10-letter words that end in r
- belshazzar — 6th century bc, the son of Nabonidus, coregent of Babylon with his father for eight years: referred to as king and son of Nebuchadnezzar in the Old Testament (Daniel 5:1, 17; 8:1); described as having received a divine message of doom written on a wall at a banquet (Belshazzar's Feast)
- benefactor — A benefactor is a person who helps a person or organization by giving them money.
- benefitter — something that is advantageous or good; an advantage: He explained the benefits of public ownership of the postal system.
- bes antler — bay antler.
- bestseller — A bestseller is a book of which a great number of copies has been sold.
- beta fiber — a nonflammable glass fiber made into fabrics, insulation, etc.
- bevel gear — a gear having teeth cut into a conical surface known as the pitch zone. Two such gears mesh together to transmit power between two shafts at an angle to each other
- bez antler — bay antler
- bicapsular — (of plants) having two capsules or one capsule with two chambers
- bierkeller — a public house decorated in German style, selling German beers
- big dipper — A big dipper is a fairground ride that carries people up and down steep slopes on a narrow railway at high speed.
- big hitter — A big hitter is a sportsperson such as a golfer or tennis player who hits the ball with a lot of force.
- big sister — an elder sister.
- billfolder — billfold.
- billposter — a person who is employed to stick advertising posters to walls, fences, etc
- biographer — Someone's biographer is a person who writes an account of their life.
- biopolymer — a large molecule in a living organism
- bioreactor — a machine for growing organisms
- biratnagar — a city in SE Nepal.
- birch beer — a carbonated or fermented drink containing an extract from the bark of the birch tree.
- bit player — a person with a very small acting role with few lines to speak
- black bear — the common North American bear (Ursus americanus) that lives in forests and feeds mainly on roots and berries
- blackamoor — a Black African or other person with dark skin
- blackwater — a stream stained dark with peat
- blandisher — someone who blandishes
- blasphemer — to speak impiously or irreverently of (God or sacred things).
- blind door — a door having louvers permitting circulation of air.
- blow dryer — a handheld hair dryer
- blow-dryer — a small, usually handheld electrical appliance that dries hair by emitting a stream of warm air.
- blue peter — a signal flag of blue with a white square at the centre, displayed by a vessel about to leave port
- blue racer — a long slender blackish-blue fast-moving colubrid snake, Coluber constrictor flaviventris, of the US
- blue-water — designed to operate on and range over the open sea; oceangoing: a bluewater navy that can be dispatched throughout the world, far from its home base.
- bobbysoxer — an adolescent girl wearing bobbysocks, esp in the 1940s
- bobsledder — a person who bobsleds
- body armor — Body armor is special protective clothing that people such as soldiers and police officers sometimes wear when they are in danger of being attacked with guns or other weapons.
- body odour — Body odour is an unpleasant smell caused by sweat on a person's body.
- bodyshaper — an undergarment which flattens the stomach, bottom etc
- bodyworker — a person involved in the building or repair of bodywork
- bogtrotter — a highly offensive term for an Irish person
- bomb aimer — a person whose job is to aim a bomb to be dropped from an aircraft
- bombardier — the member of a bomber aircrew responsible for aiming and releasing the bombs
- bond paper — a superior quality of strong white paper, used esp for writing and typing
- bondholder — A bondholder is a person who owns one or more investment bonds.
- bonesetter — a person who sets broken or dislocated bones, esp one who has no formal medical qualifications
- boneshaker — an early type of bicycle having solid tyres and no springs
- bonhoeffer — Dietrich (ˈdiːtrɪç). 1906–45, German Lutheran theologian: executed by the Nazis
- bonkbuster — a novel characterized by graphic descriptions of the heroine's frequent sexual encounters
- book cover — the cover of a book
- book lover — a person who enjoys reading and reads more than the average person
- bookbinder — A bookbinder is a person whose job is fastening books together and putting covers on them.