9-letter words containing l, a
- ballymena — a district in central Northern Ireland, in Co Antrim. Pop: 59 516 (2003 est). Area: 634 sq km (247 sq miles)
- balmacaan — a man's knee-length loose flaring overcoat with raglan sleeves
- balminess — mild and refreshing; soft; soothing: balmy weather.
- balmorals — Plural form of balmoral.
- balsamico — Balsamic vinegar.
- balsawood — The wood of the balsa tree.
- baltassar — Belteshazzar.
- balthazar — a wine bottle holding the equivalent of sixteen normal bottles (approximately 12 litres)
- baltimore — a port in N Maryland, on Chesapeake Bay. Pop: 628 670 (2003 est)
- balusters — Plural form of baluster.
- balzarine — a light cotton and wool fabric used for dress-making
- bamboozle — To bamboozle someone means to confuse them greatly and often trick them.
- banalized — to render or make banal; trivialize: Television has often been accused of banalizing even the most serious subjects.
- band list — a list of Canadian Indians formally recognized as belonging to a band
- band mill — a powered machine having two pulleys for a saw band or a file band; band saw.
- band-gala — (in India) (of a coat) closed at the neck
- band-role — a small flag or streamer fastened to a lance, masthead, etc.
- bandalore — an old-fashioned type of yo-yo
- bandelier — Adolph Francis Alphonse, 1840–1914, U.S. anthropologist, archaeologist, and historian, born in Switzerland.
- banderole — a long narrow flag, usually with forked ends, esp one attached to the masthead of a ship; pennant
- bandoleer — a broad belt worn over one shoulder and across the chest, with pockets for carrying ammunition, etc.
- bandolero — a highwayman; a robber
- bandolier — a soldier's broad shoulder belt having small pockets or loops for cartridges
- bandoline — a glutinous hair dressing, used (esp formerly) to keep the hair in place
- bandshell — a type of bandstand enclosed at the back
- banefully — In a baneful way.
- bangalore — a city in S India, capital of Karnataka state: printing, textiles, pharmaceuticals. Pop: 4 292 223 (2001)
- bangaluru — a city in and the capital of Karnataka, in SW India.
- bangweulu — shallow lake in N Zambia: including swamps, 3,800 sq mi (9,842 sq km)
- banjolele — a four-stringed musical instrument with a neck like a ukulele and a body like a banjo
- bank bill — a bill of exchange drawn by one bank on another
- bank loan — a sum of money borrowed by a customer or business from a bank, often for a specific purpose, such as buying a car
- bankrolls — Plural form of bankroll.
- bannerols — Plural form of bannerol.
- baptismal — Baptismal means relating to or connected with baptism.
- bar clamp — a clamp having two jaws attached to a bar, one fixed and the other adjustable by means of a screw mechanism.
- bar gemel — a charge consisting of two barrulets separated by an area the width of a barrulet.
- bar-stool — a high backless seat found chiefly in bars, at the serving counter
- baracaldo — city in The Basque Country, N Spain: pop. 105,000
- barb bolt — a bolt having barbs for resisting pull.
- barbastel — a type of insectivorous forest bat, Barbastellus communis, native to Europe and known for its hairy lips
- barbicels — Plural form of barbicel.
- barcarole — a Venetian boat song in a time of six or twelve quaver beats to the bar
- barcelona — the chief port of Spain, on the NE Mediterranean coast: seat of the Republican government during the Civil War (1936–39); the commercial capital of Spain. Pop: 1 582 738 (2003 est)
- bardolino — a light dry red wine produced around Verona in NE Italy
- barebelly — a sheep with a defective growth of wool on its belly and legs.
- barfulous — /bar'fyoo-l*s/ (Or "barfucious", /bar-fyoo-sh*s/) Said of something that would make anyone barf, if only for aesthetic reasons.
- bargepole — a long pole used to propel a barge
- baritonal — of or relating to a baritone
- barkcloth — Cloth made from the inner bark of the paper mulberry or similar tree.