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9-letter words containing k, l

  • blackbead — cat's-claw.
  • blackbird — A blackbird is a common European bird. The male has black feathers and a yellow beak, and the female has brown feathers.
  • blackbody — a hypothetical body that would be capable of absorbing all the electromagnetic radiation falling on it
  • blackbuck — an Indian antelope, Antilope cervicapra, the male of which has spiral horns, a dark back, and a white belly
  • blackburn — a city in NW England, in Blackburn with Darwen unitary authority, Lancashire: formerly important for textiles, now has mixed industries. Pop: 105 085 (2001)
  • blackbutt — any of various Australian eucalyptus trees having rough fibrous bark and hard wood used as timber
  • blackcock — the male of the black grouse
  • blackdamp — air that is low in oxygen content and high in carbon dioxide as a result of an explosion in a mine
  • blackened — having been cooked until a very dark or black colour
  • blackener — someone who blackens
  • blackface — a performer made up to imitate a Black person
  • blackfire — a disease of tobacco, characterized by angular, dark lesions on the leaves, caused by a bacterium, Pseudomonas angulata.
  • blackfish — a minnow-like Alaskan freshwater fish, Dallia pectoralis, related to the pikes and thought to be able to survive prolonged freezing
  • blackfoot — a member of a group of Native American peoples formerly living in the northwestern Plains
  • blackgame — a large grouse found in northern Europe and Asia
  • blackhead — Blackheads are small, dark spots on someone's skin caused by blocked pores.
  • blackjack — Blackjack is a card game in which players try to obtain a combination of cards worth 21 points.
  • blackland — an area of dark peaty soil
  • blacklead — to colour or rub with black lead
  • blacklist — If someone is on a blacklist, they are seen by a government or other organization as being one of a number of people who cannot be trusted or who have done something wrong.
  • blackmail — Blackmail is the action of threatening to reveal a secret about someone, unless they do something you tell them to do, such as giving you money.
  • blackmore — R(ichard) D(oddridge). 1825–1900, English novelist; author of Lorna Doone (1869)
  • blackness — Blackness is the state of being very dark.
  • blackpoll — a North American warbler, Dendroica striata, the male of which has a black-and-white head
  • blackpool — a town and resort in NW England, in Blackpool unitary authority, Lancashire on the Irish Sea: famous for its tower, 158 m (518 ft) high, and its illuminations. Pop: 142 283 (2001)
  • blacktail — a variety of mule deer having a black tail
  • blacktown — a city in New South Wales, SE Australia, near Sydney.
  • blackwash — to present (someone or something) in the worst possible light
  • blackweed — the common ragweed.
  • blackwell — Elizabeth1821-1910; 1st woman physician in the U.S., born in England
  • blackwood — a tall Australian acacia tree, A. melanoxylon, having small clusters of flowers and curved pods and yielding highly valued black timber
  • blackwork — embroidery done with black, usually silk, thread on white fabric, especially linen.
  • bladelike — resembling a blade
  • bladework — skilful use of a blade, esp with reference to rowing
  • blank out — If you blank out a particular feeling or thought, you do not allow yourself to experience that feeling or to have that thought.
  • blankbook — a book containing blank pages, as a notebook or sketchbook.
  • blavatsky — Elena Petrovna (jɪˈljɛnə pɪˈtrɔvnə), called Madame Blavatsky. 1831–91, Russian theosophist; author of Isis Unveiled (1877)
  • bleakness — bare, desolate, and often windswept: a bleak plain.
  • blinkered — A blinkered view, attitude, or approach is narrow and does not take into account other people's opinions. A blinkered person has this kind of attitude.
  • block off — When you block off a door, window, or passage, you put something across it so that nothing can pass through it.
  • block out — If someone blocks out a thought, they try not to think about it.
  • block tin — pure tin, esp when cast into ingots
  • blockable — able to be blocked or prevented
  • blockaded — the isolating, closing off, or surrounding of a place, as a port, harbor, or city, by hostile ships or troops to prevent entrance or exit.
  • blockbust — to encourage the sale of property by means of blockbusting
  • blockhead — a stupid person
  • blockhole — a mark or marks on a cricket pitch around the area where the batsman stands, caused by batsmen tapping their bats on the ground
  • blockship — a ship used to block a river or channel
  • blockwork — a wall or structure made of bricks or blocks, or the act of building such a structure
  • bloodlike — resembling blood
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