11-letter words that end in r
- azotobacter — any bacterium of the family Azotobacteriaceae, important in nitrogen fixation in the soil
- baby boomer — A baby boomer is someone who was born during a baby boom, especially during the years after the end of the Second World War.
- baby broker — an adoption service, esp on the internet
- baby shower — gift-giving party for unborn baby
- baby sister — a younger sister
- baby-boomer — a person born during a baby boom, especially one born in the U.S. between 1946 and 1965.
- baby-minder — a person who is paid to look after other people's babies or very young children
- baby-mother — a young mother who has been abandoned by the baby's father just before or after the birth
- baby-sitter — a person who takes care of a child or children while the parents are out
- baby-walker — a light frame on casters or wheels to help a baby learn to walk
- back anchor — a small anchor for backing a larger one.
- back boiler — a tank or series of pipes at the back of a fireplace for heating water
- back burner — If you put an issue on the back burner, you leave it in order to deal with it later because you now consider it to have become less urgent or important.
- back matter — the parts of a book, such as the index and appendices, that follow the main text
- back number — A back number of a magazine or newspaper is the same as a back issue.
- back-burner — a condition of low priority or temporary deferment (usually used in the phrase on the back burner): Put other issues on the back burner until after the election.
- backbencher — A backbencher is a Member of Parliament who is not a minister and who does not hold an official position in their political party.
- backbreaker — a wrestling hold in which a wrestler uses his knee or shoulder as a fulcrum to bend his opponent's body backwards
- backscatter — the scattering of particles or radiation, such as sound waves, X-rays, or alpha-particles, by the atoms of the medium through which they pass, in the backward direction
- backslapper — a person who backslaps; a hearty jovial person
- backstabber — someone who attacks another deceitfully, behind his or her back
- backstopper — a wall, wire screen, or the like, serving to prevent a ball from going too far beyond the normal playing area.
- backstroker — a person who swims the backstroke, especially a member of a competitive swimming team who specializes in the backstroke.
- backswimmer — an aquatic bug belonging to the family Notonectidae that swims on its back using its back legs as oars
- backtracker — One who, or that which, backtracks.
- baconburger — a hamburger topped with strips of cooked bacon.
- baggage car — A baggage car is a railway carriage, often without windows, which is used to carry luggage, goods, or mail.
- ball tearer — something exceptional in its class, for good or bad qualities
- ball-buster — an arduous, often unpleasant task.
- ball-flower — a decoration in a molding that looks like a ball held in the petals of a flower
- ballbreaker — a person, esp a woman, whose character and behaviour may be regarded as threatening a man's sense of power
- ballcarrier — an attacking player in possession of the ball
- ballhandler — a player particularly skilled at passing and dribbling
- ballicatter — (in Newfoundland) ice that forms along a shore from waves and spray
- balsam pear — an Old World tropical vine, Momordica charantia, of the gourd family, having yellow flowers and orange-yellow fruit.
- bancassurer — a bank that sells insurance products
- band leader — the leader of a group of musicians, esp those playing popular music
- bank robber — someone who steals from a bank, often using violence
- bargain for — If you have not bargained for or bargained on something that happens, you did not expect it to happen and so feel surprised or worried by it.
- bargemaster — the owner of a barge
- barley beer — an alcoholic drink brewed from barley malt, sugar, hops, and water and fermented with yeast
- barn-burner — Informal. something that is highly exciting, impressive, etc.: The All Stars game was a real barnburner.
- barnstormer — to conduct a campaign or speaking tour in rural areas by making brief stops in many small towns.
- barons' war — either of two civil wars in 13th-century England. The First Barons' War (1215–17) was precipitated by King John's failure to observe the terms of Magna Carta: many of the Barons' grievances were removed by his death (1216) and peace was concluded in 1217. The Second Barons' War (1264–67) was caused by Henry III's refusal to accept limitations on his authority: the rebel Barons (led (1264–65) by Simon de Montfort), initially successful, were defeated at the battle of Evesham (1265); sporadic resistance continued until 1267
- base runner — any member of the team at bat who has reached first, second, or third base safely or is trying to reach a base or home plate
- basket star — any echinoderm of the class Ophiuroidea, especially of the genus Gorgonocephalus, having long, slender, branching arms.
- basket-star — any of several echinoderms of the genus Gorgonocephalus, in which long slender arms radiate from a central disc: order Ophiuroidea (brittle-stars)
- basketmaker — A person who makes baskets.
- bass guitar — a guitar that has the same pitch and tuning as a double bass, usually electrically amplified
- bass player — a player of a double bass or a bass guitar