11-letter words containing a, c, l
- barrel-race — to compete in a barrel race.
- base clause — the initial element of a recursive definition, that defines the first element of the infinite sequence generated thereby
- basic cobol — (language) A subset of COBOL from COBOL-60 standards.
- basic steel — steel produced by the basic process.
- basicranial — of or relating to the base of the skull
- batch plant — a manufacturing plant where concrete is mixed before being transported to a construction site ready to be poured.
- batholithic — Containing or relating to batholith.
- batological — relating to the study of brambles
- battlepiece — a painting, relief, mosaic, etc, depicting a battle, usually commemorating an actual event
- battlespace — the area of air, sea, and land that is directly involved in war, often taken to include any technological, environmental, infrastructural, or temporal factors which may be relevant to the success of a mission
- baume scale — a scale for calibrating hydrometers used for measuring the specific gravity of liquids. 1 degree Baumé is equal to 144.3((s–1)/s), where s is specific gravity
- bay scallop — a small scallop, Pecten irradians, inhabiting shallow waters and mud flats from southeastern Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, especially eastern Long Island Sound.
- beach towel — a large towel used on the beach
- beef cattle — the cattle raised for meat
- belly dance — a sensuous and provocative dance of Middle Eastern origin, performed by women, with undulating movements of the hips and abdomen
- bellyaching — constant complaining
- bench lathe — a lathe mounted on a workbench
- bench table — a course of masonry forming a bench at the foot of a wall.
- beneplacito — an indication of approval
- bethanechol — a substance, C 7 H 17 ClN 2 O 2 , used to treat urinary retention, especially postoperatively.
- betulaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Betulaceae, a family of mostly N temperate catkin-bearing trees and shrubs such as birch and alder, some species of which reach the northern limits of tree growth
- biauricular — having two auricles.
- bible class — a class, typically one meeting weekly, for Bible study
- biblioclasm — a person who mutilates or destroys books.
- biblioclast — One who destroys books, especially the Bible.
- bibliomancy — prediction of the future by interpreting a passage chosen at random from a book, esp the Bible
- bibliotheca — a library or collection of books
- bicephalous — having two heads
- bidialectal — fluent in two dialects of a language
- bimolecular — (of a chemical complex, collision, etc) having or involving two molecules
- binary cell — an electronic element that can assume either of two stable states and is capable of storing a binary digit.
- binocularly — relating to the use of two eyes at once
- binucleated — having two nuclei
- biocatalyst — a chemical, esp an enzyme, that initiates or increases the rate of a biochemical reaction
- biochemical — Biochemical changes, reactions, and mechanisms relate to the chemical processes that happen in living things.
- bioclimatic — concerning the relations between climate and living organisms
- biometrical — pertaining to biometry
- biophysical — the branch of biology that applies the methods of physics to the study of biological structures and processes.
- biosocially — from a biosocial point of view
- birth canal — the passageway down which the fetus passes during birth
- bisectional — relating to division into two equal parts
- black alder — a deciduous shrub (Ilex verticillata) of the holly family, native to E North America, with glossy leaves that turn black in the fall and bright-red berries
- black angus — Aberdeen Angus
- black birch — sweet birch.
- black bread — a kind of very dark coarse rye bread
- black bream — a dark-coloured food and game fish, Acanthopagrus australis, of E Australian seas
- black chaff — a disease of wheat, characterized by dark, elongated stripes on the chaff, caused by a bacterium, Xanthomonas translucens undulosum.
- black cumin — a Eurasian herb, Nigella sativa, having pungent aromatic seeds used as a spice, but unrelated to cumin.
- black death — a deadly disease, probably bubonic plague, which devastated Europe and Asia in the 14th cent.
- black dwarf — a cold, dark dwarf star