10-letter words containing er
- boosterish — designed to boost business; optimistic
- boosterism — the practice of actively promoting a city, region, etc, and its local businesses
- bootlegger — alcoholic liquor unlawfully made, sold, or transported, without registration or payment of taxes.
- bootlicker — to seek the favor or goodwill of in a servile, degraded way; toady to.
- bootloader — a bootstrap loader
- border tax — a tax system for imports and exports, especially one that compensates for internal taxes in Common Market countries by levying fees or paying rebates.
- bordereaux — a detailed memorandum, especially one in which documents are listed.
- borderland — The borderland between two things is an area which contains features from both of these things so that it is not possible to say that it belongs to one or the other.
- borderless — without a band or margin around or along the edge
- borderline — The borderline between two different or opposite things is the division between them.
- borer bomb — a device that emits pesticide fumes
- borgerhout — a town in N Belgium, near Antwerp. Pop: 40 142 (2002 est)
- bothersome — Someone or something that is bothersome is annoying or irritating.
- bouguereau — Adolphe William [a-dawlf veel-yam] /aˈdɔlf vilˈyam/ (Show IPA), 1825–1905, French painter.
- bouldering — rock climbing on large boulders or small outcrops either as practice or as a sport in its own right
- bounderish — having the qualities of a bounder
- bouquetier — a small container for holding flowers in a bouquet or nosegay.
- bovver boy — a rowdy youth
- bow rudder — (in canoeing) a technique in which a paddler in the bow holds the paddle at an angle from the side of the bow, using it as a rudder to steer.
- bowdlerise — to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
- bowdlerism — to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
- bowdlerize — To bowdlerize a book or film means to take parts of it out before publishing it or showing it.
- bowerwoman — a chamber-woman
- bowldering — pavement made with small boulders.
- 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.
- bowser bag — doggy bag.
- box camera — a simple box-shaped camera having an elementary lens, shutter, and viewfinder
- box clever — to behave in a careful and cunning way
- box cutter — a knife-like tool with a short retractable blade
- box girder — a girder that is hollow and square or rectangular in shape
- box gutter — a gutter set into the slope of a roof above the cornice.
- box number — A box number is a number used as an address, for example one given by a newspaper for replies to a private advertisement, or one used by an organization for the letters sent to it.
- box supper — a social gathering, as at a church, at which box lunches donated by women are auctioned off to raise funds
- boy wonder — a young man who is extremely good at a particular activity or who has a particular talent or skill
- bra burner — a contemptuous term used to refer to an ardent or militant feminist or to someone perceived as such.
- bra-burner — a contemptuous term used to refer to an ardent or militant feminist or to someone perceived as such.
- brainpower — Brainpower is intelligence or the ability to think.
- brandering — furring (def 4b).
- breadberry — bread soaked in water or milk
- 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.
- brewmaster — a person who is in charge of brewing beer in a brewery
- bricklayer — A bricklayer is a person whose job is to build walls using bricks.
- brickmaker — a person who makes bricks
- bridgwater — a town in SW England, in central Somerset. Pop: 36 563 (2001)
- brier rose — any of various thorny shrubs or other plants, such as the sweetbrier and greenbrier
- brightener — a person or thing that brightens.
- bring over — to cause (a person) to change allegiances
- brogrammer — a male computer programmer who is characterized as a bro: Brogrammers challenge the geek/nerd stereotype.
- brokership — an agent who buys or sells for a principal on a commission basis without having title to the property.
- browbeater — to intimidate by overbearing looks or words; bully: They browbeat him into agreeing.