11-letter words containing b, e, l, t
- inevitables — Plural form of inevitable.
- inexcitable — Not excitable.
- infatigable — (obsolete) indefatigable.
- infibulated — Simple past tense and past participle of infibulate.
- inflatables — Plural form of inflatable.
- inflectable — (linguistics) That can be inflected.
- inhabitable — to live or dwell in (a place), as people or animals: Small animals inhabited the woods.
- inheritable — capable of being inherited.
- inheritably — capable of being inherited.
- inscrutable — incapable of being investigated, analyzed, or scrutinized; impenetrable.
- inspectable — to look carefully at or over; view closely and critically: to inspect every part of the motor.
- intangibles — Plural form of intangible.
- intertribal — occurring between tribes: intertribal warfare.
- interverbal — of or relating to words: verbal ability.
- intolerable — not tolerable; unendurable; insufferable: intolerable pain.
- intolerably — not tolerable; unendurable; insufferable: intolerable pain.
- intractable — not easily controlled or directed; not docile or manageable; stubborn; obstinate: an intractable disposition.
- inutterable — unutterable.
- invertebral — invertebrate
- irrefutable — not capable of being refuted or disproved: irrefutable logic.
- irrefutably — not capable of being refuted or disproved: irrefutable logic.
- irreputable — (obsolete) disreputable.
- isobutylene — a colorless, very volatile liquid or flammable gas, C 4 H 8 , used chiefly in the manufacture of butyl rubber.
- jazz ballet — ballet danced to jazz music
- jerry-built — built cheaply and flimsily.
- join battle — to start fighting
- justiceable — Liable to trial in a court of justice.
- justiciable — capable of being settled by law or by the action of a court: a justiciable dispute.
- justifiable — capable of being justified; that can be shown to be or can be defended as being just, right, or warranted; defensible: justifiable homicide.
- keelboatman — a member of the crew of a keelboat.
- kettle base — a bombé base to a piece of furniture.
- killer boat — a boat used for hunting whales and towing them to a factory ship.
- kuiper belt — a disk-shaped region on the edge of the solar system that contains masses of ice and icy rock, believed to be the source of comets with orbital periods of less than 200 years. Compare Oort cloud.
- labefaction — Deterioration or downfall.
- labiodental — articulated with the lower lip touching the upper front teeth, as f or v, or, rarely, with the upper lip touching the lower front teeth.
- labradorite — a feldspar mineral of the plagioclase group, often characterized by a brilliant change of colors, with blue and green most common.
- 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)
- langbeinite — a mineral, K 2 Mg 2 (SO 4) 3 , occurring in marine salt deposits, used as a fertilizer because of its potassium content.
- last breath — When someone takes their last breath, they die.
- late blight — a disease of plants, especially potatoes, celery, etc., characterized by spotting, blighting, and withering or decay of the entire plant, caused by any of several fungi, as Phytophthora infestans or Septoria apii.
- late hebrew — the Hebrew language as used from about a.d. 70 through the 13th century, including Mishnaic Hebrew and Medieval Hebrew.
- lateral bud — axillary bud.
- lay brother — a man who has taken religious vows and habit but is employed by his order chiefly in manual labor.
- leaf beetle — any of numerous, often brightly colored beetles of the family Chrysomelidae, that feed on the leaves of plants, the larvae of which infest the roots, stem, and leaves.
- leaf blight — a symptom or phase of many diseases of plants, characterized by necrotic spots or streaks on the leaves, accompanied by seed rot and seedling blight.
- leaf blotch — a symptom or phase of certain especially fungal diseases of plants, characterized by necrotic discoloration of the leaves.
- leather bar — a gay bar frequented by men who wear leather
- 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.
- lenard tube — an early cathode-ray tube having at the end opposite the cathode a window of thin glass or metal allowing cathode rays (Lenard rays) to pass out into the atmosphere.
- lestobiosis — cleptobiosis characterized by furtive thievery.