11-letter words containing b, p, e, l
- bibliopegic — relating to bookbinding as a fine art
- bibliophage — an ardent reader; a bookworm.
- bibliophile — a person who collects or is fond of books
- bibliophobe — a person who hates, fears, or distrusts books.
- bicephalous — having two heads
- bitter pill — a distressing experience or result that is hard to accept (often in the expression a bitter pill to swallow): Being passed over for promotion was a bitter pill to swallow.
- black maple — a tree, Acer saccharum nigrum, of eastern and central North America, having furrowed, blackish bark and yellow-green flowers.
- black perch — a livebearing surfperch, Embiotoca jacksoni, occurring in abundance along the coast of California, having brownish-black scales often tinged with blue or yellow and a thick, reddish mouth.
- black power — a social, economic, and political movement of Black people, esp in the US, to obtain equality with White people
- black sheep — If you describe someone as the black sheep of their family or of a group that they are a member of, you mean that they are considered bad or worthless by other people in that family or group.
- blanca peak — highest peak of the Sangre de Cristo range, S Colo.: 14,317 ft (4,364 m)
- blasphemers — to speak impiously or irreverently of (God or sacred things).
- blasphemies — impious utterance or action concerning God or sacred things.
- blaspheming — to speak impiously or irreverently of (God or sacred things).
- blasphemous — You can describe someone who shows disrespect for God or a religion as blasphemous. You can also describe what they are saying or doing as blasphemous.
- blastospore — a spore formed by budding, as in certain fungi
- blepharitis — inflammation of the eyelids
- block plane — a carpenter's small plane used to cut across the end grain of wood
- blogosphere — In computer technology, the blogosphere or the blogsphere is all the weblogs on the Internet, considered collectively.
- blood purge — the mass execution, especially by a government, of persons considered guilty of treason or sedition.
- bloodsprent — spattered or stained with blood
- blue pencil — deletion, alteration, or censorship of the contents of a book or other work
- blue spirea — a grayish, hairy, eastern Asian shrub, Caryopteris incana, of the verbena family, having clusters of showy, blue or bluish-purple flowers.
- blue spruce — a spruce tree, Picea pungens glauca, native to the Rocky Mountains of North America, having blue-green needle-like leaves
- blue-pencil — to alter, abridge, or cancel with or as with a pencil that has blue lead, as in editing a manuscript.
- boat people — Boat people are people who escape from their country in small boats to travel to another country in the hope that they will be able to live there.
- boilerplate — A boilerplate is a basic written contract that can be used to make many different kinds of contracts.
- 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)
- bottle shop — A bottle shop is a shop which sells wine, beer, and other alcoholic drinks.
- brake pedal — (in a vehicle) a pedal that connects to the brake cable and thus operates the braking mechanism
- bread plate — A bread plate is a small plate for bread that you eat along with your main meal.
- breast lump — a harder lump detectable in the soft tissue of a woman's breast
- breastplate — A breastplate is a piece of armour that covers and protects the chest.
- bridge lamp — a floor lamp, especially one having the light source on an arm so hinged as to be horizontally adjustable.
- bridle path — A bridle path is a path intended for people riding horses.
- broiler pan — a pan for broiling food
- broken play — an improvised offensive play that results when the originally planned play has failed to be executed properly.
- bubble wrap — a type of polythene wrapping containing many small air pockets, used as a protective covering when transporting breakable goods
- budget plan — the planning of one's spending
- bulletproof — Something that is bulletproof is made of a strong material that bullets cannot pass through.
- bumblepuppy — a game of whist played carelessly or contrary to rules and conventions.
- bump uglies — to have sexual intercourse
- bumper pool — a pool game played on a small, often octagonally shaped table with two pockets, having strategically placed cushioned pegs on the playing surface, usually necessitating bank shots to sink balls.
- bunny slope — (in skiing) a nursery slope
- bush parole — an escape from prison.
- bustle pipe — an annular pipe distributing hot air to the tuyères.
- campbellism — the practices and principles of the Disciples of Christ.
- campbellite — a member of the Disciples of Christ.
- campbeltown — a seaport on the Kintyre peninsula, in SW Scotland: resort.
- capableness — The state or quality of being capable.