11-letter words containing i, l, e, s
- bristliness — the quality of being bristly
- 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
- 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
- bulbiferous — (of plants) producing bulbs
- bullshitter — nonsense, lies, or exaggeration.
- bump uglies — to have sexual intercourse
- bursiculate — resembling a pouch
- bustle pipe — an annular pipe distributing hot air to the tuyères.
- busy lizzie — a balsaminaceous plant, Impatiens balsamina, that has pink, red, or white flowers and is often grown as a pot plant
- butt chisel — any woodworking chisel having a blade less than 4 inches (10 cm) long.
- butterflies — tremors in the stomach region due to nervousness
- 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.
- cablevision — cable television.
- cacomistles — Plural form of cacomistle.
- caesalpinia — designating a family (Caesalpiniaceae) of leguminous trees and shrubs, including the Kentucky coffee tree
- calc-sinter — travertine
- calciferous — forming or producing salts of calcium, esp calcium carbonate
- calcigerous — containing lime or other salts
- calendarise — apportion (eg budget) to equal units of time (usually months) within a year
- calendarist — a person who calendarizes
- calisthenic — Of, or relating to calisthenics.
- callanetics — a system of exercise involving frequent repetition of small muscular movements and squeezes, designed to improve muscle tone
- callicrates — 5th century bc, Greek architect: with Ictinus, designed the Parthenon
- calumniates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of calumniate.
- campbellism — the practices and principles of the Disciples of Christ.
- candlestick — A candlestick is a narrow object with a hole at the top which holds a candle.
- cannibalise — to subject to cannibalism.
- cantilevers — Plural form of cantilever.
- capillaries — pertaining to or occurring in or as if in a tube of fine bore.
- capitalised — to write or print in capital letters letters or with an initial capital letter.
- capitalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of capitalize.
- capitulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of capitulate.
- capiz shell — whitish, translucent shell of the Philippines, used in making lamp shades, decorative articles, etc.
- captionless — (of a cartoon) having no caption
- caramelizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of caramelize.
- caressingly — In a caressing manner; soothingly.
- caressively — caressingly
- cartularies — Plural form of cartulary.
- casein glue — a glue made from casein, used for plywood, cabinetwork, etc.
- castiglione — Count Baldassare (baldasˈsaːre). 1478–1529, Italian diplomat and writer, noted particularly for his dialogue on ideal courtly life, Il Libro del Cortegiano (The Courtier) (1528)
- casus belli — an event or act used to justify a war
- catabolites — Plural form of catabolite.
- catch flies — any of various plants, especially of the genera Silene and Lychnis, having a viscid secretion on the stem and calyx in which small insects are sometimes caught.
- catechismal — Of or pertaining to a catechism; having the form of questions and answers; catechical.
- catonsville — a town in central Maryland, near Baltimore.
- cauligenous — originating or protruding from the stem of a plant
- causalities — the relation of cause and effect: The result is the same, however differently the causality is interpreted.