11-letter words containing b, l, e, i
- jailbreaker — One who breaks out of jail.
- jerry-build — to build cheaply and flimsily.
- jerry-built — built cheaply and flimsily.
- jingle bell — a hollow, round, metal bell with a metal ball inside, which makes a jingling sound when it moves: jingle bells on a horse and sleigh.
- 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.
- killer bars — an imprint consisting of a series of wavy lines used to cancel postage stamps.
- killer blow — something that puts a stop to something or defeats something
- killer boat — a boat used for hunting whales and towing them to a factory ship.
- king's blue — cobalt blue.
- 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 baikal — a lake in Russia, in SE Siberia: the largest freshwater lake in Eurasia and the deepest in the world. Greatest depth: over 1500 m (5000 ft). Area: about 33 670 sq km (13 000 sq miles)
- lake kariba — a dam built across the Zambezi for the purposes of generating hydroelectric power; it created Lake Kariba on the Zambia-Zimbabwe border
- lambrequins — Plural form of lambrequin.
- lamebrained — a dunce; booby; fool.
- land bridge — Geology. an actual or hypothetical strip of land, subject to submergence, that connects adjacent continental landmasses and serves as a route of dispersal for plants and animals: a prehistoric land bridge between Asia and North America.
- langbeinite — a mineral, K 2 Mg 2 (SO 4) 3 , occurring in marine salt deposits, used as a fertilizer because of its potassium content.
- 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.
- lawbreaking — Unlawful; illegal.
- 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.
- legibleness — Legibility.
- lestobiosis — cleptobiosis characterized by furtive thievery.
- lewy bodies — abnormal proteins that occur in the nerve cells of the cerebral cortex and the basal ganglia, causing Parkinson's disease and dementia
- liabilities — liabilities. moneys owed; debts or pecuniary obligations (opposed to assets). Accounting. liabilities as detailed on a balance sheet, especially in relation to assets and capital.
- libellously — in a libellous manner
- liberalised — Simple past tense and past participle of liberalise.
- liberalists — the quality or state of being liberal, as in behavior or attitude.
- liberalized — Simple past tense and past participle of liberalize.
- liberalizer — One who, or that which, liberalizes.
- liberalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of liberalize.
- liberalness — The property of being liberal.
- libertarian — a person who advocates liberty, especially with regard to thought or conduct.
- liberticide — destruction of liberty.
- libertinage — libertine practices or habits of life; disregard of authority or convention in sexual or religious matters.
- libertinism — libertine practices or habits of life; disregard of authority or convention in sexual or religious matters.
- liberty cap — a soft, conical cap given to a freed slave in ancient Rome at manumission of his servitude, used as a symbol of liberty, especially since the 18th century.
- librettists — Plural form of librettist.
- life member — If you are a life member of a club or organization, you have paid or been chosen to be a member for the rest of your life.
- lifeboatman — a sailor qualified to take charge of a lifeboat or life raft.
- lift bridge — a bridge having a section that can be lifted vertically to permit passage of boats beneath it.
- light bread — white bread.
- light table — a table that has a translucent top illuminated from below and is used typically for making tracings or examining color transparencies.
- lignotubers — Plural form of lignotuber.
- likableness — The property of being likable, that which makes likable.
- like a bird — without resistance or difficulty