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11-letter words containing e, b, a

  • ladder back — a chair back having a number of horizontal slats between uprights.
  • lake albert — a lake in E Africa, between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda in the great Rift Valley, 660 m (2200 ft) above sea level: a source of the Nile, fed by the Victoria Nile, which leaves as the Albert Nile. Area: 5345 sq km (2064 sq miles)
  • lake baikal — a lake in Russia, in SE Siberia: the largest freshwater lake in Eurasia and the deepest in the world. Greatest depth: over 1500 m (5000 ft). Area: about 33 670 sq km (13 000 sq miles)
  • lake breeze — a thermally produced wind blowing during the day from the surface of a large lake to the shore, caused by the difference in the rates of heating of the surfaces of the lake and of the land.
  • lake kariba — a dam built across the Zambezi for the purposes of generating hydroelectric power; it created Lake Kariba on the Zambia-Zimbabwe border
  • lamb's ears — a hardy Middle Eastern plant, Stachys byzantina, of the mint family, having white, wooly leaves and small, purple flowers in dense whorls.
  • lambrequins — Plural form of lambrequin.
  • lamebrained — a dunce; booby; fool.
  • land breeze — a coastal breeze blowing at night from land to sea, caused by the difference in the rate of cooling of their respective surfaces.
  • land bridge — Geology. an actual or hypothetical strip of land, subject to submergence, that connects adjacent continental landmasses and serves as a route of dispersal for plants and animals: a prehistoric land bridge between Asia and North America.
  • landgrabber — the seizing of land by a nation, state, or organization, especially illegally, underhandedly, or unfairly.
  • landlubbers — Plural form of landlubber.
  • langbeinite — a mineral, K 2 Mg 2 (SO 4) 3 , occurring in marine salt deposits, used as a fertilizer because of its potassium content.
  • lapel badge — pin or button worn on the collar
  • large black — a heavy black breed of pig with long lop ears: used for crossbreeding
  • last breath — When someone takes their last breath, they die.
  • late blight — a disease of plants, especially potatoes, celery, etc., characterized by spotting, blighting, and withering or decay of the entire plant, caused by any of several fungi, as Phytophthora infestans or Septoria apii.
  • late hebrew — the Hebrew language as used from about a.d. 70 through the 13th century, including Mishnaic Hebrew and Medieval Hebrew.
  • lateral bud — axillary bud.
  • launderable — to wash (clothes, linens, etc.).
  • law-breaker — A law-breaker is someone who breaks the law.
  • lawbreakers — Plural form of lawbreaker.
  • lawbreaking — Unlawful; illegal.
  • lay brother — a man who has taken religious vows and habit but is employed by his order chiefly in manual labor.
  • layer board — lear board.
  • leaderboard — a board on which the scores of the leading competitors are displayed, as in a golf tournament.
  • leaf beetle — any of numerous, often brightly colored beetles of the family Chrysomelidae, that feed on the leaves of plants, the larvae of which infest the roots, stem, and leaves.
  • leaf blight — a symptom or phase of many diseases of plants, characterized by necrotic spots or streaks on the leaves, accompanied by seed rot and seedling blight.
  • leaf blotch — a symptom or phase of certain especially fungal diseases of plants, characterized by necrotic discoloration of the leaves.
  • leather bar — a gay bar frequented by men who wear leather
  • leatherback — a sea turtle, Dermochelys coriacea, having the shell embedded in a leathery skin, reaching a length of more than 7 feet (2.1 meter) and a weight of more than 1000 pounds (450 kg): the largest living sea turtle; an endangered species.
  • ledger beam — a reinforced-concrete beam having projecting ledges for receiving the ends of joists or the like.
  • lenard tube — an early cathode-ray tube having at the end opposite the cathode a window of thin glass or metal allowing cathode rays (Lenard rays) to pass out into the atmosphere.
  • lesser bear — the constellation Ursa Minor.
  • liabilities — liabilities. moneys owed; debts or pecuniary obligations (opposed to assets). Accounting. liabilities as detailed on a balance sheet, especially in relation to assets and capital.
  • liberalised — Simple past tense and past participle of liberalise.
  • liberalists — the quality or state of being liberal, as in behavior or attitude.
  • liberalized — Simple past tense and past participle of liberalize.
  • liberalizer — One who, or that which, liberalizes.
  • liberalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of liberalize.
  • liberalness — The property of being liberal.
  • libertarian — a person who advocates liberty, especially with regard to thought or conduct.
  • libertinage — libertine practices or habits of life; disregard of authority or convention in sexual or religious matters.
  • liberty cap — a soft, conical cap given to a freed slave in ancient Rome at manumission of his servitude, used as a symbol of liberty, especially since the 18th century.
  • lifeboatman — a sailor qualified to take charge of a lifeboat or life raft.
  • light bread — white bread.
  • light table — a table that has a translucent top illuminated from below and is used typically for making tracings or examining color transparencies.
  • likableness — The property of being likable, that which makes likable.
  • like a bird — without resistance or difficulty
  • like a bomb — with great speed or success; very well (esp in the phrase go like a bomb)
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