11-letter words containing b, l, e, i
- silver bass — white bass.
- silver beet — a variety of beet, Beta vulgaris cicla, having large firm green leaves: staple cooked green vegetable in Australia and New Zealand
- silver bell — any North American shrub or small tree belonging to the genus Halesia, of the storax family, having toothed leaves and drooping white, bell-shaped flowers.
- silver book — (publication) Jensen and Wirth's infamous "Pascal User Manual and Report", so called because of the silver cover of the widely distributed Springer-Verlag second edition of 1978 (ISBN 0-387-90144-2). See also book titles, Pascal.
- silverberry — a shrub, Elaeagnus commutata (or E. argentea), of north-central North America, having silvery leaves and flowers and silvery, drupelike edible fruit.
- single bond — a chemical linkage consisting of one covalent bond between two atoms of a molecule, represented in chemical formulas by one line or two vertical dots, as C–H or C:H.
- singles bar — a bar or tavern catering to a clientele composed chiefly of single men and women, especially those seeking a lover or spouse.
- skatemobile — a scooterlike vehicle built of boxes, boards, or the like, and mounted on skate wheels.
- sleigh bell — any of several kinds of small bells, as a jingle bell, attached to a sleigh or to the harness of the animal drawing the sleigh.
- snowmobiler — a person who drives a snowmobile
- soap boiler — a manufacturer of soap
- soft-boiled — to boil (an egg) just long enough for the yolk and white to partially solidify, usually three or four minutes.
- soil binder — a plant that prevents or inhibits erosion by providing a ground cover and forming a dense network of roots that hold the soil.
- soybean oil — a pale-yellow oil derived from soybeans by expression or solvent extraction: used as a food and in the manufacture of soap, candles, inks, paints, varnishes, etc.
- specifiable — that can be specified.
- spellbinder — a person or thing that spellbinds, especially a powerful speaker who can captivate an audience.
- spin bowler — a bowler who specializes in bowling balls with a spinning motion
- spinel ruby — ruby spinel.
- splint bone — one of the rudimentary, splintlike metacarpal or metatarsal bones of the horse or some allied animal, one on each side of the back of each cannon bone.
- stable girl — a girl or woman who looks after or attends horses in stables
- stepsibling — a stepbrother or stepsister.
- stereoblind — lacking the ability to see in three dimensions through both eyes
- stickleback — any of the small, pugnacious, spiny-backed fishes of the family Gasterosteidae, inhabiting northern fresh waters and sea inlets, the male of which builds and guards the nest.
- stilbestrol — a nonsteroidal synthetic estrogen, C 18 H 20 O 2 , used in medicine chiefly in the treatment of menopausal symptoms and in animal feeds for chemical caponization: formerly used during pregnancy for the prevention of miscarriage but discontinued owing to its association with an increased risk of vaginal and cervical cancers in women having had fetal exposure. Abbreviation: DES.
- stobie pole — a steel and concrete pole for supporting electricity wires
- stone-blind — completely blind.
- sub-article — a written composition in prose, usually nonfiction, on a specific topic, forming an independent part of a book or other publication, as a newspaper or magazine.
- subaerially — in a subaerial manner
- suballiance — a suborder or subdivision of an alliance
- subchloride — a chloride containing a relatively small proportion of chlorine, as mercurous chloride.
- subdelirium — a mild delirium with lucid intervals.
- subinfluent — an organism that has a lesser effect than an influent on the ecological processes within a community.
- subinterval — an interval that is a subset of a given interval.
- sublicensee — a person, company, etc., to whom a sublicense is granted.
- sublimeness — the state or quality of being sublime
- subliteracy — below average literacy
- subliterary — not intended as literature
- subliterate — less than fully literate.
- submergible — submersible.
- submersible — capable of being submersed.
- submetallic — somewhat or imperfectly metallic.
- submissible — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- submittable — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- submultiple — a number that is contained by another number an integral number of times without a remainder: The number 3 is a submultiple of 12.
- subsensible — unable to be detected by the senses
- subterminal — situated at or forming the end or extremity of something: a terminal feature of a vista.
- subtilities — subtlety.
- subvertical — being in a position or direction perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; upright; plumb.
- subvocalize — to form (words) silently by moving the lips or other vocal organs without vocalization
- suggestible — subject to or easily influenced by suggestion.