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11-letter words containing n, b, o

  • 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 plane — a carpenter's small plane used to cut across the end grain of wood
  • block print — a design printed by means of one or more blocks of wood or metal.
  • blogjacking — the use of another person’s blog without his or her consent, esp for malicious or satirical purposes
  • blonde lace — a French pillow lace, originally of unbleached cream-coloured Chinese silk, later of bleached or black-dyed silk
  • blood count — Your blood count is the number of red and white cells in your blood. A blood count can also refer to a medical examination which determines the number of red and white cells in your blood.
  • blood donor — A blood donor is someone who gives some of their blood so that it can be used in operations.
  • blood money — If someone makes a payment of blood money to the family of someone who has been killed, they pay that person's family a sum of money as compensation.
  • bloodsprent — spattered or stained with blood
  • bloomington — a city in central Indiana: seat of the University of Indiana (1820). Pop: 70 642 (2003 est)
  • bludgeoning — a short, heavy club with one end weighted, or thicker and heavier than the other.
  • blue monday — a Monday regarded as a depressing workday in contrast to the pleasant relaxation of the weekend.
  • blue ribbon — A blue ribbon is the same as a blue riband.
  • blue-ribbon — of superior quality or prominence; first-rate; specially selected: a blue-ribbon committee of fund-raisers.
  • 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.
  • boatmanship — boatsmanship.
  • bobbin lace — lace made with bobbins rather than with needle and thread (needlepoint lace); pillow lace
  • bobsledding — a sled having two pairs of runners, a brake, and a steering wheel or other mechanism that enables the front rider to direct the sled down a steeply banked run or chute.
  • bodgo gegen — a former Buddhist leader of the Mongols.
  • body lotion — skin lotion for use on the body
  • bogged down — If you get bogged down in something, it prevents you from making progress or getting something done.
  • bogtrotting — the act of roaming over boggy areas, or living in boggy areas
  • bohemianism — unconventional behaviour or appearance, esp of an artist
  • boil-in-bag — of or being a prepared, often frozen, food sealed and sold in a plastic bag that is immersed in boiling water until the contents are cooked or heated for serving.
  • bolingbroke — the surname of Henry IV of England
  • bolingbrook — a city in NE Illinois.
  • bolt-action — (of a rifle) equipped with a manually operated sliding bolt.
  • bombardment — A bombardment is a strong and continuous attack of gunfire or bombing.
  • bombilation — a humming or buzzing sound, for example that of a bee
  • bombination — to make a humming or buzzing noise.
  • bombing run — the part of a flight of a bomber aircraft that brings it to the point over a target at which its bombs are released
  • bon appetit — enjoy your meal
  • bonapartism — a political system resembling the rules of the Bonapartes, esp Napoleon I and Napoleon III: centralized government by a military dictator, who enjoys popular support given expression in plebiscites
  • bonapartist — an adherent of the Bonapartes or their policies.
  • 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
  • bonaventure — Saint ("the Seraphic Doctor") 1221–74, Italian scholastic theologian.
  • bonbonniere — a small decorative box used to contain sweets
  • bond market — the market in which bonds are traded
  • bondability — something that binds, fastens, confines, or holds together.
  • bonderizing — to coat (steel) with an anticorrosive phosphate solution, usually in preparation for the application of paint, enamel, or lacquer.
  • bondi beach — a beach in Sydney, Australia, popular with surfers
  • bondmanship — the state of being a bondman; serfdom
  • bondservant — a serf or slave
  • bone marrow — Bone marrow is the soft fatty substance inside human or animal bones.
  • bone shaker — an early-model bicycle, especially one with hard rubber tires.
  • bone spavin — a disease of the hock joint of horses in which enlargement occurs because of collected fluids (bog spavin) bony growth (bone spavin) or distention of the veins (blood spavin)
  • bone-shaker — an early-model bicycle, especially one with hard rubber tires.
  • bonefishing — the activity of fishing for bonefish
  • boniface ii — pope a.d. 530–532.
  • boniface iv — Saint, pope a.d. 608–615.
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