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11-letter words containing i, b, l

  • branch line — A branch line is a railway line that goes to small towns rather than one that goes between large cities.
  • branch wilt — a disease of walnut trees, characterized by sudden wilting of the leaves, and cankers and discoloration of the bark and branches, caused by a fungus, Hendersonula toruloidea.
  • brazzaville — the capital of Congo-Brazzaville, in the south on the River Congo. Pop: 1 153 000 (2005 est)
  • breast line — a mooring line securing a ship to that part of a pier alongside it.
  • breast milk — Breast milk is the white liquid produced by women to breast-feed their babies.
  • brecksville — a town in N Ohio.
  • brick-built — made of bricks
  • bricklaying — the technique or practice of laying bricks
  • bridal gown — a wedding dress
  • bridal shop — a shop that specializes in selling bridal wear
  • bridal wear — clothes specially designed for brides
  • bridewealth — (in some nonindustrial societies) the money or goods given to the family of a bride by the bridegroom or his family.
  • bridge lamp — a floor lamp, especially one having the light source on an arm so hinged as to be horizontally adjustable.
  • 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.
  • bridge roll — a soft bread roll in a long thin shape
  • bridle hand — (of a horseback rider) the hand, usually the left hand, that holds both reins or both pairs of reins, leaving the other hand free to manage a whip, crop, lariat, or the like.
  • bridle path — A bridle path is a path intended for people riding horses.
  • bridle-wise — trained to obey the pressure of the reins on the neck instead of the pull on the bit
  • bright coal — coal consisting of alternating layers of clarain and vitrain.
  • bright wool — the wool of sheep raised east of the Mississippi River.
  • bright-line — (of rules, standards, etc.) unambiguously clear: This muddies the waters of what should be a brightline rule.
  • brilliantly — shining brightly; sparkling; glittering; lustrous: the brilliant lights of the city.
  • brimfulness — the quality of being completely full or full to the brim
  • bring along — If you bring someone or something along, you bring them with you when you come to a place.
  • bristlebird — any of various Australian warblers of the genus Dasyornis.
  • bristlecone — a western American pine with bristle-like prickles on its cones
  • bristlelike — resembling a bristle
  • bristletail — any primitive wingless insect of the orders Thysanura and Diplura, such as the silverfish and firebrat, having a flattened body and long tail appendages
  • bristliness — the quality of being bristly
  • bristol bay — arm of the Bering Sea between the SW Alas. mainland & the Alaska Peninsula
  • brith milah — the rite of circumcision on the eighth day after birth
  • british lop — a breed of large white pig with large drooping ears, originating from Wales, Cumberland, and Ulster
  • brittlebush — any of several composite plants of the genus Encelia, of desert regions of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having alternate leaves and yellow ray flowers with a yellow or purple center.
  • brittleness — the quality of being brittle
  • broiler pan — a pan for broiling food
  • 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.
  • bromouracil — a brominated derivative of uracil with antimetabolite properties
  • brotherlike — like a brother
  • brownsville — city & port in S Tex., on the Rio Grande: pop. 140,000
  • brucellosis — an infectious disease of cattle, goats, dogs, and pigs, caused by bacteria of the genus Brucella and transmittable to humans (e.g. by drinking contaminated milk): symptoms include fever, chills, and severe headache
  • bucket list — a list of experiences one wants to have before one dies
  • bucolically — of or relating to shepherds; pastoral.
  • buffalofish — any of several freshwater North American hump-backed cyprinoid fishes of the genus Ictiobus: family Catostomidae (suckers)
  • buffet line — A buffet line is a selection of food that is displayed on a long table. Guests usually serve themselves.
  • build up to — If you build up to something you want to do or say, you try to prepare people for it by starting to do it or introducing the subject gradually.
  • bulbiferous — (of plants) producing bulbs
  • bulimarexia — bulimia (sense 2)
  • bulk buying — the purchase at one time, and often at a reduced price, of a large quantity of a particular commodity
  • bulkheading — the construction of bulkheads; bulkheads in general.
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