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10-letter words containing t, b

  • bowler hat — A bowler hat is a round, hard, black hat with a narrow brim which is worn by men, especially British businessmen. Bowler hats are no longer very common.
  • box cutter — a knife-like tool with a short retractable blade
  • box gutter — a gutter set into the slope of a roof above the cornice.
  • box staple — a socket for holding the end of a lock bolt when the door is closed.
  • box turtle — any of several North American terrapins (genus Terrapene) with a hinged shell that can be completely closed: usually found on land
  • boy scouts — the worldwide movement founded by Lord Baden-Powell in 1908, now called the Scout Association in the UK and the Boys Scouts of America in the USA, which pursues a programme of activities for boys with the aim of developing character and responsibility
  • brace root — prop root.
  • brachiator — any primate which swings by its arms from one hold to the next
  • bracketing — a set of brackets
  • bradstreet — Anne (Dudley). ?1612–72, US poet, born in England: regarded as the first significant US poet
  • bradytelic — of or relating to evolution at a rate slower than the standard for a given group of plants or animals.
  • braggartly — in a braggart or boastful manner
  • brain fart — (jargon, humour)   1. The actual result of a braino, as opposed to the mental glitch that is the braino itself. E.g. typing "dir" on a Unix box after a session with MS-DOS. 2. A biproduct of a bloated mind producing information effortlessly. A burst of useful information. "I know you're busy on the Microsoft story, but can you give us a brain fart on the Mitnik bust?"
  • 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.
  • branch cut — a method for selecting a single-valued function on a subset of the domain of a multiple-valued function of a complex variable.
  • branch out — If a person or an organization branches out, they do something that is different from their normal activities or work.
  • branchiate — having gills.
  • 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)
  • bratticing — a partition or lining, as of planks or cloth, forming an air passage in a mine.
  • brattiness — the quality of being bratty
  • brattlings — a series of rattling or clattering sounds
  • brazen out — If you have done something wrong and you brazen it out, you behave confidently in order not to appear ashamed, even though you probably do feel ashamed.
  • brazil nut — a tropical South American tree, Bertholletia excelsa, producing large globular capsules, each containing several closely packed triangular nuts: family Lecythidaceae
  • breadfruit — Breadfruit are large round fruit that grow on trees in the Pacific Islands and in tropical parts of America and that, when baked, look and feel like bread.
  • breadstick — bread baked in a long thin crisp stick
  • breadstuff — any form of bread
  • break into — If someone breaks into a building, they get into it by force.
  • break step — to cease to march in step
  • break with — to end a relationship or association with (someone or an organization or social group)
  • breakfront — (of a bookcase, bureau, etc) having a slightly projecting central section
  • breakpoint — an instruction inserted by a debug program causing a return to the debug program
  • breakwater — A breakwater is a wooden or stone wall that extends from the shore into the sea and is built in order to protect a harbour or beach from the force of the waves.
  • 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
  • breathable — A breathable fabric allows air to pass through it easily, so that clothing made from it does not become too warm or uncomfortable.
  • breathe in — When you breathe in, you take some air into your lungs.
  • 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.
  • brecciated — Petrology. to form as breccia.
  • brewmaster — a person who is in charge of brewing beer in a brewery
  • brickearth — a clayey alluvium suitable for the making of bricks: specifically, such a deposit in southern England, yielding a fertile soil
  • bridgeport — a port in SW Connecticut, on Long Island Sound. Pop: 139 664 (2003 est)
  • bridgetalk — (language)   A visual language.
  • bridgetown — the capital of Barbados, a port on the SW coast. Pop: 144 000 (2005 est)
  • bridgetree — a beam supporting the shaft on which an upper millstone rotates.
  • bridgwater — a town in SW England, in central Somerset. Pop: 36 563 (2001)
  • brigantine — a two-masted sailing ship, rigged square on the foremast and fore-and-aft with square topsails on the mainmast
  • brightener — a person or thing that brightens.
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