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12-letter words containing a, b, l, e

  • baggage hall — a large room at an airport, usually containing a number of carousels, where passengers go to collect their baggage after a flight
  • bainqen lama — Tashi Lama.
  • baked alaska — a dessert consisting of cake and ice cream covered with meringue and cooked very quickly in a hot oven
  • baker island — an island in the central Pacific near the equator, belonging to the U.S. 1 sq. mi. (2.6 sq. km).
  • baklava code — (humour, programming)   Code with too many layers. Also known as Lasagne Code.
  • balance beam — a long, narrow, horizontal wooden beam raised about 4 feet (1.2 m) above the floor, on which women gymnasts perform balancing routines consisting of jumps, tumbles, turns, running steps, etc.
  • balance pipe — a pipe between two points used to equalize pressure
  • bald cypress — a tree, Taxodium distichum, of swampy areas of the southern U.S., having featherlike needles and cone-shaped projections growing up from the roots, yielding a hardwood used in construction, shipbuilding, etc.
  • baleen whale — any of an order (Mysticeta) of whales with toothless jaws, baleen in the mouth, and a symmetrical skull, consisting of the gray whale, the right whales, and rorquals
  • balinese cat — a breed of cat with medium-length silky hair, a plumed tail, blue eyes, large ears, and a dark mask, tail, and paws
  • balkan frame — an overhead frame, fastened to a bed, from which a splinted, fractured leg or arm is suspended and held in traction.
  • ball bearing — Ball bearings are small metal balls placed between the moving parts of a machine to make the parts move smoothly.
  • ball breaker — an arduous, often unpleasant task.
  • ball of fire — a very lively person
  • ball-breaker — an arduous, often unpleasant task.
  • ball-carrier — the offensive player having the ball and attempting to gain ground.
  • ballad metre — the metre of a ballad stanza
  • ballad opera — an opera consisting of popular tunes to which appropriate words have been set, interspersed with spoken dialogue
  • balladmonger — (formerly) a seller of ballads, esp on broadsheets
  • ballanwrasse — a slow-growing fish (Labrus bergylta) found in rocky waters
  • ballast line — the level to which a vessel is immersed when in ballast.
  • ballet blanc — a ballet in which the ballerinas' skirts are white.
  • ballet skirt — a full skirt, often made with several layers of fabric, typical of those worn by ballet dancers
  • ballet suite — music written for a ballet but suitable or arranged for performance in an orchestral concert.
  • balletically — in a balletic fashion; gracefully
  • balletomanes — Plural form of balletomane.
  • balletomania — passionate enthusiasm for ballet
  • balloon seat — (on some 18th-century chairs) a seat having an outline resembling that of a bell.
  • balloon tire — a wide, deep-walled pneumatic tire with relatively low air pressure to lessen the shock of bumps
  • balloon tyre — a pneumatic tyre containing air at a relatively low pressure and having a wide tread
  • balloon vine — a tropical tendril-climbing sapindaceous plant, Cardiospermum halicacabum, cultivated for its ornamental balloon-like seed capsules
  • ballot paper — A ballot paper is a piece of paper on which you indicate your choice or opinion in an election or ballot.
  • ballottement — a technique of feeling for a movable object in the body, esp confirmation of pregnancy by feeling the rebound of the fetus following a quick digital tap on the wall of the uterus
  • balsam apple — an ornamental cucurbitaceous vine, Momordica balsamina, of the Old World tropics, with yellow flowers and orange egg-shaped fruits
  • balsamaceous — any of various fragrant exudations from certain trees, especially trees of the genus Commiphora, as balm-of-Gilead. Compare balm (def 1).
  • baluchithere — a hornless rhinoceros of the extinct genus Baluchitherium that inhabited central Asia during the Oligocene and early Miocene epochs: the largest land mammal known.
  • banana label — (jargon)   The labels used on the sides of macrotape reels, so called because they were shaped roughly like blunt-ended bananas. This term, like macrotapes themselves, is obsolete.
  • banderillero — a bullfighter's assistant who sticks banderillas into the bull
  • bandy-legged — bow-legged
  • bank balance — Your bank balance is the amount of money that you have in your bank account at a particular time.
  • banner cloud — a plume-shaped cloud extending downwind from an isolated mountain peak. Also called cloud banner. Compare cap cloud (def 1).
  • barcalounger — a type of reclinable armchair with an extendable footrest
  • bare-knuckle — without boxing gloves
  • bargain sale — an event at which goods are sold at low prices, usually to clear old stocks
  • barge couple — either of a pair of outside rafters along the gable end of a roof
  • barley field — a piece of land cleared of trees and undergrowth, usually enclosed with a fence or hedge and used for growing barley
  • barley sugar — Barley sugar is a sweet made from boiled sugar.
  • barley water — Barley water is a drink made from barley. It is sometimes flavoured with orange or lemon.
  • barometrical — (archaic) Relating to, or observed with, a barometer, barometric.
  • barrack life — the experiences, activities, etc that are characteristic of a soldier's time spent dwelling in a barracks
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