11-letter words containing b, l, e, n
- bottle bank — A bottle bank is a large container into which people can put empty bottles so that the glass can be used again.
- bottle fern — a fern, Cystopteris fragilis, of rocky, wooded areas throughout North America, having grayish-green fronds and brittle stalks.
- bottom line — The bottom line in a decision or situation is the most important factor that you have to consider.
- boulangerie — a bakery shop, specif. one that specializes in breads, rolls, etc.
- branch line — A branch line is a railway line that goes to small towns rather than one that goes between large cities.
- branfulness — (of flour) the state of being unsifted and hence full of bran
- 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.
- bridge loan — A bridge loan is money that a bank lends you for a short time, for example, so that you can buy a new house before you have sold the one you already own.
- bridle hand — (of a horseback rider) the hand, usually the left hand, that holds both reins or both pairs of reins, leaving the other hand free to manage a whip, crop, lariat, or the like.
- bright-line — (of rules, standards, etc.) unambiguously clear: This muddies the waters of what should be a brightline rule.
- brimfulness — the quality of being completely full or full to the brim
- bristlecone — a western American pine with bristle-like prickles on its cones
- bristliness — the quality of being bristly
- brittleness — the quality of being brittle
- broiler pan — a pan for broiling food
- broken coal — anthracite in pieces ranging from 2 1/2 to 4 inches (6.5 to 11 cm) in extreme dimension; the largest commercial size, larger than egg coal.
- broken hill — a town in SE Australia, in W New South Wales: mining centre for lead, silver, and zinc. Pop: 19 834 (2001)
- broken line — a discontinuous line or series of line segments, as a series of dashes, or a figure made up of line segments meeting at oblique angles.
- broken play — an improvised offensive play that results when the originally planned play has failed to be executed properly.
- bronchocele — dilatation of a bronchus.
- brooklynese — the speech, especially the pronunciation, thought to be characteristic of a person coming from New York City, especially Brooklyn.
- brow antler — the first prong from the base of a stag's antler.
- brown algae — any algae of the phylum Phaeophyta, such as the wracks and kelps, which contain a brown pigment in addition to chlorophyll
- brownsville — city & port in S Tex., on the Rio Grande: pop. 140,000
- buckle down — If you buckle down to something, you start working seriously at it.
- budget plan — the planning of one's spending
- buffet line — A buffet line is a selection of food that is displayed on a long table. Guests usually serve themselves.
- bulbousness — the quality of being bulbous
- bulkheading — the construction of bulkheads; bulkheads in general.
- bull tongue — a heavy plough used in growing cotton, having an almost vertical mouldboard
- bull's nose — bullnose (def 1).
- bull-necked — having a short thick neck
- bunchflower — a tall plant (Melanthium virginicum) of the lily family, growing in the E U.S. and having large clusters of white or greenish flowers
- bundelkhand — a region of central India: formerly native states, now mainly part of Madhya Pradesh
- bundle scar — any small mark left on the leaf scar from the vascular tissue, where the leaf was once attached to the stem.
- bunker hill — the first battle of the American Revolution, actually fought on Breed's Hill, next to Bunker Hill, near Boston, on June 17, 1775. Though defeated, the colonists proved that they could stand against British regular soldiers
- bunny slope — (in skiing) a nursery slope
- 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
- bushelwoman — a woman who alters clothes
- button-hole — the hole, slit, or loop through which a button is passed and by which it is secured.
- buttonholer — a person who buttonholes
- by-election — A by-election is an election that is held to choose a new member of parliament when a member has resigned or died.
- cablevision — cable television.
- call number — the number given to a book in a library, indicating its shelf location
- campbeltown — a seaport on the Kintyre peninsula, in SW Scotland: resort.
- canal barge — a long narrow boat used on canals, esp for carrying freight
- cancelbunny — Cancelpoodle
- cancellable — able to be cancelled
- candelabras — Plural form of candelabra.