the keys don't work very well, or are misplaced.) The term bletcherous applies to the esthetics of the thing so described; similarly for cretinous. By contrast, something that is "losing" or "bagbiting" may be failing to meet objective criteria.
- blind trust — A blind trust is a financial arrangement in which someone's investments are managed without the person knowing where the money is invested. Blind trusts are used especially by people such as members of parliament, so that they cannot be accused of using their position to make money unfairly.