10-letter words containing a, b, l
- bone black — a fine charcoal made by burning animal bones in closed containers: used as a pigment, in refining sugar, etc.
- bonnilasse — a pretty girl
- bonus ball — (in the National Lottery draw) a ball randomly selected after the first six balls, containing a number which influences the amount of prize money paid
- book value — In business, the book value of an asset is the value it is given in the account books of the company that owns it.
- bootloader — a bootstrap loader
- booty call — a meeting arranged for the purpose of having sex
- bordelaise — denoting a brown sauce flavoured with red wine and sometimes mushrooms
- borderland — The borderland between two things is an area which contains features from both of these things so that it is not possible to say that it belongs to one or the other.
- borrowable — to take or obtain with the promise to return the same or an equivalent: Our neighbor borrowed my lawn mower.
- botryoidal — (of minerals, parts of plants, etc) shaped like a bunch of grapes
- bottle cap — a device for closing or sealing a bottle, especially a metal cover with a cork gasket fitting tightly over the mouth of a glass or plastic bottle, held in place by crimping the edge of the cap over the lip or flange of the bottle.
- bottlehead — bottlenose (def 2).
- bottomland — a lowland alluvial area near a river
- boucicault — Dion (ˈdaɪɒn), real name Dionysius Lardner Boursiquot. 1822–90, Irish dramatist and actor. His plays include London Assurance (1841), The Octoroon (1859), and The Shaughran (1874)
- boulangism — the doctrines of militarism and reprisals against Germany, advocated, especially in the 1880s, by the French general Boulanger.
- bounceable — to spring back from a surface in a lively manner: The ball bounced off the wall.
- bowler hat — A bowler hat is a round, hard, black hat with a narrow brim which is worn by men, especially British businessmen. Bowler hats are no longer very common.
- bowlingual — a device that allegedly translates a dog’s barks and grunts into a human language
- box social — a fund-raising event at which donated box meals are auctioned
- box staple — a socket for holding the end of a lock bolt when the door is closed.
- braaivleis — a picnic at which meat is cooked over an open fire; a barbecue
- brachylogy — a concise style in speech or writing
- bradytelic — of or relating to evolution at a rate slower than the standard for a given group of plants or animals.
- braggartly — in a braggart or boastful manner
- brahmaloka — the highest part of Kamaloka, where refined souls exist in blissful contemplation of Brahma.
- brailowsky — Alexander [al-ig-zan-der,, -zahn-;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahn-dr] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑn dr/ (Show IPA), 1896–1976, Russian pianist.
- brain cell — a nerve cell that is situated in the brain
- brainchild — Someone's brainchild is an idea or invention that they have thought up or created.
- branglings — a series of squabbles or disputes
- bratislava — the capital of Slovakia since 1918, a port on the River Danube; capital of Hungary (1541–1784) and seat of the Hungarian parliament until 1848. Pop: 428 672 (2001)
- brattlings — a series of rattling or clattering sounds
- brazil nut — a tropical South American tree, Bertholletia excelsa, producing large globular capsules, each containing several closely packed triangular nuts: family Lecythidaceae
- brazilwood — a hard, reddish wood obtained from several tropical American trees (genera Caesalpinia and Haematoxylon) of the caesalpinia family: it yields a red or blue dye and is also used in making cabinets and violin bows
- bread line — a line of people waiting to be given food as government relief or private charity
- bread mold — any of an order (Mucorales, esp. Rhizopus nigricans) of fungi often found on decaying vegetable matter or bread
- bread roll — a small piece of bread dough made into a circular shape and baked
- break bulk — of or relating to packaged cargo, usually manufactured goods, that is marked for individual consignees and has to be loaded and unloaded piece by piece at each point of transfer. Compare bulk1 (def 3), containerization.
- break-bulk — of or relating to packaged cargo, usually manufactured goods, that is marked for individual consignees and has to be loaded and unloaded piece by piece at each point of transfer. Compare bulk1 (def 3), containerization.
- breakables — objects that are delicate and could be easily broken
- breastplow — a cultivator moved forward by a person pressing the chest against a crossbar.
- breastrail — the upper rail of any parapet on a ship
- breathable — A breathable fabric allows air to pass through it easily, so that clothing made from it does not become too warm or uncomfortable.
- breathless — If you are breathless, you have difficulty in breathing properly, for example because you have been running or because you are afraid or excited.
- brick wall — a wall made out of brick
- bricklayer — A bricklayer is a person whose job is to build walls using bricks.
- bridalveil — a waterfall in Yosemite National Park, California. 620 feet (189 meters) high.
- bridezilla — a woman whose behaviour in planning the details of her wedding is regarded as intolerable
- bridgeable — a structure spanning and providing passage over a river, chasm, road, or the like.
- bridgetalk — (language) A visual language.
- bridgewall — (in a furnace or boiler) a transverse baffle that serves to deflect products of combustion.