12-letter words containing b, e, n, l
- jungle books — a series of jungle stories in two volumes (1894, 1895) by Rudyard Kipling.
- jungle bunny — a contemptuous term used to refer to a black person.
- jungle-bunny — a contemptuous term used to refer to a black person.
- kite balloon — a barrage balloon intended for use in information-gathering and observation; it is usually tethered to the ground and has lobes to keep it stable and pointing into the wind
- klein bottle — a one-sided figure consisting of a tapered tube the narrow end of which is bent back, run through the side of the tube, and flared to join the wide end, thereby allowing any two points on the figure to be joined by an unbroken line.
- kneeling bus — a bus that can lower its body or entrance door to facilitate boarding by the elderly or people with disabilities.
- knowableness — the quality of being knowable
- knowledgable — possessing or exhibiting knowledge, insight, or understanding; intelligent; well-informed; discerning; perceptive.
- knuckle ball — 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.
- knuckleballs — Plural form of knuckleball.
- knucklebones — (in humans) any of the bones forming a knuckle of a finger.
- labyrinthine — of, relating to, or resembling a labyrinth.
- laguna beach — a town in S California.
- lake balaton — a large shallow lake in W Hungary. Area: 689 sq km (266 sq miles)
- land-grabber — a person who seizes land illegally or underhandedly.
- landgrabbers — Plural form of landgrabber.
- landing beam — a radio beam transmitted from a landing field to enable aircraft to make an instrument landing
- landlubberly — Like a landlubber.
- last but one — next to last
- laudableness — The quality of being laudable; praiseworthiness; commendableness.
- lavender bag — a small fabric bag filled with dried lavender flowers and placed amongst clothes or linen to scent them
- law-breaking — Law-breaking is any kind of illegal activity.
- lawbreakings — Plural form of lawbreaking.
- lawrenceburg — a town in S Tennessee.
- lead balloon — a total failure
- learnability — (uncountable) the condition of being learnable.
- leatherbound — Bound in leather.
- leave behind — fail to bring
- left-brained — having the left brain dominant, therefore being more adept at logic, calculation, language, and other thought processes or skills usually associated with the left brain.
- lemon butter — a spread made of butter flavored with lemon
- letterboxing — Also, letter box. Chiefly British. a public or private mailbox.
- liberalising — Present participle of liberalise.
- liberalizing — Present participle of liberalize.
- liberatingly — In a liberating manner.
- liberational — Relating to, or aiding, liberation; liberatory.
- libertarians — Plural form of libertarian.
- liberty bond — a single Liberty loan bond.
- liberty loan — any of the five bond issues of the U.S. government floated in World War I.
- likeableness — Likeability.
- line probing — A feature of some V.34 modems that will allow them to identify the capacity and quality of the phone line and adjust themselves to allow, for each individual connection, for maximum throughput using the highest possible data transmission rate.
- linebreeding — a form of inbreeding directed toward keeping the offspring closely related to a superior ancestor.
- linen basket — a basket or container with a lid in which you put your dirty clothes before washing them
- linking verb — copula (def 2).
- load-bearing — bearing the weight that is carried by a structure
- loganberries — Plural form of loganberry.
- longboat key — a narrow barrier island in the Gulf of Mexico, SW of Florida, sheltering Sarasota Bay: sports fishing.
- longyearbyen — a village on Spitsbergen island, administrative centre of the Svalbard archipelago: coal-mining
- louise bogan — Louise, 1897–1970, U.S. poet.
- lubberliness — Quality of being lubberly.
- lunch-bucket — a small container, usually of metal or plastic and with a handle, for carrying one's lunch from home to school or work.