9-letter words containing l, a
- bc neliac — Version of NELIAC, post 1962. Sammet 1969, p.197.
- beachball — a large light brightly coloured ball for playing with on a beach
- beadblast — a jet of small glass beads blown from a nozzle under air or steam pressure
- beadflush — (of paneling) having panels flush with their stiles and rails and surrounded with a flush bead.
- beadledom — petty officialdom
- beakerful — the amount of liquid a beaker will hold
- beam axle — A beam axle is a rigid beam which connects a nearside (= on the side near the pavement) wheel and an offside (= on the side away from the pavement) wheel.
- beam fill — material, as concrete, for filling spaces between beams or joists in or on top of a masonry wall.
- beam hole — a hole in the shield of a nuclear reactor through which a beam of radiation, esp of neutrons, is allowed to escape for experimental purposes
- beam mill — a rolling mill for roughing a bloom and rolling it into a shape.
- beamingly — in a beaming manner
- beamishly — in a beamish manner; smilingly; radiantly
- bean ball — a pitch aimed at the batter's head, in violation of the rules
- beanpoles — Plural form of beanpole.
- beanstalk — the stem of a bean plant
- bear claw — a sweet, almond-flavored breakfast pastry made with yeast dough and shaped in an irregular semicircle resembling a bear's claw.
- beardless — without a beard
- beardsley — Aubrey (Vincent). 1872–98, English illustrator: noted for his stylized black-and-white illustrations, esp those for Oscar Wilde's Salome and Pope's Rape of the Lock
- bearishly — In a bearish manner.
- beastlier — Comparative form of beastly.
- beastlike — resembling a beast
- beautiful — A beautiful person is very attractive to look at.
- beautyful — Misspelling of beautiful.
- becalming — Present participle of becalm.
- beclamour — to clamour excessively
- bed place — a space housing a bed or bedding, especially one having the form of a cupboard closed with doors or curtains.
- bed table — an adjustable table or a tray with legs, designed to extend over or rest upon a bed.
- bedazzled — If you are bedazzled by someone or something, you are so amazed and impressed by them that you feel confused.
- bedazzles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedazzle.
- bedlamism — anything characteristic of bedlam
- bedlamite — a lunatic; insane person
- bedplates — Plural form of bedplate.
- bedrabble — to drench or muddy.
- bedraggle — to make (hair, clothing, etc) limp, untidy, or dirty, as with rain or mud
- bee plant — any of various plants much visited by bees for nectar and pollen
- beer hall — a bar, cabaret, or the like, chiefly serving beer and usually offering music, dancing, etc.
- befalling — A happening; occurrence; chance; event.
- beg leave — to ask permission
- beglamour — to endow with glamour
- bel canto — a style of singing characterized by beauty of tone rather than dramatic power
- bel paese — a mild creamy Italian cheese
- belafonte — Harry, born 1922, U.S. singer and actor.
- belatedly — coming or being after the customary, useful, or expected time: belated birthday greetings.
- beleaguer — to trouble persistently; harass
- belgravia — a fashionable residential district of W central London, around Belgrave Square
- bell arch — a round arch resting on prominent corbels.
- bell labs — Bell Laboratories
- bell toad — a frog, Ascaphus truei, of the northwestern U.S. and adjacent Canada, the male of which has its cloaca modified into a taillike copulatory organ.
- bellatrix — the third brightest star in the constellation Orion
- belly pan — a plate enclosing the bottom of an automotive vehicle or the like below the chassis.