11-letter words containing a, t, l, o
- bloatedness — the state of being swollen, as with a liquid, air, or wind
- block grant — (in Britain) an annual grant made by the government to a local authority to help to pay for the public services it provides, such as health, education, and housing
- block party — A block party is an outdoor party for all the residents of a block or neighborhood.
- block trade — the purchase and sale of blocks of securities through brokers, sometimes not members of an exchange, who negotiate between buyers and sellers.
- bloodstream — Your bloodstream is the blood that flows around your body.
- boat people — Boat people are people who escape from their country in small boats to travel to another country in the hope that they will be able to live there.
- boatbuilder — A boatbuilder is a person or company that makes boats.
- boilerplate — A boilerplate is a basic written contract that can be used to make many different kinds of contracts.
- boldhearted — courageous or daring; intrepid.
- bolt-action — (of a rifle) equipped with a manually operated sliding bolt.
- bombilation — a humming or buzzing sound, for example that of a bee
- bondability — something that binds, fastens, confines, or holds together.
- borstal boy — (formerly) a boy sent to borstal
- botanically — Also, botanic. of, pertaining to, made from, or containing plants: botanical survey; botanical drugs.
- botany wool — a fine wool from the merino sheep
- bottle baby — an infant fed by bottle from birth, as distinguished from one who is breast-fed.
- bottle bank — A bottle bank is a large container into which people can put empty bottles so that the glass can be used again.
- bottle rack — a rack for bottles, such as bottles of wine
- bottle-jack — a large jack used for heavy lifts
- bottled gas — butane or propane gas liquefied under pressure in portable containers and used in camping stoves, blowtorches, etc
- bottom lady — a pimp's most reliable prostitute.
- bottom land — bottom (def 4).
- bracteolate — having bractlets
- brattleboro — a town in SE Vermont.
- breton lace — a net lace with a design embroidered in heavy, often colored, thread.
- bright coal — coal consisting of alternating layers of clarain and vitrain.
- bristol bay — arm of the Bering Sea between the SW Alas. mainland & the Alaska Peninsula
- brow antler — the first prong from the base of a stag's antler.
- bucket-load — a large quantity
- bulldog ant — any of several aggressive ants of the genus Myrmecia, mostly of Australia and Tasmania, capable of inflicting a painful and potentially dangerous sting.
- butorphanol — a narcotic analgesic, C 21 H 29 NO 2 , administered by injection to treat moderate to severe pain.
- cacomistles — Plural form of cacomistle.
- cadet cloth — a heavy woolen cloth of double-cloth construction and bluish-gray color, used especially for uniforms at military schools.
- cafe brulot — black coffee flavored with sugar, lemon and orange rinds, cloves, cinnamon, and brandy, ignited and allowed to flame briefly.
- calathiform — cup-shaped; concave.
- calcination — to convert into calx by heating or burning.
- calcinatory — A vessel used in calcination.
- calculation — A calculation is something that you think about and work out mathematically. Calculation is the process of working something out mathematically.
- calculators — Plural form of calculator.
- calculatory — the act or process of calculating; computation.
- calefaction — the act of heating
- calefactory — giving warmth
- calibration — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- californite — vesuvianite jade.
- call option — an option to buy a stated amount of securities at a specified price during a specified period
- calochortus — any plant of the genus Calochortus, of the lily family, as the mariposa lily and the sego lily.
- calorimeter — an apparatus for measuring amounts of heat, esp to find specific heat capacities, calorific values, etc
- calorimetry — measurement of the quantity of heat
- calumniator — to make false and malicious statements about; slander.
- calyptrogen — a layer of rapidly dividing cells at the tip of a plant root, from which the root cap is formed. It occurs in grasses and many other plants