11-letter words containing be
- fire beetle — any of numerous click beetles of the genus Pyrophorus, of tropical America, having luminous reddish or greenish spots on the body.
- flabbergast — to overcome with surprise and bewilderment; astound.
- flea beetle — any leaf beetle of the genera Haltica, Epitrix, etc., the various species of which have the rear legs adapted for jumping.
- flitch beam — a beam composed of planks bolted together side by side and often reinforced with a plate of iron or steel.
- floral tube — a cylinder formed in some flowers by the fusion of the perianth and stamens, as in the daffodil or iris.
- foam rubber — a light, spongy rubber, used for mattresses, cushions, etc.
- forbearance — the act of forbearing; a refraining from something.
- forebearers — Plural form of forebearer.
- forebearing — Present participle of forebear.
- francophobe — Also, Francophobic. fearing or hating France, the French people, and French culture, products, etc.
- fray bentos — a port in W Uruguay, on the River Uruguay: noted for meat-packing. Pop: 23 122 (2004 est)
- french bean — British. the pod of a green bean or wax bean, eaten as a vegetable.
- front bench — (used with a singular verb) (in the House of Commons) either of two seats near the Speaker, on which the leaders of the major parties sit.
- furbelowing — Present participle of furbelow.
- gaberlunzie — a wandering beggar
- garter belt — an undergarment of cloth or elastic, with attached garters, worn by women to hold up stockings.
- gas chamber — an enclosure used for the execution of prisoners by means of a poisonous gas.
- geiger tube — a tube functioning as an ionization chamber within a Geiger counter.
- gibberellic — Describing gibberellic acid and its derivatives.
- gibberellin — any of a class of growth hormones occurring in fungi and plants.
- gibberingly — While gibbering; with wild, incoherent speech.
- ginger beer — a soft drink similar to ginger ale but containing more ginger flavor.
- glass fiber — Glass fiber is another name for fiberglass.
- globe valve — a valve with a globular body, closed by a disk seating on an opening in an internal wall.
- globefishes — Plural form of globefish.
- globeflower — any of several plants belonging to the genus Trollius, of the buttercup family, as T. laxus, of North America, having rounded, yellowish flowers.
- go belly up — the front or under part of a vertebrate body from the breastbone to the pelvis, containing the abdominal viscera; the abdomen.
- goatsbeards — Plural form of goatsbeard.
- gold beetle — any of several beetles having a golden luster, as a chrysomelid, Metriona bicolor, that feeds on morning glories and roses.
- goldbeating — the art or process of beating out gold into gold leaf.
- goldbergian — Rube Goldberg.
- goldenberry — the Cape gooseberry
- gombeen-man — a usurer or moneylender.
- gopherberry — bush huckleberry.
- graverobber — a person who steals valuables from graves and tombs: Graverobbers had emptied the Mayan tomb before archaeologists could examine its contents.
- green beans — the narrow green edible pods of a green bean plant
- green beret — a member of the U.S. Army Special Forces.
- ground beam — a reinforced concrete beam for supporting walls, joists, etc., at or near ground level, itself either resting directly upon the ground or supported at both ends by piers.
- ground beef — meat: minced beef
- gubernation — the act of governing or ruling
- gum benzoin — Also called gum benjamin, gum benzoin. a reddish-brown, aromatic balsamic resin occurring in almondlike fragments and having a vanillalike odor, obtained from trees of the genus Styrax, especially S. benzoin, of Java, Sumatra, etc.: used in the manufacture of perfume and cosmetics and in medicine internally as an expectorant and externally as an antiseptic.
- haberdasher — a retail dealer in men's furnishings, as shirts, ties, gloves, socks, and hats.
- hackberries — Plural form of hackberry.
- halberdiers — Plural form of halberdier.
- halberstadt — a town in central Germany, in Saxony-Anhalt: industrial centre noted for its historic buildings. Pop: 40 014 (2003 est)
- hammer beam — a short wooden beam projecting from an interior wall to support or tie together rafters or arched roof braces.
- hang behind — to remain in a place after others have left; linger
- hard rubber — rubber vulcanized with a large amount of sulfur, usually 25–35 percent, to render it stiff and comparatively inflexible.
- hartebeests — Plural form of hartebeest.
- hawser bend — a knot uniting the ends of two lines.