10-letter words containing s, t, b, r
- bradstreet — Anne (Dudley). ?1612–72, US poet, born in England: regarded as the first significant US poet
- brain stem — the portion of the brain that is continuous with the spinal cord and comprises the medulla oblongata, pons, midbrain, and parts of the hypothalamus, functioning in the control of reflexes and such essential internal mechanisms as respiration and heartbeat.
- brainstorm — If you have a brainstorm, you suddenly become unable to think clearly.
- 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)
- brattiness — the quality of being bratty
- brattlings — a series of rattling or clattering sounds
- breadstick — bread baked in a long thin crisp stick
- breadstuff — any form of bread
- break step — to cease to march in step
- 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.
- breastrail — the upper rail of any parapet on a ship
- breastwork — a temporary defensive work, usually breast-high
- 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.
- brewmaster — a person who is in charge of brewing beer in a brewery
- brightness — the condition of being bright
- brightsome — bright or luminous
- bring suit — to institute legal action; sue
- britishism — Briticism
- 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.
- bronchitis — Bronchitis is an illness like a very bad cough, in which your bronchial tubes become sore and infected.
- brontosaur — apatosaurus
- broomstaff — a broomstick
- broomstick — A broomstick is an old-fashioned broom which has a bunch of small sticks at the end.
- brown spot — a disease of many plants, characterized by irregular, brownish lesions on the fruit and foliage and by stem cankers, caused by any of several fungi, as Ceratophorum setosum or Cephalosporium apii.
- brownshirt — Nazi stormtrooper
- brownstone — In the United States, a brownstone is a type of house which was built during the 19th century. Brownstones have a front that is made from a reddish-brown stone.
- bruschetta — Bruschetta is a slice of toasted bread which is brushed with olive oil and usually covered with chopped tomatoes.
- bump start — a method of starting a motor vehicle by engaging a low gear with the clutch depressed and pushing it or allowing it to run down a hill until sufficient momentum has been acquired to turn the engine by releasing the clutch
- burns unit — a section of a hospital in which those with serious burns are treated
- burst into — If you burst into tears, laughter, or song, you suddenly begin to cry, laugh, or sing.
- burst page — banner
- bus master — (architecture) The device in a computer which is driving the address bus and bus control signals at some point in time. In a simple architecture only the (single) CPU can be bus master but this means that all communications between ("slave") I/O devices must involve the CPU. More sophisticated architectures allow other capable devices (or multiple CPUs) to take turns at controling the bus. This allows, for example, a network controller card to access a disk controller directly while the CPU performs other tasks which do not require the bus, e.g. fetching code from its cache. Note that any device can drive data onto the data bus when the CPU reads from that device, but only the bus master drives the address bus and control signals. See also distributed kernel.
- bush shirt — bush jacket.
- bushbeater — a person who conducts a thorough search to recruit talented people, as for an athletic team.
- bushmaster — a large greyish-brown highly venomous snake, Lachesis muta, inhabiting wooded regions of tropical America: family Crotalidae (pit vipers)
- butlership — the skills of a butler
- butt-strap — (in metal construction) a plate which overlaps and fastens two pieces butted together.
- butterfish — an eel-like blennioid food fish, Pholis gunnellus, occurring in North Atlantic coastal regions: family Pholidae (gunnels). It has a slippery scaleless golden brown skin with a row of black spots along the base of the long dorsal fin
- butterless — without butter
- buttressed — any external prop or support built to steady a structure by opposing its outward thrusts, especially a projecting support built into or against the outside of a masonry wall.
- by request — in accordance with someone's desire
- cabriolets — Plural form of cabriolet.
- calibrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of calibrate.
- carbonates — a salt or ester of carbonic acid.
- carpetbags — Plural form of carpetbag.
- castmember — A member of a theatrical cast.
- celebrants — Plural form of celebrant.
- celebrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of celebrate.
- cerebritis — an infection or inflammation of the brain