12-letter words containing l, a, b, n
- apple brandy — an alcoholic liquor made with apples
- arabian gulf — an arm of the Arabian Sea, between SW Iran and Arabia. 600 miles (965 km) long.
- ashurbanipal — died ?626 bc, king of Assyria (?668–?626): son of Esarhaddon. He built the magnificent palace and library at Nineveh
- assibilation — (linguistics) A sound change resulting in a sibilant consonant, commonly the final phase of palatalization.
- assurbanipal — Ashurbanipal
- astonishable — (obsolete) Astonishing.
- atrabilarian — Characterized by melancholy or glum; atrabilarious; atrabilious.
- automobiling — (dated) present participle of automobile.
- avowableness — the quality or condition of being avowable
- baccalaurean — of a baccalaureate
- bacchanalian — characterized by or involving drunken revelry
- back channel — an unofficial, often secret, means of communication
- back molding — a molding, as a backband, applied to interior window and door trim to conceal the edge of the wall surface.
- backboneless — lacking backbone; cowardly
- backflipping — the process of reversing one's position
- backhandedly — In a backhanded manner.
- backlighting — Movies, Television. a light source placed behind an actor, object, or scene to create a highlight that separates the subject from the background.
- backpedaling — to retard the forward motion by pressing backward on the pedal, especially of a bicycle with coaster brakes.
- backslapping — Backslapping is noisy, cheerful behavior which people use in order to show affection or appreciation to each other.
- backslashing — Present participle of backslash.
- backsolution — The process or result of backsolving.
- bacon-slicer — a machine for cutting bacon into slices
- baden-powell — Robert Stephenson Smyth (smɪθ, smaɪθ), 1st Baron Baden-Powell. 1857–1941, British general, noted for his defence of Mafeking (1899–1900) in the Boer War; founder of the Boy Scouts (1908) and (with his sister Agnes) the Girl Guides (1910)
- badger plane — a plane for finishing rabbets or the like.
- bahia blanca — a port in E Argentina. Pop: 276 000 (2005 est)
- bainqen lama — Tashi Lama.
- baker island — an island in the central Pacific near the equator, belonging to the U.S. 1 sq. mi. (2.6 sq. km).
- balance beam — a long, narrow, horizontal wooden beam raised about 4 feet (1.2 m) above the floor, on which women gymnasts perform balancing routines consisting of jumps, tumbles, turns, running steps, etc.
- balance pipe — a pipe between two points used to equalize pressure
- baldwin park — city in SW Calif.: suburb of Los Angeles: pop. 76,000
- baleen whale — any of an order (Mysticeta) of whales with toothless jaws, baleen in the mouth, and a symmetrical skull, consisting of the gray whale, the right whales, and rorquals
- balinese cat — a breed of cat with medium-length silky hair, a plumed tail, blue eyes, large ears, and a dark mask, tail, and paws
- balkan frame — an overhead frame, fastened to a bed, from which a splinted, fractured leg or arm is suspended and held in traction.
- ball bearing — Ball bearings are small metal balls placed between the moving parts of a machine to make the parts move smoothly.
- ball control — the skill of controlling the ball in a game such as football or tennis
- ball turning — the turning of arms or legs on furniture to make them resemble a continuous row of balls.
- balladmonger — (formerly) a seller of ballads, esp on broadsheets
- ballanwrasse — a slow-growing fish (Labrus bergylta) found in rocky waters
- ballast line — the level to which a vessel is immersed when in ballast.
- ballet blanc — a ballet in which the ballerinas' skirts are white.
- balletomanes — Plural form of balletomane.
- balletomania — passionate enthusiasm for ballet
- ballhandling — skill in handling the ball
- balloon loan — a loan in respect of which interest and capital are paid off in instalments at irregular intervals
- balloon sail — a large light bellying sail used in light winds
- balloon seat — (on some 18th-century chairs) a seat having an outline resembling that of a bell.
- balloon tire — a wide, deep-walled pneumatic tire with relatively low air pressure to lessen the shock of bumps
- balloon tyre — a pneumatic tyre containing air at a relatively low pressure and having a wide tread
- balloon vine — a tropical tendril-climbing sapindaceous plant, Cardiospermum halicacabum, cultivated for its ornamental balloon-like seed capsules
- ballottement — a technique of feeling for a movable object in the body, esp confirmation of pregnancy by feeling the rebound of the fetus following a quick digital tap on the wall of the uterus