10-letter words containing l, a, n, s
- ballsiness — daring; courage
- banalities — the condition or quality of being banal, or devoid of freshness or originality: the banality of everyday life.
- band shell — an outdoor platform for concerts, having a concave, nearly hemispherical back serving as a sounding board
- banderoles — Plural form of banderole.
- bandoleers — Plural form of bandoleer.
- bandoleros — Plural form of bandolero.
- bandoliers — Plural form of bandolier.
- 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)
- barnstable — a city in SE Massachusetts.
- barnstaple — a town in SW England, in Devon, on the estuary of the River Taw: tourism, agriculture. Pop: 30 765 (2001)
- basel-land — a demicanton in N Switzerland. 165 sq. mi. (425 sq. km). Capital: Liestal.
- baseliners — Plural form of baseliner.
- basutoland — Lesotho
- battalions — Plural form of battalion.
- bazillions — Plural form of bazillion.
- beanstalks — Plural form of beanstalk.
- bes antler — bay antler.
- bespangled — covered or adorned with or as if with spangles or jewels
- binoculars — Binoculars consist of two small telescopes joined together side by side, which you look through in order to look at things that are a long way away.
- black swan — a phenomenon that occurs even though it had been thought to be impossible
- blacklands — an area of fertile soil in Texas
- blacksnake — any of several Old World black venomous elapid snakes, esp Pseudechis porphyriacus (Australian blacksnake)
- blackstone — Sir William. 1723–80, English jurist noted particularly for his Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765–69), which had a profound influence on jurisprudence in the US
- blandisher — someone who blandishes
- blazonings — heraldic adornments
- bloodstain — A bloodstain is a mark on a surface caused by blood.
- blue jeans — Blue jeans are the same as jeans.
- blue stain — a bluish discoloration of sapwood caused by growth of fungi
- blues band — a band that plays the blues
- bnr pascal — ["Remote Rendezvous", N. Gammage et al, Soft Prac & Exp 17(10):741-755 (Oct 1987)].
- bolan pass — a mountain pass in W central Pakistan through the Brahui Range, between Sibi and Quetta, rising to 1800 m (5900 ft)
- bollandist — any of the editors of the Acta Sanctorum.
- bonnilasse — a pretty girl
- bonus ball — (in the National Lottery draw) a ball randomly selected after the first six balls, containing a number which influences the amount of prize money paid
- boulangism — the doctrines of militarism and reprisals against Germany, advocated, especially in the 1880s, by the French general Boulanger.
- branglings — a series of squabbles or disputes
- brattlings — a series of rattling or clattering sounds
- broadlands — a Palladian mansion near Romsey in Hampshire: formerly the home of Lord Palmerston and Lord Mountbatten
- brunfelsia — any of various shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Brunfelsia, of the nightshade family, native to tropical America, having white or purple tubular or bell-shaped flowers.
- bull snake — any burrowing North American nonvenomous colubrid snake of the genus Pituophis, typically having yellow and brown markings
- caecilians — Plural form of caecilian.
- calcaneous — Misspelling of calcaneus.
- calcimines — Plural form of calcimine.
- calcinosis — the abnormal deposition of calcium salts in the tissues of the body
- calcsinter — travertine.
- calendulas — Plural form of calendula.
- calescence — an increasing heat
- caliginous — dark; dim
- call names — to speak of or to in an abusive manner
- callowness — immature or inexperienced: a callow youth.