10-letter words containing i, l, b
- bedevilled — to torment or harass maliciously or diabolically, as with doubts, distractions, or worries.
- bedlington — Also called Bedlingtonshire [bed-ling-tuh n-sheer, -sher] /ˈbɛd lɪŋ tənˌʃɪər, -ʃər/ (Show IPA). an urban area in E Northumberland, in N England.
- bee killer — robber fly.
- beef olive — a thin slice of beef rolled round sausage meat
- befuddling — to confuse, as with glib statements or arguments: politicians befuddling the public with campaign promises.
- behavioral — Behavioral means relating to the behavior of a person or animal, or to the study of their behavior.
- bel esprit — a witty or clever person
- bel-esprit — a person of great wit or intellect.
- beliefless — having no faith or belief
- believable — Something that is believable makes you think that it could be true or real.
- belisarius — ?505–565 ad, Byzantine general under Justinian I. He recovered North Africa from the Vandals and Italy from the Ostrogoths and led forces against the Persians
- bellarmine — Saint Robert. 1542–1621, Italian Jesuit theologian and cardinal; an important influence during the Counter-Reformation
- belle isle — an island in the Atlantic, at the N entrance to the Strait of Belle Isle, between Labrador and Newfoundland. Area: about 39 sq km (15 sq miles)
- belletrist — a writer of belles-lettres
- belleville — a city in SW Illinois.
- bellingham — seaport in NW Wash., at the N end of Puget Sound: pop. 67,000
- bellinzona — a town in SE central Switzerland, capital of Ticino canton. Pop: 16 463 (2000)
- belly girt — girth (def 2).
- belly-like — resembling a belly
- belongings — Your belongings are the things that you own, especially things that are small enough to be carried.
- belorussia — historical region in central Europe corresponding to present-day Belarus
- belt drive — a transmission system using a flexible belt to transfer power
- beltsville — a town in central Maryland, near Washington, D.C.
- beneficial — Something that is beneficial helps people or improves their lives.
- berkeleian — denoting or relating to the philosophy of George Berkeley
- berlusconi — Silvio (ˈsilvjo). born 1936, Italian politician and media tycoon: prime minister of Italy (1994–95, 2001–06, 2008–11); convicted of tax fraud and expelled from the Italian Senate in 2013
- bertolucci — Bernardo (berˈnardo). born 1940, Italian film director: his films include The Spider's Stratagem (1970), The Conformist (1970), 1900 (1976), The Last Emperor (1987), The Sheltering Sky (1990), and The Dreamers (2003)
- bescribble — to cover with scribbles
- besprinkle — to sprinkle all over with liquid, powder, etc
- bestialism — the state of beasts
- bestiality — Bestiality is disgusting behaviour.
- bestialize — to make bestial or brutal
- bettelheim — Bruno, 1903–90, U.S. psychologist, educator, and writer, born in Austria.
- betula oil — methyl salicylate.
- bewildered — If you are bewildered, you are very confused and cannot understand something or decide what you should do.
- bi-lingual — able to speak two languages with the facility of a native speaker.
- bi-monthly — occurring every two months.
- biannually — occurring twice a year; semiannual.
- biannulate — having two bands, esp of colour
- bible belt — Parts of the southern United States are referred to as the Bible Belt because Protestants with strong beliefs have a lot of influence there.
- bible oath — an oath sworn with one's hand on the Christian Bible
- biblically — of or in the Bible: a Biblical name.
- bibliofilm — a microfilm used especially in libraries to photograph the pages of valuable or much-used books.
- bibliogony — the art of producing and publishing books.
- bibliology — the study of Biblical literature
- bibliopegy — the art of binding books
- bibliopole — a dealer in books, esp rare or decorative ones
- bibliopoly — a bookseller, especially a dealer in rare or used books.
- bibliotaph — a person who caches or hoards books.
- biblioteca — a library.