11-letter words containing b, e, c, l
- bareknuckle — (of a prizefight, prizefighter, etc.) without boxing gloves; using the bare fists.
- barley coal — anthracite coal in sizes ranging from 3/32 to 3/16 inch (2.4 to 4.8 mm).
- barley sack — a burlap bag.
- baronetical — pertaining to baronets
- barrel cuff — a single cuff on a tailored sleeve, formed by a band of material and usually fastened by a button.
- barrel-race — to compete in a barrel race.
- base clause — the initial element of a recursive definition, that defines the first element of the infinite sequence generated thereby
- basic steel — steel produced by the basic process.
- battlepiece — a painting, relief, mosaic, etc, depicting a battle, usually commemorating an actual event
- battlespace — the area of air, sea, and land that is directly involved in war, often taken to include any technological, environmental, infrastructural, or temporal factors which may be relevant to the success of a mission
- baume scale — a scale for calibrating hydrometers used for measuring the specific gravity of liquids. 1 degree Baumé is equal to 144.3((s–1)/s), where s is specific gravity
- bbc english — Received Pronunciation.
- beach towel — a large towel used on the beach
- bedclothing — bedclothes; bedding.
- beef cattle — the cattle raised for meat
- belize city — a port and the largest city in Belize, on the Caribbean coast: capital until 1973, when that function was transferred inland to Belmopan owing to hurricane risk. Pop: 53 000 (2005 est)
- bellicosity — inclined or eager to fight; aggressively hostile; belligerent; pugnacious.
- belly dance — a sensuous and provocative dance of Middle Eastern origin, performed by women, with undulating movements of the hips and abdomen
- bellyaching — constant complaining
- below decks — If someone or something is below decks, they are inside a ship in the part of it that is underneath the deck.
- belt course — an ornamental projecting band or continuous moulding along a wall
- belt-course — a horizontal band or course, as of stone, projecting beyond or flush with the face of a building, often molded and sometimes richly carved.
- bench lathe — a lathe mounted on a workbench
- bench table — a course of masonry forming a bench at the foot of a wall.
- beneplacito — an indication of approval
- benevolence — inclination or tendency to help or do good to others; charity
- bethanechol — a substance, C 7 H 17 ClN 2 O 2 , used to treat urinary retention, especially postoperatively.
- betulaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Betulaceae, a family of mostly N temperate catkin-bearing trees and shrubs such as birch and alder, some species of which reach the northern limits of tree growth
- bible class — a class, typically one meeting weekly, for Bible study
- bibliopegic — relating to bookbinding as a fine art
- bibliotheca — a library or collection of books
- bicephalous — having two heads
- bid welcome — to receive with cordial greetings
- bidialectal — fluent in two dialects of a language
- bimolecular — (of a chemical complex, collision, etc) having or involving two molecules
- binary cell — an electronic element that can assume either of two stable states and is capable of storing a binary digit.
- binucleated — having two nuclei
- biocenology — the branch of biology dealing with the study of biological communities and the interactions among their members.
- biochemical — Biochemical changes, reactions, and mechanisms relate to the chemical processes that happen in living things.
- bioelectric — of or having to do with electrical energy in living tissues
- biometrical — pertaining to biometry
- biomolecule — a molecule occurring naturally in living organisms
- bisectional — relating to division into two equal parts
- black alder — a deciduous shrub (Ilex verticillata) of the holly family, native to E North America, with glossy leaves that turn black in the fall and bright-red berries
- black bread — a kind of very dark coarse rye bread
- black bream — a dark-coloured food and game fish, Acanthopagrus australis, of E Australian seas
- black death — a deadly disease, probably bubonic plague, which devastated Europe and Asia in the 14th cent.
- black house — a type of thatched house, usually made of turf, formerly found in the highlands and islands of Scotland
- black maple — a tree, Acer saccharum nigrum, of eastern and central North America, having furrowed, blackish bark and yellow-green flowers.
- black medic — a widespread weedy annual plant (Medicago lupulina) of the pea family, with small yellow flowers and black seed pods, sometimes grown for forage