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11-letter words containing t, o, r, b, e

  • teeterboard — a seesaw; teeter.
  • tenebrionid — darkling beetle.
  • terebration — the action of drilling or puncturing
  • the borders — the area either side of the border between England and Scotland
  • the cariboo — a region in the W foothills of the Cariboo Mountains, scene of a gold rush beginning in 1860
  • the gorbals — a district of Glasgow, formerly known for its slums
  • theobromine — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, poisonous powder, C 7 H 8 N 4 O 2 , an isomer of theophylline and lower homologue of caffeine, occurring in tea and obtained from the cacao bean: used chiefly as a diuretic, myocardial stimulant, and vasodilator.
  • thereabouts — about or near that place or time: last June or thereabout.
  • thermobaric — (of an explosive device or explosion) detonated by means of an explosive substance reacting spontaneously with air
  • thrombocyte — platelet.
  • thromboxane — a compound, C 20 H 32 O 5 , formed in blood platelets, that constricts blood vessels and promotes clotting.
  • thunderbolt — a flash of lightning with the accompanying thunder.
  • timber wolf — the gray wolf, Canis lupus, sometimes designated as the subspecies C. lupus occidentalis: formerly common in northern North America but now greatly reduced in number and rare in the conterminous U.S.
  • to be frank — You can say 'to be frank' or 'to be frank with you' to introduce a statement which is your honest opinion, especially when the person you are talking to might not like it.
  • to go broke — If a company or person goes broke, they lose money and are unable to continue in business or to pay their debts.
  • toghril beg — ?990–1063 ad, Sultan of Turkey (1055–63), who founded the Seljuq dynasty and conquered Baghdad (1055)
  • toll bridge — a bridge at which a toll is charged.
  • toolbuilder — Tool Builder Kit
  • topless bar — a bar in which barmaids or waitresses work naked from the waist up
  • torchbearer — a person who carries a torch.
  • tower block — a high-rise building.
  • transborder — the part or edge of a surface or area that forms its outer boundary.
  • travel book — a book about travelling to a certain country or region, esp a guidebook
  • treasonable — of the nature of treason.
  • tribeswoman — a female member of a tribe.
  • tricone bit — A tricone bit is a drill bit with a head that is divided into three main parts.
  • triple bond — a chemical linkage consisting of three covalent bonds between two atoms of a molecule, represented in chemical formulas by three lines or six dots, as CH≡CH or CH⋮⋮CH.
  • trolley bus — a passenger bus operating on tires and having an electric motor that draws power from overhead wires.
  • trombe wall — a glass-fronted exterior masonry wall that absorbs solar heat for radiation into a building.
  • troubetzkoy — N(ikolai) S(ergeievich) [nyi-kuh-lahy syir-gye-yi-vyich] /nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ syɪrˈgyɛ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1938, Russian linguist in Austria.
  • trouble man — troubleshooter (def 2).
  • troubleshot — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
  • troublesome — causing trouble, annoyance, or difficulty; vexatious: a troublesome situation; a troublesome person.
  • tuberaceous — belonging or relating to the order of fungi Tuberaceae, or specifically the truffle genus (Tuber)
  • tuberculoid — resembling a tubercle.
  • tuberculoma — a tumour or other mass that grows from a tuberculous lesion or caused by the tubercle bacillus
  • tuberculose — tuberculate.
  • tuberculous — tubercular.
  • tudorbethan — (of a contemporary building) imitative of Tudor and Elizabethan architecture
  • tumble over — If someone or something tumbles over, they fall, often with a rolling or bouncing movement.
  • turbocharge — to equip (an internal-combustion engine) with a turbocharger.
  • tycho brahe — Tycho [tee-koh;; Danish ty-koh] /ˈti koʊ;; Danish ˈtü koʊ/ (Show IPA), 1546–1601, Danish astronomer.
  • unabrogated — not abrogated, revoked, or annulled
  • unabsorbent — (of fabric, material, etc) not able to soak up liquid
  • unbetrothed — engaged to be married: She is betrothed to that young lieutenant.
  • unbrotherly — not brotherly
  • unelaborate — not elaborate; not overly or richly detailed
  • unobservant — who fails to notice
  • unobtrusive — not obtrusive; inconspicuous, unassertive, or reticent.
  • untolerable — capable of being tolerated; endurable: His arrogance is no longer tolerable.
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