10-letter words containing b, a, n, l
- bilocation — the existence of something in two places at the same time
- bimaternal — having the genetic material of two mothers but no father
- binational — involving two nations
- bingo hall — a building owned by a commercial company in which bingo is played by large numbers of people
- binoculars — Binoculars consist of two small telescopes joined together side by side, which you look through in order to look at things that are a long way away.
- binoxalate — an acid containing the group HC 2 O 4 –, as ammonium binoxalate, C 2 H 5 NO 4 ⋅H 2 O.
- binucleate — having two nuclei
- biobutanol — butyl alcohol.
- bioethanol — a biofuel based on alcohol which may be combined with petrol for use in vehicles
- bionically — utilizing electronic devices and mechanical parts to assist humans in performing difficult, dangerous, or intricate tasks, as by supplementing or duplicating parts of the body: The scientist used a bionic arm to examine the radioactive material.
- biparental — from two parents
- birth plan — a statement by a mother telling doctors and midwives how she would like her labour to proceed
- bitonality — the quality of two musical keys being played simultaneously
- blabbering — to reveal indiscreetly and thoughtlessly: They blabbed my confidences to everyone.
- black bean — an Australian leguminous tree, Castanospermum australe, having thin smooth bark and yellow or reddish flowers: used in furniture manufacture
- black gang — the crew working in a stokehold of a ship.
- black gnat — a type of artificial fly, used chiefly for trout and salmon.
- black hand — a group of Sicilian blackmailers and terrorists formed in the 1870s and operating in the US in the early 20th century
- black knot — a fungal disease of plums and cherries caused by Dibotryon morbosum, characterized by rough black knotlike swellings on the twigs and branches
- black land — a black, clayey soil.
- black lung — pneumoconiosis of coal miners, caused by coal dust; anthracosis.
- black monk — a Benedictine monk
- black ring — a disease of grasses, characterized by black rings surrounding the stems and blighted seeds, caused by a fungus, Balansia strangulans.
- black swan — a phenomenon that occurs even though it had been thought to be impossible
- black tern — a small tern with a black head and body, Chlidonias niger, found on all continents except Australasia
- blacklands — an area of fertile soil in Texas
- blacksnake — any of several Old World black venomous elapid snakes, esp Pseudechis porphyriacus (Australian blacksnake)
- blackstone — Sir William. 1723–80, English jurist noted particularly for his Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765–69), which had a profound influence on jurisprudence in the US
- blackthorn — a thorny Eurasian rosaceous shrub, Prunus spinosa, with black twigs, white flowers, and small sour plumlike fruits
- bladdernut — any temperate shrub or small tree of the genus Staphylea, esp S. pinnata of S Europe, that has bladder-like seed pods: family Staphyleaceae
- blainville — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Montreal.
- blanc fixe — barium sulfate
- blancmange — Blancmange is a cold dessert that is made from milk, sugar, cornflour or corn starch, and flavouring, and looks rather like jelly.
- blandisher — someone who blandishes
- blank tape — magnetic tape that has no recorded sound or image, as an unused or erased tape.
- blank wall — an impassable barricade or obstacle; a situation in which further progress is impossible: Attempts to get information by questioning the neighbors ran into a blank wall.
- blanketing — a large, rectangular piece of soft fabric, often with bound edges, used especially for warmth as a bed covering.
- blanquette — a French stew made of meat, usually veal, and white sauce
- blanquillo — any of several game fishes of the genus Caulolatilus, related to the tilefishes.
- blathering — foolish, voluble talk: His speech was full of the most amazing blather.
- blazonings — heraldic adornments
- blind date — A blind date is an arrangement made for you to spend a romantic evening with someone you have never met before.
- blood bank — A blood bank is a place where blood which has been taken from blood donors is stored until it is needed for people in hospital.
- bloodstain — A bloodstain is a mark on a surface caused by blood.
- bloviation — a lengthy but insubstantial speech
- blue angel — a blue capsule or tablet containing the barbiturate amobarbital or its derivative.
- blue crane — the great blue heron.
- blue giant — any of the large, bright stars having surface temperatures of about 20,000 K and diameters that are often ten times that of the sun.
- blue jeans — Blue jeans are the same as jeans.
- blue stain — a bluish discoloration of sapwood caused by growth of fungi