10-letter words containing b, i, l, a
- lambdacism — excessive use of the sound l, its misarticulation, or its substitution for the sound r.
- lambdoidal — Lambdoid.
- lambrequin — a woven fabric covering for a helmet in medieval times to protect it from heat, rust, etc.
- lame-brain — a dunce; booby; fool.
- lamebrains — Plural form of lamebrain.
- laminboard — A compound wood board consisting of thin strips of softwood placed side by side and sandwiched between veneer panels, often of hardwood, considered to be of higher quality than blockboard.
- lar gibbon — white-handed gibbon.
- laurinburg — a town in S North Carolina.
- left brain — the left hemisphere of the human brain, which is believed to control linear and analytical thinking, decision-making, and language
- leibnizian — of or relating to Baron Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibnitz, the German rationalist philosopher and mathematician (1646–1716)
- leisurable — freedom from the demands of work or duty: She looked forward to retirement and a life of leisure.
- leisurably — in a leisurable manner
- lesbianism — homosexual relations between women.
- lewis base — any substance capable of forming a covalent bond with an acid by transferring a pair of electrons to it.
- liableness — Quality of being liable; liability.
- liberalise — Alternative spelling of liberalize.
- liberalism — the quality or state of being liberal, as in behavior or attitude.
- liberalist — the quality or state of being liberal, as in behavior or attitude.
- liberality — the quality or condition of being liberal in giving; generosity; bounty.
- liberalize — Remove or loosen restrictions on (something, typically an economic or political system).
- liberating — That serves to liberate, especially to free the mind to accept new ideas.
- liberation — the act of liberating or the state of being liberated.
- liberative — to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
- liberators — a four-engined heavy bomber widely used over Europe and the Mediterranean by the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II. Symbol: B-24.
- liberatory — to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
- librarians — Plural form of librarian.
- licensable — formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something, as to carry on some business or profession.
- liebermann — Max [mahks] /mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1847–1935, German painter and etcher.
- life table — mortality table.
- lightboard — switchboard (def 2).
- lightsaber — a type of sword, as depicted in the fictional Star Wars universe, with a blade made of laser energy that can both cut and burn: The Jedi knight drew his lightsaber and prepared to defend himself.
- lightsabre — Alternative spelling of lightsaber.
- likability — readily or easily liked; pleasing: a likable young man.
- like lambs — If you say that people do something like lambs or like lambs to the slaughter, you mean that they do what someone wants them to do without complaining or fighting.
- linebacker — a player on defense who takes a position close behind the linemen.
- linerboard — a type of paperboard used especially for containers, as corrugated boxes.
- listenable — pleasant to listen to: soft, listenable music.
- lister bag — a canvas container used especially for supplying troops in the field with pure water.
- livability — suitable for living in; habitable; comfortable: It took a lot of work to make the old house livable.
- livebearer — any viviparous fish of the family Poeciliidae, often kept in home aquariums.
- lobtailing — (of a whale) to slap the flukes against the surface of the water.
- lobulation — consisting of, divided into, or having lobes.
- logophobia — an obsessive fear of words.
- lombrosian — of or relating to the doctrine propounded by the Italian criminologist Cesare Lombroso that criminals are a product of hereditary and atavistic factors and can be classified as a definite abnormal type
- lovability — of such a nature as to attract love; deserving love; amiable; endearing.
- lowballing — the practice of offering a customer a deceptively low price
- lubricants — Plural form of lubricant.
- lubricated — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
- lubricates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lubricate.
- lubricator — a person or thing that lubricates.