12-letter words containing b, l
- antiglobulin — a serum containing an antibody specific to an immunoglobulin
- antimetabole — the repetition of words in reverse order for emphasis
- antiroll bar — a horizontal bar in the suspension system of some automotive vehicles, that stabilizes the body of the vehicle and thereby reduces sway, esp. during turns
- antisociable — Antisocial.
- antwerp blue — any of several iron-blue pigments, usually containing a considerable amount of extender.
- apostle bird — a gregarious grey-and-brown Australian nest-building bird, Struthidea cinerea
- apple blight — an aphid, Eriosoma lanigera, that is covered with a powdery waxy secretion and infests apple trees
- apple brandy — an alcoholic liquor made with apples
- apple butter — a jam made from stewed spiced apples
- approachable — If you describe someone as approachable, you think that they are friendly and easy to talk to.
- appropriable — that can be appropriated
- arabia felix — an ancient division of Arabia, in the S part: sometimes restricted to Yemen.
- arabian gulf — an arm of the Arabian Sea, between SW Iran and Arabia. 600 miles (965 km) long.
- archiblastic — of, relating to, or derived from an archiblast.
- argle-bargle — argy-bargy
- arousability — to stimulate sexually.
- art mobilier — small, movable art objects, especially primitive or prehistoric works of art.
- ashurbanipal — died ?626 bc, king of Assyria (?668–?626): son of Esarhaddon. He built the magnificent palace and library at Nineveh
- assault boat — a portable boat used for landing troops on beaches and for crossing rivers.
- assemblagist — a creative person or artist who is skilled in putting together works of art based on assemblage
- assibilation — (linguistics) A sound change resulting in a sibilant consonant, commonly the final phase of palatalization.
- assumability — a mortgage loan or a feature of such that allows the buyer of a property to assume or take on the existing mortgage from the property seller
- assurbanipal — Ashurbanipal
- astonishable — (obsolete) Astonishing.
- astrobiology — the branch of biology that investigates the possibility of life elsewhere in the universe
- at a low ebb — in a state or period of weakness, lack of vigour, or decline
- atholl brose — a mixture of whisky and honey left to ferment before consumption
- atrabilarian — Characterized by melancholy or glum; atrabilarious; atrabilious.
- attributable — If something is attributable to an event, situation, or person, it is likely that it was caused by that event, situation or person.
- authorizable — able to be authorized
- automobiling — (dated) present participle of automobile.
- automobilism — the use of automobiles, or the practices associated with them
- automobilist — Driver; person who uses a motor vehicle such as car, van or truck.
- automobility — the use of motor cars
- availability — the quality or condition of being available
- avoidability — The possibility of avoiding; the state or condition of being avoidable.
- avowableness — the quality or condition of being avowable
- axel heiberg — the largest island belonging to the Sverdrup group in the Canadian Northwest Territories. 15,779 sq. mi. (40,868 sq. km).
- axillary bud — a bud that is borne at the axil of a leaf and is capable of developing into a branch shoot or flower cluster.
- b lymphocyte — B cell.
- b-lymphocyte — a type of lymphocyte, originating in bone marrow, that produces antibodies
- b-s particle — a neutral meson with a mass 10,507 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of approximately 1.6 X 10 -12 seconds.
- baby boomlet — a period of increase in the birthrate, smaller than a baby boom, as in the U.S. during the 1980s and 1990s.
- baccalaurean — of a baccalaureate
- baccalauréat — (esp in France) a school-leaving examination that qualifies the successful candidates for entrance to university
- bacchanalian — characterized by or involving drunken revelry
- bachelor pad — a flat in which a bachelor lives
- bachelorette — A bachelorette is a woman who has never married.
- bachelorhood — the state of being a bachelor.
- bachelorship — the state of being a bachelor; bachelorhood