11-letter words that end in r
- blacklister — someone who blacklists
- blind tiger — speak-easy
- blockbuster — A blockbuster is a film or book that is very popular and successful, usually because it is very exciting.
- blood donor — A blood donor is someone who gives some of their blood so that it can be used in operations.
- blood sugar — the glucose concentration in the blood: the normal fasting value is between 3.9 and 5.6 mmol/l
- bloodflower — a showy milkweed, Asclepias curassavica, of tropical America, having brilliant orange-red flowers and smooth fruit.
- bloodletter — someone or something which lets blood
- bloodsucker — A bloodsucker is any creature that sucks blood from a wound that it has made in an animal or person.
- blue collar — of or relating to wage-earning workers who wear work clothes or other specialized clothing on the job, as mechanics, longshoremen, and miners. Compare white-collar.
- blue heeler — a cattle dog that controls cattle by biting their heels
- blue murder — If you say that someone screams blue murder or screams bloody murder, you are emphasizing that they are making a lot of noise or fuss about something that they do not like.
- blue runner — a carangid fish of American Atlantic waters, Caranx crysos
- blue-collar — Blue-collar workers work in industry, doing physical work, rather than in offices.
- boat anchor — 1. Like doorstop but more severe; implies that the offending hardware is irreversibly dead or useless. "That was a working motherboard once. One lightning strike later, instant boat anchor!" 2. A person who just takes up space. 3. Obsolete but still working hardware, especially when used of an old S100-bus hobbyist system; originally a term of annoyance, but became more and more affectionate as the hardware became more and more obsolete.
- boatbuilder — A boatbuilder is a person or company that makes boats.
- bobby-soxer — esp. in the 1940s, a girl in her early teens, esp. one who conformed to adolescent fads
- body armour — Body armour is special protective clothing which people such as soldiers and police officers sometimes wear when they are in danger of being attacked with guns or other weapons.
- body colour — a painting technique using opaque watercolour paint in which the pigments are bound with glue and the lighter tones contain white
- body horror — a horror film genre in which the main feature is the graphically depicted destruction or degeneration of a human body or bodies
- body packer — a smuggler of illegal drugs, especially one who swallows bags containing them.
- body warmer — a sleeveless type of jerkin, usually quilted, worn as an outer garment for extra warmth
- body-packer — a person who smuggles illicit drugs in balloons, condoms, or similar plastic bags which have either been swallowed or inserted in the rectum or vagina
- bodybuilder — A bodybuilder is a person who does special exercises regularly in order to make his or her muscles grow bigger.
- boilermaker — a person who works with metal in heavy industry; plater or welder
- bolt cutter — a tool for cutting bolts, wire, etc, typically with very long handles and short blades, with compound hinges
- bomb crater — the crater in the ground, pavement, etc, left in the aftermath of an explosion
- bone shaker — an early-model bicycle, especially one with hard rubber tires.
- bone-shaker — an early-model bicycle, especially one with hard rubber tires.
- boomeranger — a young adult who returns to live with parents after a period of living away from home.
- boondoggler — a product of simple manual skill, as a plaited leather cord for the neck or a knife sheath, made typically by a camper or a scout.
- boot-licker — to seek the favor or goodwill of in a servile, degraded way; toady to.
- bottom gear — the lowest gear of a car, lorry, etc
- boudin noir — a dark-colored boiled sausage made with pork and blood, and often highly spiced
- bow divider — a bow compass, each leg of which terminates in a needle, used to transfer measurements from one area of a drawing to another.
- box spanner — a spanner consisting of a steel cylinder with a hexagonal end that fits over a nut: used esp to turn nuts in positions that are recessed or difficult of access
- brachiosaur — any of a genus (Brachiosaurus) of huge Jurassic sauropods having longer forelegs than hind legs and nostrils high on the forehead
- brain fever — inflammation of the brain or its covering membranes
- brainteaser — an intellectually challenging puzzle, problem, game, etc.
- brake lever — (on a bicycle) a lever on the handlebar that connects to the brake cable and thus operates the braking mechanism
- bram stoker — Bram [bram] /bræm/ (Show IPA), (Abraham Stoker) 1847–1912, British novelist, born in Ireland: creator of Dracula.
- bravo-river — Mexican Rio Bravo. a river flowing from SW Colorado through central New Mexico and along the boundary between Texas and Mexico into the Gulf of Mexico. 1800 miles (2900 km) long.
- bread flour — wheat flour from which a large part of the starch has been removed, thus increasing the proportion of gluten.
- breadwinner — The breadwinner in a family is the person in it who earns the money that the family needs for essential things.
- break cover — (esp of game animals) to come out from a shelter or hiding place
- breakdancer — a person who does breakdancing
- bridal wear — clothes specially designed for brides
- bridgewater — a town in E Massachusetts.
- broad river — a river in W North Carolina, flowing S to join the Saluda River, forming the Congaree River in South Carolina. 150 miles (241 km) long.
- broadcaster — A broadcaster is someone who gives talks or takes part in interviews and discussions on radio or television programmes.
- bronx cheer — A Bronx cheer is a sound that people make by vibrating their lips in order to express disapproval or contempt.