11-letter words containing t, a, b, o, r
- backstroker — a person who swims the backstroke, especially a member of a competitive swimming team who specializes in the backstroke.
- backstrokes — Plural form of backstroke.
- bacteriocin — any protein-based toxin given off by bacteria to prevent the growth of related bacteria nearby
- bacteriosis — any bacterial disease
- bacteroides — any of several rod-shaped, anaerobic bacteria of the genus Bacteroides, occurring in the alimentary and genitourinary tracts of humans and other mammals, certain species of which are pathogenic.
- ballesteros — Severiano (sevɛˈrjano). 1957–2011, Spanish professional golfer: won the British Open Championship (1979; 1984; 1988) and the US Masters (1980; 1983)
- balmorality — an idealization of Scottish traditions and culture
- band theory — a theory of the electrical properties of metals, semiconductors, and insulators based on energy bands
- bannerstone — a North American prehistoric stone implement in the form of a double-edged ax with a notch or hole, possibly for attaching a handle.
- bantam work — Coromandel work.
- barfulation — /bar`fyoo-lay'sh*n/ Variation of barf used around the Stanford area. An exclamation, expressing disgust. On seeing some particularly bad code one might exclaim, "Barfulation! Who wrote this, Quux?"
- barnstormed — Simple past tense and past participle of barnstorm.
- barnstormer — to conduct a campaign or speaking tour in rural areas by making brief stops in many small towns.
- baroceptors — Plural form of baroceptor.
- baroclinity — a common state of fluid stratification in which surfaces of constant pressure and others of constant density are not parallel but intersect.
- baronetical — pertaining to baronets
- barotseland — a region in W Zambia. 44,920 sq. mi. (116,343 sq. km).
- barracootas — Plural form of barracoota.
- barracoutas — Plural form of barracouta.
- barrel bolt — a rod-shaped bolt for fastening a door or the like, attached to one side of the door at the edge and sliding into a socket on the frame of the opening.
- barrel knot — a knot for fastening together two strands of gut or nylon, as fishing lines or leaders.
- bartholomew — one of the twelve apostles (Matthew 10:3). Feast day: Aug 24 or June 11
- bartolommeo — Fra. original name Baccio della Porta. 1472–1517, Italian painter of the Florentine school, noted for his austere religious works
- basset horn — an obsolete woodwind instrument of the clarinet family
- bastard pop — a type of popular music in which two records, usually from different genres or eras, are blended together into a whole, often using the vocal performance from one and the instrumental from the other
- bastard son — an illegitimate son
- bath oliver — a kind of unsweetened biscuit
- bathometers — Plural form of bathometer.
- baton rouge — the capital of Louisiana, in the SE part on the Mississippi River. Pop: 225 090 (2003 est)
- batter down — If you batter a door down, you hit it so hard that it falls to pieces.
- battledores — Plural form of battledore.
- battlefront — the front line of a battle, where the action takes place
- be great on — to be informed about
- bean sprout — Bean sprouts are small, long, thin shoots grown from beans. They are frequently used in Chinese cookery.
- beancounter — Alternative spelling of bean counter.
- beanshooter — peashooter
- bear's-foot — either of two Eurasian hellebore plants, Helleborus foetidus or H. viridis, having leaves shaped like the foot and claws of a bear
- beardtongue — a plant of the genus Penstemon
- bedroom tax — a reduction in housing benefit for occupants of council housing who have more rooms than they are deemed to require
- behaviorist — the theory or doctrine that human or animal psychology can be accurately studied only through the examination and analysis of objectively observable and quantifiable behavioral events, in contrast with subjective mental states.
- belowstairs — (formerly) at or in the basement of a large house, considered as the place where the servants live and work
- ben trovato — appropriate and characteristic even if untrue; happily invented or discovered.
- benefactory — relating to a benefactor; beneficial
- bibliolater — someone who reveres the Bible
- bibliolatry — excessive devotion to or reliance on the Bible
- bicarbonate — a salt of carbonic acid containing the ion HCO3–; an acid carbonate
- bicorporate — having two bodies
- bifurcation — the act or fact of bifurcating
- bioaeration — the oxidative treatment of raw sewage by aeration
- biomaterial — a synthetic material used in prostheses or the replacement of natural body tissues