10-letter words containing i, r, l
- backslider — A recidivist; one who backslides, especially in a religious sense; an apostate.
- bacteriol. — bacteriological
- baculiform — shaped like a rod
- balbriggan — a knitted unbleached cotton fabric
- ballardian — of James Graham Ballard (1930–2009), the British novelist, or his works
- ballerinas — Plural form of ballerina.
- balsam fir — a fir tree, Abies balsamea, of NE North America, that yields Canada balsam
- banderilla — a decorated barbed dart, thrust into the bull's neck or shoulder
- bandoliers — Plural form of bandolier.
- barbirolli — Sir John. 1899–1970, English conductor of the Hallé Orchestra (1943–68)
- barmecidal — giving only the illusion of plenty; illusory: a Barmecidal banquet.
- baroclinic — of, relating to, or having the property of baroclinity.
- barophilic — (of living organisms) growing best in conditions of high atmospheric pressure
- barrelfish — a blackish stromateid fish, Hyperoglyphe perciformis, inhabiting New England coastal waters.
- barrelling — a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- bartolozzi — Francesco [frahn-ches-kaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1725?–1815? Italian engraver.
- bas-relief — Bas-relief is a technique of sculpture in which shapes are carved so that they stand out from the background.
- baseliners — Plural form of baseliner.
- baudelaire — Charles Pierre (ʃarl pjɛr). 1821–67, French poet, noted for his macabre imagery; author of Les fleurs du mal (1857)
- bee killer — robber fly.
- 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.
- 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
- belletrist — a writer of belles-lettres
- belly girt — girth (def 2).
- belorussia — historical region in central Europe corresponding to present-day Belarus
- belt drive — a transmission system using a flexible belt to transfer power
- 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
- bewildered — If you are bewildered, you are very confused and cannot understand something or decide what you should do.
- 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
- bierkeller — a public house decorated in German style, selling German beers
- bifluoride — an acid salt of hydrofluoric acid containing the group HF 2 -, as ammonium bifluoride, NH 4 HF 2.
- big laurel — the rhododendron.
- bilharzial — relating to bilharzia
- biliterate — able to read and write in two languages.
- biliverdin — a dark green pigment in the bile formed by the oxidation of bilirubin. Formula: C33H34O6N4
- billbergia — any bromeliad of the tropical American genus Billbergia, having stiff leaves and flowers with showy, variously colored bracts.
- billfolder — billfold.
- billposter — a person who is employed to stick advertising posters to walls, fences, etc
- bimaternal — having the genetic material of two mothers but no father
- bimestrial — lasting for two months