11-letter words containing b, a, e, k, l
- dealbreaker — A dealbreaker is an issue that prevents people from reaching an agreement.
- dislikeable — Alternative spelling of dislikable.
- double back — twice as large, heavy, strong, etc.; twofold in size, amount, number, extent, etc.: a double portion; a new house double the size of the old one.
- double ikat — a method of printing woven fabric by tie-dyeing the warp yarns (warp ikat) the weft yarns (weft ikat) or both (double ikat) before weaving.
- double take — a rapid or surprised second look, either literal or figurative, at a person or situation whose significance had not been completely grasped at first: His friends did a double take when they saw how much weight he had lost.
- double talk — speech using nonsense syllables along with words in a rapid patter.
- double-bank — to have two rowers pull (each of a number of oars).
- double-park — If someone double-parks their car or their car double-parks, they park in a road by the side of another parked car.
- double-take — a rapid or surprised second look, either literal or figurative, at a person or situation whose significance had not been completely grasped at first: His friends did a double take when they saw how much weight he had lost.
- double-talk — speech using nonsense syllables along with words in a rapid patter.
- doublespeak — evasive, ambiguous language that is intended to deceive or confuse.
- farkleberry — a shrub or small tree, Vaccinium arboreum, of the heath family, native to the southern U.S., bearing small, waxy, white flowers and black, many-seeded berries.
- fiddle back — a chair back having a solid splat similar in form to that of a fiddle.
- fiddle-back — a chair back having a solid splat similar in form to that of a fiddle.
- half-broken — past participle of break.
- halterbreak — to get (an animal) used to wearing a halter
- hamba kahle — goodbye, farewell (esp to the dead)
- heart block — a defect in the electrical impulses of the heart resulting in any of various arrhythmias or irregularities in the heartbeat.
- husbandlike — resembling a husband
- irrevokable — Alternative spelling of irrevocable.
- jailbreaker — One who breaks out of jail.
- keelboatman — a member of the crew of a keelboat.
- kerb appeal — the attractiveness to potential buyers of a house when viewed from the road
- kettle base — a bombé base to a piece of furniture.
- killer bars — an imprint consisting of a series of wavy lines used to cancel postage stamps.
- killer boat — a boat used for hunting whales and towing them to a factory ship.
- klausenburg — German name of Cluj-Napoca.
- knuckleball — a slow pitch that moves erratically toward home plate, usually delivered by holding the ball between the thumb and the knuckles of the first joints of the first two or three fingers.
- ladder back — a chair back having a number of horizontal slats between uprights.
- lake albert — a lake in E Africa, between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda in the great Rift Valley, 660 m (2200 ft) above sea level: a source of the Nile, fed by the Victoria Nile, which leaves as the Albert Nile. Area: 5345 sq km (2064 sq miles)
- lake baikal — a lake in Russia, in SE Siberia: the largest freshwater lake in Eurasia and the deepest in the world. Greatest depth: over 1500 m (5000 ft). Area: about 33 670 sq km (13 000 sq miles)
- lake breeze — a thermally produced wind blowing during the day from the surface of a large lake to the shore, caused by the difference in the rates of heating of the surfaces of the lake and of the land.
- lake kariba — a dam built across the Zambezi for the purposes of generating hydroelectric power; it created Lake Kariba on the Zambia-Zimbabwe border
- large black — a heavy black breed of pig with long lop ears: used for crossbreeding
- law-breaker — A law-breaker is someone who breaks the law.
- lawbreakers — Plural form of lawbreaker.
- lawbreaking — Unlawful; illegal.
- leatherback — a sea turtle, Dermochelys coriacea, having the shell embedded in a leathery skin, reaching a length of more than 7 feet (2.1 meter) and a weight of more than 1000 pounds (450 kg): the largest living sea turtle; an endangered species.
- likableness — The property of being likable, that which makes likable.
- like a bird — without resistance or difficulty
- like a bomb — with great speed or success; very well (esp in the phrase go like a bomb)
- like blazes — with furious energy, speed, etc.
- likeability — readily or easily liked; pleasing: a likable young man.
- linebackers — Plural form of linebacker.
- linebacking — the act of forming a second line of defence, close to the linesman
- lobachevski — Nikoˈlai Iˈvanovich (nikɔˈlaɪ iˈvɑnɔvɪtʃ ) ; nēk^ōlīˈ ēväˈn^ōvich) 1793-1856; Russ. mathematician
- lobachevsky — Nikolai Ivanovich [nyi-kuh-lahy ee-vah-nuh-vyich] /nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ iˈvɑ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1856, Russian mathematician.
- lobsterback — redcoat.
- lucky break — a fortunate and unexpected turn of events
- lumberjacks — Plural form of lumberjack.