10-letter words containing l, a, e, g
- balenciaga — Cristobal (krisˈtoβal). 1895–1972, Spanish couturier
- balneology — the branch of medical science concerned with the therapeutic value of baths, esp those taken with natural mineral waters
- bangladesh — a republic in S Asia: formerly the Eastern Province of Pakistan; became independent in 1971 after civil war and the defeat of Pakistan by India; consists of the plains and vast deltas of the Ganges and Brahmaputra Rivers; prone to flooding: economy based on jute and jute products (over 70 per cent of world production); a member of the Commonwealth. Language: Bengali. Religion: Muslim. Currency: taka. Capital: Dhaka. Pop: 163 654 860 (2013 est). Area: 142 797 sq km (55 126 sq miles)
- barelegged — having uncovered legs
- bargepoles — Plural form of bargepole.
- barrelling — a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- beaglehole — John. 1901–71, New Zealand historian and author. His works include Exploration of the Pacific (1934) and The Journals of James Cook (1955)
- bedazzling — to impress forcefully, especially so as to make oblivious to faults or shortcomings: Audiences were bedazzled by her charm.
- bedraggled — Someone or something that is bedraggled looks untidy because they have got wet or dirty.
- beer glass — a glass of a standard size (in Britain holding one pint, or half a pint) with straight sides, or with a handle, to drink beer from
- bell glass — a bell-shaped glass jar or cover for protecting delicate instruments, bric-a-brac, or the like, or for containing gases or a vacuum in chemical experiments.
- bellhanger — a person who mounts bells
- bellingham — seaport in NW Wash., at the N end of Puget Sound: pop. 67,000
- bespangled — covered or adorned with or as if with spangles or jewels
- bevel gear — a gear having teeth cut into a conical surface known as the pitch zone. Two such gears mesh together to transmit power between two shafts at an angle to each other
- big laurel — the rhododendron.
- big league — a major sports league
- big-league — Sports. of or belonging to a major league: a big-league pitcher.
- bill gates — (person) William Henry Gates III, Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft, which he co-founded in 1975 with Paul Allen. In 1994 Gates is a billionaire, worth $9.35b and Microsoft is worth about $27b. He was a computer nerd who dropped out of Harvard and one of the first programmers to oppose software piracy ("Open Letter to Hobbyists," Computer Notes, February 3, 1976).
- billbergia — any bromeliad of the tropical American genus Billbergia, having stiff leaves and flowers with showy, variously colored bracts.
- blabbering — to reveal indiscreetly and thoughtlessly: They blabbed my confidences to everyone.
- black sage — a shrubby Californian plant, Salvia mellifera, of the mint family, having an interrupted spike of lavender-blue or white flowers.
- blancmange — Blancmange is a cold dessert that is made from milk, sugar, cornflour or corn starch, and flavouring, and looks rather like jelly.
- blanketing — a large, rectangular piece of soft fabric, often with bound edges, used especially for warmth as a bed covering.
- blathering — foolish, voluble talk: His speech was full of the most amazing blather.
- bloggerati — those considered to be important or influential in the world of blogging
- blogstream — the publication on the internet of content from weblogs rather than from mainstream media sources
- blue agave — a Mexican plant, Agave tequilana variant weber, with blue leaves, used in tequila.
- blue angel — a blue capsule or tablet containing the barbiturate amobarbital or its derivative.
- blue flags — any North American plant of the genus Iris, especially I. versicolor : the state flower of Tennessee.
- blue giant — any of the large, bright stars having surface temperatures of about 20,000 K and diameters that are often ten times that of the sun.
- blue grama — any grass of the genus Bouteloua, of South America and western North America, as B. gracilis (blue grama)
- bridgeable — a structure spanning and providing passage over a river, chasm, road, or the like.
- bridgetalk — (language) A visual language.
- bridgewall — (in a furnace or boiler) a transverse baffle that serves to deflect products of combustion.
- bugger all — Bugger all is a rude way of saying 'nothing'.
- bugger-all — absolutely nothing; nothing at all: Those reckless investments left him with bugger-all.
- bulk large — to be or seem important or prominent
- burgenland — a state of E Austria. Capital: Eisenstadt. Pop: 276 419 (2003 est). Area: 3965 sq km (1531 sq miles)
- burglarize — If a building is burglarized, a thief enters it by force and steals things.
- burlingame — Anson [an-suh n] /ˈæn sən/ (Show IPA), 1820–70, U.S. diplomat.
- cablegrams — Plural form of cablegram.
- calcifuges — Plural form of calcifuge.
- camerlengo — a cardinal who acts as the pope's financial secretary and the papal treasurer
- camouflage — Camouflage consists of things such as leaves, branches, or brown and green paint, which are used to make it difficult for an enemy to see military forces and equipment.
- cancelling — to make void; revoke; annul: to cancel a reservation.
- carmagnole — a dance and song popular during the French Revolution
- cartilages — Plural form of cartilage.
- case glass — glass composed of two or more layers of glass in different colors, often having the top layer cut or ground away so that the lower layer can serve as background or contrast.
- catalogers — Plural form of cataloger.