10-letter words containing i, l
- 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.
- bibliotics — the scientific study of handwriting, or written documents, for investigative purposes
- bibliotist — a person who engages in bibliotics
- bicapsular — (of plants) having two capsules or one capsule with two chambers
- bichloride — a binary compound containing two atoms of chlorine for each atom of another element; dichloride
- bicorporal — having two bodies, main divisions, symbols, etc.
- bicultural — having two cultures
- bidonville — a shanty town
- biennially — happening every two years: biennial games.
- bierkeller — a public house decorated in German style, selling German beers
- bifacially — from a bifacial point of view
- bifluoride — an acid salt of hydrofluoric acid containing the group HF 2 -, as ammonium bifluoride, NH 4 HF 2.
- big laurel — the rhododendron.
- big league — a major sports league
- big-league — Sports. of or belonging to a major league: a big-league pitcher.
- bile ducts — a large duct that transports bile from the liver to the duodenum, having in humans and many other vertebrates a side branch to a gallbladder for bile storage.
- bilge keel — one of two keel-like projections along the bilges of some vessels to improve sideways stability
- bilge pump — a pump for removing water from a bilge.
- bilge well — bilge (def 1c).
- bilge-well — Nautical. either of the rounded areas that form the transition between the bottom and the sides on the exterior of a hull. Also, bilges. (in a hull with a double bottom) an enclosed area between frames at each side of the floors, where seepage collects. Also called bilge well. a well into which seepage drains to be pumped away. Also called bilge water. seepage accumulated in bilges.
- bilharzial — relating to bilharzia
- bilinguist — a speaker of two languages
- biliterate — able to read and write in two languages.