11-letter words containing b, u, l
- ball-buster — an arduous, often unpleasant task.
- balmain bug — a flattish edible Australian shellfish, Ibacus peronii, similar to the Moreton Bay bug
- baluchistan — a mountainous region of SW Asia, in SW Pakistan and SE Iran
- balustraded — Having balustrades.
- balustrades — Plural form of balustrade.
- banana plug — a small single-conductor electrical plug having a curved metal spring along its shank forming a clip to hold it in its socket
- banana slug — a large, bright yellow, slimy, shell-less mollusk, Ariolimax columbianus, of the northwestern forests of North America: the second largest slug in the world.
- banefulness — The state or quality of being baneful.
- barbarously — uncivilized; wild; savage; crude.
- bareknuckle — (of a prizefight, prizefighter, etc.) without boxing gloves; using the bare fists.
- barfulation — /bar`fyoo-lay'sh*n/ Variation of barf used around the Stanford area. An exclamation, expressing disgust. On seeing some particularly bad code one might exclaim, "Barfulation! Who wrote this, Quux?"
- barium meal — a preparation of barium sulphate, which is opaque to X-rays, swallowed by a patient before X-ray examination of the upper part of the alimentary canal
- barrel cuff — a single cuff on a tailored sleeve, formed by a band of material and usually fastened by a button.
- barrelhouse — a cheap and disreputable drinking establishment
- base clause — the initial element of a recursive definition, that defines the first element of the infinite sequence generated thereby
- bashfulness — The quality or property of being bashful; shyness; reserve; timidity.
- baudrillard — Jean. 1929–2007, French sociologist and theorist of postmodernism; his books include Seduction (1979), America (1986), and The Spirit of Terrorism (2002)
- baume scale — a scale for calibrating hydrometers used for measuring the specific gravity of liquids. 1 degree Baumé is equal to 144.3((s–1)/s), where s is specific gravity
- be laughing — to be in a favourable situation
- beau dollar — a silver dollar.
- beauteously — In a beauteous manner.
- beautifuler — Obsolete spelling of beautifuller.
- beautifully — in a beautiful manner
- beblubbered — tearstained, covered in tears from weeping
- bedaux-plan — a system of payment for work on the basis of the number of points of work done in a given amount of time, each point representing one minute of work on a given job at a normal rate of speed.
- beguilement — to influence by trickery, flattery, etc.; mislead; delude.
- behavioural — Behavioural means relating to the behaviour of a person or animal, or to the study of their behaviour.
- belarussian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Belarus, its people, or their language
- beleaguered — experiencing difficulties, opposition or criticism
- bellfounder — a foundry worker who casts bells
- bellmouthed — having a flaring mouth or opening like that of a bell
- belly laugh — A belly laugh is a very loud, deep laugh.
- bellybutton — the navel
- belorussian — of Belarus or its people, language, or culture
- belowground — underground
- belt course — an ornamental projecting band or continuous moulding along a wall
- belt pulley — a pulley used to operate a conveyor belt
- belt-course — a horizontal band or course, as of stone, projecting beyond or flush with the face of a building, often molded and sometimes richly carved.
- bend double — When you bend double, you bend the top half of your body downwards a long way.
- bent double — If someone is bent double, the top part of their body is leaning forward towards their legs, usually because they are in great pain or because they are laughing a lot. In American English, you can also say that someone is bent over double.
- betulaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Betulaceae, a family of mostly N temperate catkin-bearing trees and shrubs such as birch and alder, some species of which reach the northern limits of tree growth
- biauricular — having two auricles.
- bicephalous — having two heads
- big-leaguer — Sports. a player in a major league.
- biliousness — Physiology, Pathology. pertaining to bile or to an excess secretion of bile.
- billet-doux — a love letter
- bimolecular — (of a chemical complex, collision, etc) having or involving two molecules
- binocularly — relating to the use of two eyes at once
- binucleated — having two nuclei
- biomolecule — a molecule occurring naturally in living organisms