11-letter words containing te
- bacteriuria — the presence of bacteria in the urine
- bacteroides — any of several rod-shaped, anaerobic bacteria of the genus Bacteroides, occurring in the alimentary and genitourinary tracts of humans and other mammals, certain species of which are pathogenic.
- baddeleyite — a mineral consisting largely of zirconium dioxide: a source of zirconium. Formula: ZrO2
- baffleplate — a plate used as a baffle.
- bal musette — a dance hall in France in which the music is provided by an accordion band.
- ball tearer — something exceptional in its class, for good or bad qualities
- ball-buster — an arduous, often unpleasant task.
- ballesteros — Severiano (sevɛˈrjano). 1957–2011, Spanish professional golfer: won the British Open Championship (1979; 1984; 1988) and the US Masters (1980; 1983)
- ballicatter — (in Newfoundland) ice that forms along a shore from waves and spray
- bandeirante — a 16th–18th-century Portugese explorer in South America motivated by profit, known for hunting down natives for slaves as well as for locating mines of precious stones and metals
- bandmasters — Plural form of bandmaster.
- banistering — Present participle of banister.
- banteringly — in a bantering fashion
- bárány test — a test which detects diseases of the semicircular canals of the inner ear, devised by Robert Bárány (1876–1936)
- barbastelle — an insectivorous forest bat, Barbastella barbastellus, widely distributed across Eurasia, having a wrinkled face and prominent ears: roosts in trees or caves
- barbiturate — A barbiturate is a drug which people take to make them calm or to help them to sleep.
- bargemaster — the owner of a barge
- barter away — to give or trade for too small a return
- base estate — an estate held from a lord on the condition of performing some service, especially service of a demeaning nature.
- base tenant — a tenant of a base estate.
- basehearted — having a low, mean, or contemptible nature or character; meanspirited.
- basic steel — steel produced by the basic process.
- basse-terre — a mountainous island in the Caribbean, in the Leeward Islands, comprising part of Guadeloupe. Area: 848 sq km (327 sq miles)
- bastnaesite — a rare yellow to reddish-brown mineral consisting of a carbonate of fluorine and several lanthanide metals. It occurs in association with zinc and is a source of the lanthanides. Formula: LaFCO3
- bateau neck — boat neck.
- bathometers — Plural form of bathometer.
- batter down — If you batter a door down, you hit it so hard that it falls to pieces.
- batter pile — a pile driven at an angle to the vertical.
- battery egg — an egg from a battery hen
- battery hen — a hen kept in a battery
- battery jar — a rather large cylindrical container of heavy glass with an open top, used in laboratories.
- battery set — a set of batteries required for a particular purpose
- baum marten — a dark brown European marten (esp. Martes martes) or its fur
- beach aster — a seaside plant, Erigeron glaucus, of the temperate western coast of North America, having solitary, violet- or lilac-colored flowers.
- beachmaster — a bull fur seal having its own territory in the breeding grounds.
- beancounter — Alternative spelling of bean counter.
- beanshooter — peashooter
- beatificate — (obsolete, religion) To beatify.
- beauteously — In a beauteous manner.
- belatedness — coming or being after the customary, useful, or expected time: belated birthday greetings.
- belted tire — a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- bend dexter — the ordinary bend, extending from the dexter chief to the sinister base.
- beneficiate — to process (ores) through reduction
- benjaminite — a member of the tribe of Benjamin.
- benzonatate — a nonnarcotic substance, C 30 H 53 NO 11 , used as a cough suppressant.
- 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.
- beryllonite — a mineral, sodium beryllium phosphate, NaBePO 4 , occurring in colorless or light-yellow crystals, sometimes used as a gemstone.
- betsiamites — a river in E Quebec, Canada, flowing SE to the St. Lawrence River. 240 miles (386 km) long.
- better half — one's spouse
- better than — superior to