10-letter words containing ra
- barramundi — any of several large edible Australian fishes esp the percoid species Lates calcarifer (family Centropomidae) of NE coastal waters or the freshwater species Scleropages leichardti (family Osteoglossidae) of Queensland
- barratrous — (legal) Tainted with, or constituting, barratry.
- basic rate — the standard or lowest level on a scale of money payable, esp in taxation
- batrachian — any amphibian, esp a frog or toad
- beach crab — any of various crabs that live on beaches, as the ghost crab.
- beam trawl — a trawl net whose lateral spread during trawling is maintained by a beam across its mouth.
- bear grass — Also called elk grass. a tall, western North American plant, Xerophyllum tenax, of the lily family, having narrow leaves and a dense, broad cluster of tiny white flowers.
- bedraggled — Someone or something that is bedraggled looks untidy because they have got wet or dirty.
- behavioral — Behavioral means relating to the behavior of a person or animal, or to the study of their behavior.
- bell crank — a lever with two arms having a common fulcrum at their junction
- benacerraf — Baruj. 1920–2011, Venezuelan-born US immunologist: shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (1980) for his work on histocompatibility antigens
- bent grass — any grass of the genus Agrostis, especially the redtop.
- benzofuran — a colourless insoluble aromatic liquid obtained from coal tar and used in the manufacture of synthetic resins. Formula: C8H6O
- bessarabia — a region in E Europe, mostly in Moldova and Ukraine: long disputed by the Turks and Russians; a province of Romania from 1918 until 1940. Area: about 44 300 sq km (17 100 sq miles)
- bestraddle — to sit with one's legs either side of something
- bestraught — distraught; distracted
- beta brass — an alloy consisting of nearly equal proportions of copper and zinc.
- bicorporal — having two bodies, main divisions, symbols, etc.
- bicultural — having two cultures
- big rapids — a town in central Michigan.
- biliterate — able to read and write in two languages.
- biodegrade — to decompose (something)
- biographee — a person whose biography has been written
- biographer — Someone's biographer is a person who writes an account of their life.
- biographic — of or relating to a person's life: He's gathering biographical data for his book on Milton.
- biotherapy — the treatment of disease by means of substances, as serums, vaccines, penicillin, etc., secreted by or derived from living organisms
- biquadrate — the fourth power
- biratnagar — a city in SE Nepal.
- bird grass — rough bluegrass
- bird-brain — a stupid, foolish, or scatterbrained person.
- birostrate — having two beaks or beak-like projections
- birth rate — The birth rate in a place is the number of babies born there for every 1000 people during a particular period of time.
- birthrates — birthrate
- bitartrate — (not in technical usage) a salt or ester of tartaric acid containing the monovalent group -HC4H4O6 or the ion HC4H4O6–
- black gram — a leguminous plant, Phaseolus mungo, whose seeds are used as food in India
- blackstrap — a kind of port wine
- bloggerati — those considered to be important or influential in the world of blogging
- blue coral — any coral of the genus Heliopora, having brown polyps and a blue skeleton, found in the Indo-Pacific region.
- blue crane — the great blue heron.
- blue grama — any grass of the genus Bouteloua, of South America and western North America, as B. gracilis (blue grama)
- blue racer — a long slender blackish-blue fast-moving colubrid snake, Coluber constrictor flaviventris, of the US
- 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
- body track — the tracks of a railroad yard used for switching or sorting cars.
- boko haram — a militant and violent Islamic organization established in NE Nigeria in 2002 and also active in Niger, Chad, and Cameroon
- booby-trap — A booby-trap is something such as a bomb which is hidden or disguised and which causes death or injury when it is touched.
- borah peak — a mountain in central Idaho, in the Lost River Range: highest peak in Idaho. 12,662 feet (3861 meters).
- borax bead — a bead of fused borax, used in chemical analysis for the identification of certain metal oxides.
- bordraging — an attack or raid on a border region
- box camera — a simple box-shaped camera having an elementary lens, shutter, and viewfinder