10-letter words containing b, l
- beau-ideal — a conception of perfect beauty.
- beaujolais — Beaujolais is a type of red wine that comes from the region of eastern France called Beaujolais.
- beautifull — Obsolete spelling of beautiful.
- beautifuls — having beauty; possessing qualities that give great pleasure or satisfaction to see, hear, think about, etc.; delighting the senses or mind: a beautiful dress; a beautiful speech.
- beautyless — Devoid of beauty.
- beclouding — Present participle of becloud.
- becomingly — that suits or gives a pleasing effect or attractive appearance, as to a person or thing: a becoming dress; a becoming hairdo.
- becquerels — Plural form of becquerel.
- bedazzling — to impress forcefully, especially so as to make oblivious to faults or shortcomings: Audiences were bedazzled by her charm.
- bedclothes — Bedclothes are the sheets and covers which you put over yourself when you get into bed.
- bedeviling — to torment or harass maliciously or diabolically, as with doubts, distractions, or worries.
- bedevilled — to torment or harass maliciously or diabolically, as with doubts, distractions, or worries.
- bedfellows — Plural form of bedfellow.
- bedlington — Also called Bedlingtonshire [bed-ling-tuh n-sheer, -sher] /ˈbɛd lɪŋ tənˌʃɪər, -ʃər/ (Show IPA). an urban area in E Northumberland, in N England.
- bedraggled — Someone or something that is bedraggled looks untidy because they have got wet or dirty.
- bee beetle — a European beetle, Trichodes apiarius, that is often parasitic in beehives: family Cleridae
- bee killer — robber fly.
- beef olive — a thin slice of beef rolled round sausage meat
- beer belly — If a man has a beer belly, he has a fat stomach because of drinking too much beer.
- beer glass — a glass of a standard size (in Britain holding one pint, or half a pint) with straight sides, or with a handle, to drink beer from
- beetlebung — sour gum.
- beetlehead — a person of low intelligence
- beetleweed — galax.
- beflowered — adorned or decorated with flowers.
- befuddling — to confuse, as with glib statements or arguments: politicians befuddling the public with campaign promises.
- behavioral — Behavioral means relating to the behavior of a person or animal, or to the study of their behavior.
- bejewelled — A bejewelled person or object is wearing a lot of jewellery or is decorated with jewels.
- bel esprit — a witty or clever person
- bel-esprit — a person of great wit or intellect.
- beliefless — having no faith or belief
- believable — Something that is believable makes you think that it could be true or real.
- belisarius — ?505–565 ad, Byzantine general under Justinian I. He recovered North Africa from the Vandals and Italy from the Ostrogoths and led forces against the Persians
- bell crank — a lever with two arms having a common fulcrum at their junction
- bell curve — a curve resembling the outline of a flared bell, usually representing a normal distribution
- bell glass — a bell-shaped glass jar or cover for protecting delicate instruments, bric-a-brac, or the like, or for containing gases or a vacuum in chemical experiments.
- bell metal — an alloy of copper and tin, with some zinc and lead, used in casting bells
- bell punch — a machine that issues or stamps a ticket, etc, ringing a bell as it does so
- bell sheep — a sheep that a shearer is just starting to shear (and which he is allowed to finish) as the bell rings for the end of a work period
- bell tower — a tower containing a bell or bells; belfry
- bell-curve — bell-shaped curve.
- bellabella — a member of a branch of the Kwakiutl Indians inhabiting central coastal British Columbia.
- bellacoola — a member of a riverine tribe of North American Indians inhabiting an area near the central coast of British Columbia.
- belladonna — either of two alkaloid drugs, atropine or hyoscyamine, obtained from the leaves and roots of the deadly nightshade
- bellarmine — Saint Robert. 1542–1621, Italian Jesuit theologian and cardinal; an important influence during the Counter-Reformation
- belle isle — an island in the Atlantic, at the N entrance to the Strait of Belle Isle, between Labrador and Newfoundland. Area: about 39 sq km (15 sq miles)
- belletrist — a writer of belles-lettres
- belleville — a city in SW Illinois.
- bellflower — city in SW Calif.: suburb of Los Angeles: pop. 73,000
- bellhanger — a person who mounts bells
- bellingham — seaport in NW Wash., at the N end of Puget Sound: pop. 67,000