10-letter words containing b, a, l
- bedraggled — Someone or something that is bedraggled looks untidy because they have got wet or dirty.
- beer glass — a glass of a standard size (in Britain holding one pint, or half a pint) with straight sides, or with a handle, to drink beer from
- beetlehead — a person of low intelligence
- behavioral — Behavioral means relating to the behavior of a person or animal, or to the study of their behavior.
- believable — Something that is believable makes you think that it could be true or real.
- belisarius — ?505–565 ad, Byzantine general under Justinian I. He recovered North Africa from the Vandals and Italy from the Ostrogoths and led forces against the Persians
- bell crank — a lever with two arms having a common fulcrum at their junction
- bell glass — a bell-shaped glass jar or cover for protecting delicate instruments, bric-a-brac, or the like, or for containing gases or a vacuum in chemical experiments.
- bell metal — an alloy of copper and tin, with some zinc and lead, used in casting bells
- bellabella — a member of a branch of the Kwakiutl Indians inhabiting central coastal British Columbia.
- bellacoola — a member of a riverine tribe of North American Indians inhabiting an area near the central coast of British Columbia.
- belladonna — either of two alkaloid drugs, atropine or hyoscyamine, obtained from the leaves and roots of the deadly nightshade
- bellarmine — Saint Robert. 1542–1621, Italian Jesuit theologian and cardinal; an important influence during the Counter-Reformation
- bellhanger — a person who mounts bells
- bellingham — seaport in NW Wash., at the N end of Puget Sound: pop. 67,000
- bellinzona — a town in SE central Switzerland, capital of Ticino canton. Pop: 16 463 (2000)
- belly pack — fanny pack.
- belly tank — a fuel tank in the belly of a plane
- belly-land — (of an aviator) to land (an aircraft) directly on the fuselage, as because of defective landing gear.
- belly-slam — belly-flop.
- belly-wash — any barely drinkable liquid or beverage, as inferior soda, beer, coffee, or soup.
- bellyaches — Informal. a pain in the abdomen or bowels.
- bellyboard — a small surfboard, usually 3–4 feet (0.9–1.2 meters) long, for riding waves on one's belly, sometimes used in conjunction with swim fins.
- belorussia — historical region in central Europe corresponding to present-day Belarus
- belshazzar — 6th century bc, the son of Nabonidus, coregent of Babylon with his father for eight years: referred to as king and son of Nebuchadnezzar in the Old Testament (Daniel 5:1, 17; 8:1); described as having received a divine message of doom written on a wall at a banquet (Belshazzar's Feast)
- bemedalled — wearing or adorned with many medals: a bemedaled general; wearing a bemedaled military blouse.
- beneficial — Something that is beneficial helps people or improves their lives.
- benzoylate — to introduce the benzoyl group into (an organic compound).
- bequeathal — to dispose of (personal property, especially money) by last will: She bequeathed her half of the company to her niece.
- berkeleian — denoting or relating to the philosophy of George Berkeley
- bes antler — bay antler.
- bespangled — covered or adorned with or as if with spangles or jewels
- bestialism — the state of beasts
- bestiality — Bestiality is disgusting behaviour.
- bestialize — to make bestial or brutal
- bestraddle — to sit with one's legs either side of something
- betel palm — a tropical Asian feather palm, Areca catechu, with scarlet or orange fruits
- betrothals — the act or state of being betrothed; engagement.
- betty lamp — an Early American lamp, consisting of a shallow, covered basin filled with oil, tallow, etc., providing fuel for a wick housed in a teapotlike spout, and often hung by a hook or suspended from a chain.
- betula oil — methyl salicylate.
- bevel gear — a gear having teeth cut into a conical surface known as the pitch zone. Two such gears mesh together to transmit power between two shafts at an angle to each other
- bez antler — bay antler
- bi-lingual — able to speak two languages with the facility of a native speaker.
- biannually — occurring twice a year; semiannual.
- biannulate — having two bands, esp of colour
- bible oath — an oath sworn with one's hand on the Christian Bible
- biblically — of or in the Bible: a Biblical name.
- bibliotaph — a person who caches or hoards books.
- biblioteca — a library.
- bicapsular — (of plants) having two capsules or one capsule with two chambers