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11-letter words containing b, o, l, n, e

  • blacktongue — canine pellagra.
  • bladdernose — hooded seal
  • blanket bog — a very acid peat bog, low in nutrients, extending widely over a flat terrain, found in cold wet climates
  • blindfolded — wearing a blindfold
  • blindstorey — a storey without windows, such as a gallery in a Gothic church
  • bloatedness — the state of being swollen, as with a liquid, air, or wind
  • block plane — a carpenter's small plane used to cut across the end grain of wood
  • blonde lace — a French pillow lace, originally of unbleached cream-coloured Chinese silk, later of bleached or black-dyed silk
  • blood money — If someone makes a payment of blood money to the family of someone who has been killed, they pay that person's family a sum of money as compensation.
  • bloodsprent — spattered or stained with blood
  • bludgeoning — a short, heavy club with one end weighted, or thicker and heavier than the other.
  • blue monday — a Monday regarded as a depressing workday in contrast to the pleasant relaxation of the weekend.
  • blue ribbon — A blue ribbon is the same as a blue riband.
  • blue-ribbon — of superior quality or prominence; first-rate; specially selected: a blue-ribbon committee of fund-raisers.
  • bobbin lace — lace made with bobbins rather than with needle and thread (needlepoint lace); pillow lace
  • bobsledding — a sled having two pairs of runners, a brake, and a steering wheel or other mechanism that enables the front rider to direct the sled down a steeply banked run or chute.
  • bolingbroke — the surname of Henry IV of England
  • bontempelli — Massimo. 1878–1960, Italian dramatist, poet, novelist, and critic. His works include the play Nostra Dea (1925) and the novel The Faithful Lover (1953)
  • bookselling — the activity of selling books
  • boolean sum — Mathematics. symmetric difference.
  • boondoggler — a product of simple manual skill, as a plaited leather cord for the neck or a knife sheath, made typically by a camper or a scout.
  • bootlegging — alcoholic liquor unlawfully made, sold, or transported, without registration or payment of taxes.
  • border line — boundary line; frontier.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • bristlecone — a western American pine with bristle-like prickles on its cones
  • 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.
  • bulbousness — the quality of being bulbous
  • bull tongue — a heavy plough used in growing cotton, having an almost vertical mouldboard
  • bull's nose — bullnose (def 1).
  • 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
  • bunny slope — (in skiing) a nursery slope
  • 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.
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