10-letter words containing t, r, o, n
- baronetess — the wife of a baronet
- baronetize — to make (someone) a baronet; confer a baronetcy upon.
- barrenwort — a herbaceous European berberidaceous plant, Epimedium alpinum, having red-and-yellow star-shaped flowers
- barrington — Jonah. born 1940, British squash player; winner of the Open Championship 1966–67, 1969–72
- bat around — to discuss (an idea, proposition, etc) informally
- beachfront — A beachfront house, café, shop, or hotel is situated on or by a beach.
- benefactor — A benefactor is a person who helps a person or organization by giving them money.
- bernadotte — Folke (ˈfɔlke), Count. 1895–1948, Swedish diplomat, noted for his work with the Red Cross during World War II and as United Nations mediator in Palestine (1948). He was assassinated by Jewish terrorists
- bernstorff — Count Johann-Heinrich [yoh-hahn-hahyn-rikh] /ˈyoʊ hɑnˈhaɪn rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1862–1939, German diplomat.
- betancourt — Rómulo [rom-yuh-loh;; Spanish raw-moo-law] /ˈrɒm yəˌloʊ;; Spanish ˈrɔ muˌlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1908–81, Venezuelan journalist and political leader: president of Venezuela 1945–48 and 1959–64.
- bete noire — If you refer to someone or something as your bete noire, you mean that you have a particular dislike for them or that they annoy you a great deal.
- bettendorf — a city in E Iowa.
- bicornuate — Botany, Zoology. having two horns or hornlike parts.
- biocentric — centered in life; having life as its principal fact.
- biocontrol — the use of one living thing to control another
- bioreagent — a reagent of biological origin, such as an enzyme
- birthstone — a precious or semiprecious stone associated with a month or sign of the zodiac and thought to bring luck if worn by a person born in that month or under that sign
- bittorrent — a file transfer protocol which enables users to upload and download large files on the internet in the form of software, games, film, video, music, etc, from other users rather than from a central server
- blackthorn — a thorny Eurasian rosaceous shrub, Prunus spinosa, with black twigs, white flowers, and small sour plumlike fruits
- blindstory — a windowless story
- boat train — A boat train is a train that takes you to or from a port.
- boca raton — city in SE Fla., near Fort Lauderdale: pop. 75,000
- bolstering — a long, often cylindrical, cushion or pillow for a bed, sofa, etc.
- bone earth — bone ash.
- bonesetter — a person who sets broken or dislocated bones, esp one who has no formal medical qualifications
- bonkbuster — a novel characterized by graphic descriptions of the heroine's frequent sexual encounters
- bonnetiere — a tall, narrow wardrobe of the 18th century, found especially in Normandy and Brittany.
- bournonite — a sulfide of lead, antimony, and copper, PbCuSbS 3 , occurring in gray to black crystals or granular masses.
- brainstorm — If you have a brainstorm, you suddenly become unable to think clearly.
- branch out — If a person or an organization branches out, they do something that is different from their normal activities or work.
- 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.
- break into — If someone breaks into a building, they get into it by force.
- 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
- 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.
- bridgetown — the capital of Barbados, a port on the SW coast. Pop: 144 000 (2005 est)
- broken lot — an irregular quantity or lot of securities that is smaller than the amount normally traded
- bronchitic — acute or chronic inflammation of the membrane lining of the bronchial tubes, caused by respiratory infection or exposure to bronchial irritants, as cigarette smoke.
- bronchitis — Bronchitis is an illness like a very bad cough, in which your bronchial tubes become sore and infected.
- brontobyte — 1027 or 290 bytes
- brontosaur — apatosaurus
- brought on — made or bought outside the community, as a commercially manufactured product.
- brought-on — made or bought outside the community, as a commercially manufactured product.
- browbeaten — intimidated
- brown belt — a level of expertise just below that of black belt
- brown bent — a common grass, Agrostis canina, of North America, used for lawns and putting greens because its blades can be clipped very short without injury to the plant.
- brown coat — arriccio.
- 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.
- brownprint — a process of photographic reproduction using a mixture of iron and silver salts to produce a white image on a sepia ground.
- brownshirt — Nazi stormtrooper