11-letter words containing a, l, i, n, e
- blanketlike — resembling a blanket
- blaspheming — to speak impiously or irreverently of (God or sacred things).
- blind alley — If you describe a situation as a blind alley, you mean that progress is not possible or that the situation can have no useful results.
- blind snake — any burrowing snake of the family Typhlopidae and related families of warm and tropical regions, having very small or vestigial eyes
- blue island — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- blue marlin — a large marlin, Makaira nigricans, occurring worldwide in warm and temperate seas, highly prized in sportfishing and as a food fish.
- blue riband — If someone or something wins the blue riband in a competition, they win first prize. The prize is sometimes in the shape of a blue ribbon.
- bluejacking — the practice of using one Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone to gain access to another, esp in order to send anonymous text messages
- bobbin lace — lace made with bobbins rather than with needle and thread (needlepoint lace); pillow lace
- boulangerie — a bakery shop, specif. one that specializes in breads, rolls, etc.
- branch line — A branch line is a railway line that goes to small towns rather than one that goes between large cities.
- breast line — a mooring line securing a ship to that part of a pier alongside it.
- bridge loan — A bridge loan is money that a bank lends you for a short time, for example, so that you can buy a new house before you have sold the one you already own.
- bridle hand — (of a horseback rider) the hand, usually the left hand, that holds both reins or both pairs of reins, leaving the other hand free to manage a whip, crop, lariat, or the like.
- broiler pan — a pan for broiling food
- bulkheading — the construction of bulkheads; bulkheads in general.
- cablevision — cable television.
- caesalpinia — designating a family (Caesalpiniaceae) of leguminous trees and shrubs, including the Kentucky coffee tree
- cakewalking — Present participle of cakewalk.
- calc-sinter — travertine
- calcineurin — (enzyme) A protein phosphatase that stimulates the growth and differentiation of T cells.
- calefacient — causing warmth
- calefaction — the act of heating
- calendaring — a table or register with the days of each month and week in a year: He marked the date on his calendar.
- calendarise — apportion (eg budget) to equal units of time (usually months) within a year
- calendarist — a person who calendarizes
- calendarize — to apportion (e.g. a budget) into equal units of time (usually months) within a year
- calendering — a machine in which cloth, paper, or the like, is smoothed, glazed, etc., by pressing between rotating cylinders.
- calendrical — a table or register with the days of each month and week in a year: He marked the date on his calendar.
- californite — vesuvianite jade.
- calisthenic — Of, or relating to calisthenics.
- callanetics — a system of exercise involving frequent repetition of small muscular movements and squeezes, designed to improve muscle tone
- calumniated — Simple past tense and past participle of calumniate.
- calumniates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of calumniate.
- camel train — a series of camels tied in single file, used to transport goods or passengers
- camino real — a main road; highway.
- cancelation — an act of canceling.
- candlelight — Candlelight is the light that a candle produces.
- candlestick — A candlestick is a narrow object with a hole at the top which holds a candle.
- cannibalise — to subject to cannibalism.
- cannibalize — If you cannibalize something, you take it to pieces and use it to make something else.
- cantilevers — Plural form of cantilever.
- captionless — (of a cartoon) having no caption
- car licence — an official document or certificate authorizing a person to drive an automobile
- carbylamine — any of a group of organic cyanides containing the radical NC
- cardinalate — the rank, office, or term of office of a cardinal
- caressingly — In a caressing manner; soothingly.
- cargo liner — a cargo ship that sails regularly between designated ports according to a published schedule.
- cartelizing — Present participle of cartelize.
- cartoonlike — cartoonish