11-letter words containing b, l, a, t, n
- battle zone — an area where a battle or battles are being fought
- battlefront — the front line of a battle, where the action takes place
- battlements — The battlements of a castle or fortress consist of a wall built round the top, with gaps through which guns or arrows can be fired.
- battleplane — an airplane designed for combat; warplane.
- battlewagon — a battleship
- bean beetle — any of a number of beetles and weevils attacking legumes, esp. the Mexican bean beetle
- beastliness — of or like a beast; bestial.
- beetlebrain — a person of severely limited intelligence
- belatedness — coming or being after the customary, useful, or expected time: belated birthday greetings.
- belt sander — a sander that uses an endless abrasive belt driven by an electric motor.
- 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
- benignantly — kind, especially to inferiors; gracious: a benignant sovereign.
- bethanechol — a substance, C 7 H 17 ClN 2 O 2 , used to treat urinary retention, especially postoperatively.
- bi-bivalent — separating into two bivalent ions
- binucleated — having two nuclei
- birth canal — the passageway down which the fetus passes during birth
- bisectional — relating to division into two equal parts
- blacktongue — canine pellagra.
- blank slate — tabula rasa.
- blanket bog — a very acid peat bog, low in nutrients, extending widely over a flat terrain, found in cold wet climates
- blanketlike — resembling a blanket
- blanketweed — a type of filamentous pond algae
- blind-stamp — to emboss or impress (the cover or spine of a book) without using ink or foil.
- bloatedness — the state of being swollen, as with a liquid, air, or wind
- block grant — (in Britain) an annual grant made by the government to a local authority to help to pay for the public services it provides, such as health, education, and housing
- blue mantle — one of the four pursuivants of the British College of Arms
- bolt-action — (of a rifle) equipped with a manually operated sliding bolt.
- bombilation — a humming or buzzing sound, for example that of a bee
- bondability — something that binds, fastens, confines, or holds together.
- botanically — Also, botanic. of, pertaining to, made from, or containing plants: botanical survey; botanical drugs.
- botany wool — a fine wool from the merino sheep
- bottle bank — A bottle bank is a large container into which people can put empty bottles so that the glass can be used again.
- bottom land — bottom (def 4).
- branch wilt — a disease of walnut trees, characterized by sudden wilting of the leaves, and cankers and discoloration of the bark and branches, caused by a fungus, Hendersonula toruloidea.
- breast line — a mooring line securing a ship to that part of a pier alongside it.
- breton lace — a net lace with a design embroidered in heavy, often colored, thread.
- brilliantly — shining brightly; sparkling; glittering; lustrous: the brilliant lights of the city.
- brow antler — the first prong from the base of a stag's antler.
- budget plan — the planning of one's spending
- bullbaiting — a type of blood sport involving the baiting of a bull by dogs
- bulldog ant — any of several aggressive ants of the genus Myrmecia, mostly of Australia and Tasmania, capable of inflicting a painful and potentially dangerous sting.
- burnt shale — carbonaceous shale formed by destructive distillation of oil shale or by spontaneous combustion of shale after it has been some years in a tip: sometimes used in road making
- butorphanol — a narcotic analgesic, C 21 H 29 NO 2 , administered by injection to treat moderate to severe pain.
- calibrating — Mark (a gauge or instrument) with a standard scale of readings.
- calibration — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- campbeltown — a seaport on the Kintyre peninsula, in SW Scotland: resort.
- carbonylate — to introduce the carbonyl group into (a compound) through chemical reaction
- celebrating — Present participle of celebrate.