10-letter words containing a, b, i, l
- baby linen — sheets, clothes, etc for babies
- baby sling — a pouch supported by straps at the shoulder or neck, used to carry small babies on one's chest
- baby split — a split in which the two and seven pins or the three and ten pins remain standing.
- babylonian — an inhabitant of ancient Babylon or Babylonia
- babylonish — Babylonian.
- bacillemia — the presence of bacilli in the blood.
- bacilluria — the presence of bacilli in the urine
- back light — light falling on a photographic or television subject from the rear
- back-trail — to backtrack.
- backfilled — Simple past tense and past participle of backfill.
- backlights — Plural form of backlight.
- backlisted — Simple past tense and past participle of backlist.
- backslider — A recidivist; one who backslides, especially in a religious sense; an apostate.
- backsplice — a knot for finishing a rope end neatly, beginning with a crown and proceeding in a series of tucks, each strand over the first adjoining strand and under the next, the strands being split in half at each tuck.
- bacteriol. — bacteriological
- baculiform — shaped like a rod
- bafflingly — to confuse, bewilder, or perplex: He was baffled by the technical language of the instructions.
- bailieship — the office or district of a bailie
- bailiwicks — Plural form of bailiwick.
- bajillions — Plural form of bajillion.
- bake blind — to bake (the empty crust of a pie, pastry, etc) by half filling with dried peas, crusts of bread, etc, to keep it in shape
- balalaikas — Plural form of balalaika.
- balanchine — George. 1904–83, US choreographer, born in Russia
- balashikha — a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe: a NE suburb of Moscow.
- balaustine — of or relating to the pomegranate.
- balbriggan — a knitted unbleached cotton fabric
- balbutient — stuttering, stammering
- baldacchin — A rich, embroidered brocade used for clothing in the Middle Ages, the web being gold and the woof silk.
- baldachins — Plural form of baldachin.
- bale cubic — the space available in a ship's hold for the stowage of general cargo, measured in cubic feet.
- balenciaga — Cristobal (krisˈtoβal). 1895–1972, Spanish couturier
- balibuntal — closely woven fine straw, used for making hats in the Philippines
- balikbayan — (Philippines) A Filipino returning to the Philippines after spending time in another country. (from 20th c.).
- balikpapan — a city in Indonesia, on the SE coast of Borneo. Pop: 409 023 (2000)
- balkanized — Simple past tense and past participle of balkanize.
- 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
- ballardian — of James Graham Ballard (1930–2009), the British novelist, or his works
- ballasting — Nautical. any heavy material carried temporarily or permanently in a vessel to provide desired draft and stability.
- ballerinas — Plural form of ballerina.
- 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
- ballooning — Ballooning is the sport or activity of flying a hot-air balloon.
- 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.
- ballsiness — daring; courage
- balneation — the act of bathing
- balopticon — a type of stereopticon for projecting images of objects by reflected light.
- balsam fir — a fir tree, Abies balsamea, of NE North America, that yields Canada balsam
- balsamical — Alternative form of balsamic.