11-letter words containing i, l, a
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- bright coal — coal consisting of alternating layers of clarain and vitrain.
- brilliantly — shining brightly; sparkling; glittering; lustrous: the brilliant lights of the city.
- bring along — If you bring someone or something along, you bring them with you when you come to a place.
- 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
- 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
- broiler pan — a pan for broiling food
- bromouracil — a brominated derivative of uracil with antimetabolite properties
- 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)
- bulimarexia — bulimia (sense 2)
- bulkheading — the construction of bulkheads; bulkheads in general.
- bullbaiting — a type of blood sport involving the baiting of a bull by dogs
- bullmastiff — a breed of dog
- burglarious — of, constituting, or inclined to burglary
- bursiculate — resembling a pouch
- bushwalking — an expedition on foot in the bush
- busy signal — If you try to make a telephone call and get a busy signal, it means that you cannot make the call because the line is already being used by someone else.
- buzz-aldrin — Edwin Eugene, Jr ("Buzz") born 1930, U.S. astronaut.
- byelorussia — Official name Belarus. Formerly White Russian Soviet Socialist Republic, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic. a republic in E Europe, N of Ukraine: formerly a part of the Soviet Union. 80,154 sq. mi. (207,600 sq. km). Capital: Minsk.
- cabbalistic — cabala.
- cabin class — a class of accommodation on a passenger ship between first class and tourist class
- cablevision — cable television.
- cachectical — cachetic
- cacomistles — Plural form of cacomistle.
- caesalpinia — designating a family (Caesalpiniaceae) of leguminous trees and shrubs, including the Kentucky coffee tree
- cafe filtre — a strong black filtered coffee
- cakewalking — Present participle of cakewalk.
- calabazilla — a prostrate vine, Cucurbita foetidissima, of the gourd family, native to southwestern North America, having yellow flowers, round, inedible green and yellow fruit, and an unpleasant odor.
- calamondins — Plural form of calamondin.
- calathiform — cup-shaped; concave.
- calc-sinter — travertine
- calcariform — shaped like a calcar
- calceolaria — any tropical American scrophulariaceous plant of the genus Calceolaria: cultivated for its speckled slipper-shaped flowers
- calciferous — forming or producing salts of calcium, esp calcium carbonate
- calcigerous — containing lime or other salts
- calcimining — Present participle of calcimine.