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10-letter words containing b, o, i, n, l

  • bioethanol — a biofuel based on alcohol which may be combined with petrol for use in vehicles
  • biofouling — the degradation of an artificial surface by biological growth
  • bionically — utilizing electronic devices and mechanical parts to assist humans in performing difficult, dangerous, or intricate tasks, as by supplementing or duplicating parts of the body: The scientist used a bionic arm to examine the radioactive material.
  • bitonality — the quality of two musical keys being played simultaneously
  • blanquillo — any of several game fishes of the genus Caulolatilus, related to the tilefishes.
  • blazonings — heraldic adornments
  • blind copy — a copy of a letter or the like, the original of which bears no evidence that the copy was sent to some other person.
  • blind door — a door having louvers permitting circulation of air.
  • blind hole — a hole whose green cannot be seen by the approaching golfer because of trees or other obstructions.
  • blind spot — If you say that someone has a blind spot about something, you mean that they seem to be unable to understand it or to see how important it is.
  • blind-spot — Also called blind spot. an area in which radio or cell phone signals are weak and their reception poor.
  • blind-worm — a limbless European lizard, Anguis fragilis, related to the glass lizards.
  • blindstory — a windowless story
  • block line — a rope or cable used in a block and tackle
  • bloodiness — the state of being bloody
  • bloodstain — A bloodstain is a mark on a surface caused by blood.
  • bloviation — a lengthy but insubstantial speech
  • blowing up — a reprimand
  • blue point — a Siamese cat having a light-colored body and darker, bluish-gray points.
  • bollandist — any of the editors of the Acta Sanctorum.
  • bollocking — a severe telling-off; dressing-down
  • bolstering — a long, often cylindrical, cushion or pillow for a bed, sofa, etc.
  • bonneville — Lake, a prehistoric lake in Utah, E Nevada, and S Idaho: Great Salt Lake is its remnant. 350 miles (564 km) long.
  • bonnilasse — a pretty girl
  • borderline — The borderline between two different or opposite things is the division between them.
  • boulangism — the doctrines of militarism and reprisals against Germany, advocated, especially in the 1880s, by the French general Boulanger.
  • bouldering — rock climbing on large boulders or small outcrops either as practice or as a sport in its own right
  • bouncingly — in a bouncing manner
  • bowldering — pavement made with small boulders.
  • bowlingual — a device that allegedly translates a dog’s barks and grunts into a human language
  • broccolini — a cultivated variety of cabbage, Brassica B. oleracea, which resembles broccoli and is eaten as a green vegetable
  • bronchiole — any of the smallest bronchial tubes, usually ending in alveoli
  • broodingly — preoccupied with depressing, morbid, or painful memories or thoughts: a brooding frame of mind.
  • brownfield — Brownfield land is land in a town or city where houses or factories have been built in the past, but which is not being used at the present time.
  • buffaloing — any of several large wild oxen of the family Bovidae. Compare bison, Cape buffalo, water buffalo.
  • build down — a process for reducing armaments, especially the number of nuclear weapons held by the U.S. and the U.S.S.R., by eliminating several older weapons for each new one that is deployed.
  • build into — to make (something) a definite part of (a contract, agreement, etc)
  • build-down — a gradual decrease in nuclear weapons, armed forces, etc., esp. by an agreement in which a smaller number of newer weapons would replace older ones
  • bullionism — a person who advocates a system in which currency is directly convertible to gold or silver.
  • bullionist — a purveyor of bullion
  • bunker oil — Nautical. oil taken on board a tanker as fuel, as distinguished from the oil carried as cargo.
  • burlington — a city in S Canada on Lake Ontario, northeast of Hamilton. Pop: 150 836 (2001)
  • butylation — the introduction of butyl into a compound
  • cannabinol — a non-psychoactive cannabinoid, C21H26O
  • carbonylic — of, relating to, or characteristic of the carbonyl group.
  • climb down — If you climb down in an argument or dispute, you admit that you are wrong, or change your intentions or demands.
  • climb-down — a retreat, as from an indefensible opinion or position.
  • clobbering — Present participle of clobber.
  • cnidoblast — any of the cells of a coelenterate that contain nematocysts
  • coal basin — a part of the earth's surface consisting of coal strata that slope down to a common centre
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