10-letter words containing a, b, i, l, t
- backlisted — Simple past tense and past participle of backlist.
- bacteriol. — bacteriological
- balaustine — of or relating to the pomegranate.
- balbutient — stuttering, stammering
- balibuntal — closely woven fine straw, used for making hats in the Philippines
- ball joint — a mechanical ball-and-socket joint, esp. one used in the steering linkage of certain automotive vehicles to connect the tie rod to either of the wheels that turn
- ballasting — Nautical. any heavy material carried temporarily or permanently in a vessel to provide desired draft and stability.
- ballistics — Ballistics is the study of the movement of objects that are shot or thrown through the air, such as bullets fired from a gun.
- ballistite — a smokeless rocket propellant composed of roughly equal proportions of the explosives nitrocellulose and nitroglycerine
- balloonist — A balloonist is a person who flies a hot-air balloon.
- ballottine — a kind of galantine made of meat, poultry, or fish that is stuffed and rolled and usually served hot.
- ballpoints — Plural form of ballpoint.
- balneation — the act of bathing
- balopticon — a type of stereopticon for projecting images of objects by reflected light.
- baltic sea — a sea in N Europe, connected with the North Sea by the Skagerrak, Kattegat, and Öresund; shallow, with low salinity and small tides
- banalities — the condition or quality of being banal, or devoid of freshness or originality: the banality of everyday life.
- bartolozzi — Francesco [frahn-ches-kaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1725?–1815? Italian engraver.
- basic salt — a salt formed by the partial neutralization of a base.
- basilectal — (linguistics) of, or relating to a basilect.
- basilicata — a region of S Italy, between the Tyrrhenian Sea and the Gulf of Taranto. Capital: Potenza. Pop: 596 821 (2003 est). Area: 9985 sq km (3855 sq miles)
- basketlike — resembling a basket
- bat chayil — (in some congregations) a ceremony of confirmation for a girl of at least Bat Mitzvah age
- batch file — a computer file with sequential commands to be executed when the file is read
- batfowling — A method of catching birds at night, by holding a torch or other light, and beating the bush or perch where they roost so that the birds fly towards the light.
- batholiths — Plural form of batholith.
- batologist — someone who practises batology
- battailous — ready for battle; pugnacious
- battalions — Plural form of battalion.
- battallion — Archaic form of battalion.
- batteilant — fighting; combatant
- batticaloa — a seaport in E Sri Lanka.
- battleship — A battleship is a very large, heavily armed warship.
- battlesuit — (science fiction) A technologically enhanced suit worn in battle for protection, camouflage, etc.
- beatifical — Beatific.
- beautifull — Obsolete spelling of beautiful.
- beautifuls — having beauty; possessing qualities that give great pleasure or satisfaction to see, hear, think about, etc.; delighting the senses or mind: a beautiful dress; a beautiful speech.
- bestialism — the state of beasts
- bestiality — Bestiality is disgusting behaviour.
- bestialize — to make bestial or brutal
- betula oil — methyl salicylate.
- biannulate — having two bands, esp of colour
- bible oath — an oath sworn with one's hand on the Christian Bible
- bibliotaph — a person who caches or hoards books.
- biblioteca — a library.
- bicultural — having two cultures
- biliterate — able to read and write in two languages.
- bill gates — (person) William Henry Gates III, Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft, which he co-founded in 1975 with Paul Allen. In 1994 Gates is a billionaire, worth $9.35b and Microsoft is worth about $27b. He was a computer nerd who dropped out of Harvard and one of the first programmers to oppose software piracy ("Open Letter to Hobbyists," Computer Notes, February 3, 1976).
- billethead — a carved ornamental scroll or volute terminating a stem or cutwater at its upper end in place of a figurehead.
- billy goat — A billy goat is a male goat.
- bilocation — the existence of something in two places at the same time