11-letter words containing l, a, d
- bakersfield — city in SC Calif.: pop. 247,000
- baldacchino — baldachin
- baldcypress — any of a genus (Taxodium, esp. T. distichum) of cone-bearing trees of the baldcypress family, that grows in the swamps of the SE U.S. and normally sheds its small, pointed needles in the fall
- ballhandler — a player particularly skilled at passing and dribbling
- balustraded — Having balustrades.
- balustrades — Plural form of balustrade.
- band leader — the leader of a group of musicians, esp those playing popular music
- banderillas — Plural form of banderilla.
- bandleaders — Plural form of bandleader.
- bandylegged — having bandy legs; bowlegged
- bandywallop — an imaginary town, far from civilization
- bangladeshi — Bangladeshi means belonging to or relating to Bangladesh, or to its people or culture.
- barbie doll — a teenage doll with numerous sets of clothes and accessories
- barefacedly — In a barefaced manner.
- barotseland — a region in W Zambia. 44,920 sq. mi. (116,343 sq. km).
- barrelheads — Plural form of barrelhead.
- basal ridge — a U -shaped ridge at the base of the posterior surface of the crown of a tooth.
- basel-stadt — a demicanton in N Switzerland: virtually coextensive with the city of Basel. 14 sq. mi. (36 sq. km). Capital: Basel.
- bass fiddle — double bass.
- battledores — Plural form of battledore.
- battledress — the ordinary uniform of a soldier, consisting of tunic and trousers
- battlefield — A battlefield is a place where a battle is fought.
- baudrillard — Jean. 1929–2007, French sociologist and theorist of postmodernism; his books include Seduction (1979), America (1986), and The Spirit of Terrorism (2002)
- bear leader — (formerly) a tutor traveling with a wealthy or aristocratic young man.
- beau dollar — a silver dollar.
- bedaux-plan — a system of payment for work on the basis of the number of points of work done in a given amount of time, each point representing one minute of work on a given job at a normal rate of speed.
- bedraggling — Present participle of bedraggle.
- belatedness — coming or being after the customary, useful, or expected time: belated birthday greetings.
- beleaguered — experiencing difficulties, opposition or criticism
- bell-shaped — shaped like a bell
- belle glade — a city in SE Florida.
- belly dance — a sensuous and provocative dance of Middle Eastern origin, performed by women, with undulating movements of the hips and abdomen
- belt sander — a sander that uses an endless abrasive belt driven by an electric motor.
- bestridable — capable of being bestridden
- biddability — the condition or quality of being biddable
- bidialectal — fluent in two dialects of a language
- bilge board — a board lowered from the bilge of a sailing vessel to serve as a keel.
- billy-bread — bread baked in a billy over a camp fire
- binucleated — having two nuclei
- bipyramidal — relating to a symmetrical structure consisting of two pyramids
- black alder — a deciduous shrub (Ilex verticillata) of the holly family, native to E North America, with glossy leaves that turn black in the fall and bright-red berries
- black bread — a kind of very dark coarse rye bread
- black death — a deadly disease, probably bubonic plague, which devastated Europe and Asia in the 14th cent.
- black dwarf — a cold, dark dwarf star
- black goods — electronic goods which are housed in black or dark casings, such as televisions, CD players, etc
- black medic — a widespread weedy annual plant (Medicago lupulina) of the pea family, with small yellow flowers and black seed pods, sometimes grown for forage
- black widow — an American spider, Latrodectus mactans, the female of which is black with red markings, highly venomous, and commonly eats its mate
- blackballed — to vote against (a candidate, applicant, etc.).
- blackbirder — a person or vessel involved in the capture and transportation of slaves
- blackhander — a member of a Black Hand group