11-letter words containing ra
- bandkeramik — the pottery of the early Neolithic Danubian culture of Europe, having characteristic parallel spiral lines over the body and neck of the gourdlike vessels and dated 5000–4000 b.c.
- baranavichy — a city in W central Belarus, SW of Minsk.
- baranovichi — a city in W central Belarus, SW of Minsk.
- bárány test — a test which detects diseases of the semicircular canals of the inner ear, devised by Robert Bárány (1876–1936)
- barbiturate — A barbiturate is a drug which people take to make them calm or to help them to sleep.
- barographic — Measured using a barograph.
- barra mansa — a city in Rio de Janeiro state, SE Brazil.
- barracootas — Plural form of barracoota.
- barracoutas — Plural form of barracouta.
- barracudina — any of several slender, large-mouthed, pelagic fishes of the family Paralepididae.
- barramundis — Plural form of barramundi.
- barrel-race — to compete in a barrel race.
- basicranial — of or relating to the base of the skull
- basicranium — (anatomy) The inferior region of the skull.
- basin range — a mountain range of the type found in the Great Basin region of the western U.S., typically long and narrow and characterized by faulted, tilted blocks of strata.
- bass strait — a channel between mainland Australia and Tasmania, linking the Indian Ocean and the Tasman Sea
- bathygraphy — The scientific description of the depth of the ocean.
- batrachians — Plural form of batrachian.
- beach grass — any of a genus (Ammophila) of deeply rooted, tough, perennial grasses that grow on sandy beaches and are often planted to combat beach erosion
- bearability — the quality of being able to be borne
- bedraggling — Present participle of bedraggle.
- beetlebrain — a person of severely limited intelligence
- behavioural — Behavioural means relating to the behaviour of a person or animal, or to the study of their behaviour.
- belligerati — intellectuals, such as writers, who advocate war or imperialism
- bendy straw — a drinking straw which is bent towards the top end
- bertrandite — a mineral, hydrous beryllium silicate, Be 4 Si 2 O 7 (OH) 2 , colorless or pale yellow, with a vitreous luster, occurring as tabular or prismatic crystals in pegmatites and hydrothermal veins.
- bibliograph — to put in a bibliography.
- bicorporate — having two bodies
- bikram yoga — a form of yoga in which traditional exercises are performed at high temperature and humidity
- bilaterally — pertaining to, involving, or affecting two or both sides, factions, parties, or the like: a bilateral agreement; bilateral sponsorship.
- bioaeration — the oxidative treatment of raw sewage by aeration
- biographize — to write a biography of (someone)
- bipyramidal — relating to a symmetrical structure consisting of two pyramids
- biquadratic — of or relating to the fourth power
- birdbrained — a stupid, foolish, or scatterbrained person.
- black racer — blacksnake (def 1).
- blady grass — a coarse leafy Australasian grass, Imperata cylindrica
- blagonravov — Anatoli Arkadyevich [an-uh-toh-lee;; Russian uh-nuh-taw-lyee uhr-kah-dyi-vyich] /ˈæn əˌtoʊ li;; Russian ʌ nʌˈtɔ lyi ʌrˈkɑ dyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1894–1975, Russian scientist.
- block grant — (in Britain) an annual grant made by the government to a local authority to help to pay for the public services it provides, such as health, education, and housing
- block trade — the purchase and sale of blocks of securities through brokers, sometimes not members of an exchange, who negotiate between buyers and sellers.
- bokhara rug — a Turkoman rug having a tan or red background and decorated with varied octagon patterns.
- bomb crater — the crater in the ground, pavement, etc, left in the aftermath of an explosion
- bonaventura — Saint, called the Seraphic Doctor. 1221–74, Italian Franciscan monk, mystic, theologian, and philosopher; author of a Life of St Francis and Journey of the Soul to God. Feast day: July 14
- boomeranger — a young adult who returns to live with parents after a period of living away from home.
- border raid — an incursion by attackers into a neighbouring country
- boston crab — a wrestling hold in which a wrestler seizes both or one of his opponent's legs, turns him face downwards, and exerts pressure over his back
- botheration — bother
- bottle rack — a rack for bottles, such as bottles of wine
- boy soprano — a young male singer whose voice is in the soprano range and has not yet broken, esp one who performs solo
- brace table — a table giving the lengths of the hypotenuses of right isosceles triangles of varying sizes: used especially for calculating the lengths of diagonal braces.