11-letter words containing w, e, a, b
- breadthways — from side to side
- breadthwise — in the direction of the breadth
- breadwinner — The breadwinner in a family is the person in it who earns the money that the family needs for essential things.
- breast wall — a retaining wall built to hold back a bank of earth
- breastworks — a defensive work, usually breast high.
- bridal wear — clothes specially designed for brides
- bridewealth — (in some nonindustrial societies) the money or goods given to the family of a bride by the bridegroom or his family.
- bridgewater — a town in E Massachusetts.
- brow antler — the first prong from the base of a stag's antler.
- browbeating — to intimidate by overbearing looks or words; bully: They browbeat him into agreeing.
- brown algae — any algae of the phylum Phaeophyta, such as the wracks and kelps, which contain a brown pigment in addition to chlorophyll
- brown bread — bread made with wholemeal flour, or with ingredients that give it a brown colour
- brown earth — an intrazonal soil of temperate humid regions typically developed under deciduous forest into a dark rich layer (mull): characteristic of much of southern and central England
- brown heart — a brown discoloration of the flesh of stored apples, resulting from high concentrations of carbon dioxide.
- brown hyena — a hyena, Hyaena brunnea, of southern Africa, having a blackish-gray coat: its dwindling population is now protected.
- brown paper — a coarse unbleached paper used for wrapping
- brown sauce — a sauce made from cooked fat and flour
- brown snake — any of various common venomous snakes of the genus Pseudonaja
- brown water — shallow water, as opposed to deep (blue) water.
- brown-state — (of linen and lace fabrics) undyed
- bubble wrap — a type of polythene wrapping containing many small air pockets, used as a protective covering when transporting breakable goods
- bullwhacker — (especially in the early 19th century) the driver of a team of oxen.
- bush lawyer — any of several prickly trailing plants of the genus Rubus
- bushelwoman — a woman who alters clothes
- bushwhacker — a person who travels around or lives in thinly populated woodlands
- cabbagetown — a former slum area of Toronto, now known for its Victorian architecture and thriving arts community
- cabbageworm — any caterpillar that feeds on cabbages, esp that of the cabbage white
- cabinetwood — any wood suitable for use in cabinetwork.
- cabinetwork — the making of furniture, esp of fine quality
- campbeltown — a seaport on the Kintyre peninsula, in SW Scotland: resort.
- deal a blow — If an event deals a blow to something or someone, it causes them great difficulties or makes failure more likely.
- disavowable — capable of being disavowed
- dobby weave — a weave with small, geometric patterns
- drawbridges — Plural form of drawbridge.
- dumb waiter — A dumb waiter is a lift used to carry food and dishes from one floor of a building to another.
- dumbwaiters — Plural form of dumbwaiter.
- fast bowler — a bowler who characteristically delivers the ball rapidly
- gamble away — lose through gambling
- glassblower — A person skilled in the art of glassblowing.
- hammer blow — a blow from a hammer
- hawser bend — a knot uniting the ends of two lines.
- ida b wells — Henry, 1805–78, U.S. businessman: pioneered in banking, stagecoach services, and express shipping.
- jabberwocky — a playful imitation of language consisting of invented, meaningless words; nonsense; gibberish.
- jaw-breaker — Informal. a word that is hard to pronounce.
- jawbreakers — Plural form of jawbreaker.
- jew-baiting — active anti-Semitism.
- joel barlow — Joel, 1754–1812, U.S. poet and diplomat.
- late hebrew — the Hebrew language as used from about a.d. 70 through the 13th century, including Mishnaic Hebrew and Medieval Hebrew.
- law-breaker — A law-breaker is someone who breaks the law.
- lawbreakers — Plural form of lawbreaker.