11-letter words containing i, n, b
- job sharing — to share the responsibility and duties of a single full-time job with one or more other employees.
- join battle — to start fighting
- keyboarding — the row or set of keys on a piano, organ, or the like.
- kibbutzniks — Plural form of kibbutznik.
- kick boxing — a form of boxing in which the gloved combatants may also kick with bare feet.
- kidney bean — a common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris, cultivated in many varieties for its edible seeds and pods.
- king's blue — cobalt blue.
- kinky boots — boots with a very high heel and pointed toe, reaching to the thigh and often made of a shiny material, which are intended to look provocative and sexy
- kissing bug — Informal. a person much given to kissing. an irresistible desire to kiss or be kissed.
- knobkerries — Plural form of knobkerry.
- knowability — capable of being known.
- kublai khan — 1216–94, khan c1260–94: founder of the Mongol dynasty in China (grandson of Genghis Khan).
- labefaction — Deterioration or downfall.
- labializing — Present participle of labialize.
- labiodental — articulated with the lower lip touching the upper front teeth, as f or v, or, rarely, with the upper lip touching the lower front teeth.
- labor pains — childbirth: contractions
- labor union — an organization of wage earners or salaried employees for mutual aid and protection and for dealing collectively with employers; trade union.
- laborsaving — designed or intended to reduce or replace human labor: The dishwasher is a laborsaving device.
- labyrinthal — Like a maze or labyrinth, intricate or convoluted. labyrinthine.
- labyrinthic — of, relating to, or resembling a labyrinth.
- lactalbumin — the simple protein of milk, obtained from whey, used in the preparation of certain foods and in adhesives and varnishes.
- lambrequins — Plural form of lambrequin.
- lamebrained — a dunce; booby; fool.
- land bridge — Geology. an actual or hypothetical strip of land, subject to submergence, that connects adjacent continental landmasses and serves as a route of dispersal for plants and animals: a prehistoric land bridge between Asia and North America.
- landlubbing — an unseasoned sailor or someone unfamiliar with the sea.
- langbeinite — a mineral, K 2 Mg 2 (SO 4) 3 , occurring in marine salt deposits, used as a fertilizer because of its potassium content.
- langobardic — Lombard1 (def 4).
- law-abiding — obeying or keeping the law; obedient to law: law-abiding citizens.
- lawbreaking — Unlawful; illegal.
- legibleness — Legibility.
- liberalness — The property of being liberal.
- libertarian — a person who advocates liberty, especially with regard to thought or conduct.
- libertinage — libertine practices or habits of life; disregard of authority or convention in sexual or religious matters.
- libertinism — libertine practices or habits of life; disregard of authority or convention in sexual or religious matters.
- librational — Of or pertaining to libration.
- lifeboatman — a sailor qualified to take charge of a lifeboat or life raft.
- lignotubers — Plural form of lignotuber.
- likableness — The property of being likable, that which makes likable.
- limber pine — a pine, Pinus flexilis, of western North America, having light, soft wood used locally for railroad ties, poles, fuel, etc.
- lime burner — a person who makes lime by burning or calcining limestone, shells, etc.
- linebackers — Plural form of linebacker.
- linebacking — the act of forming a second line of defence, close to the linesman
- lingenberry — The lingonberry.
- lingonberry — mountain cranberry.
- living bank — a facility in which donated human organs or tissues are preserved for subsequent transplantation.
- loading bay — dock where cargo is loaded
- long-limbed — having long limbs
- lubber line — a vertical line on the forward inner side of the bowl of a fixed compass, used as a reference mark indicating the heading of a vessel.
- lubricating — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
- lubrication — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).