12-letter words containing l, b, t
- bibliopegist — a bookbinder
- bibliothecal — relating to a bibliotheca
- bibliotheque — a library.
- bicentennial — A bicentennial is the same as a bicentenary.
- bicollateral — (of a vascular bundle) having two phloem groups to the inside and outside, respectively, of the xylem
- bicycle path — a path designed for bicyclists
- bidialectism — proficient in or using two dialects of the same language.
- biflagellate — having two flagella
- bifunctional — having two functions
- big lie, the — a gross falsification or misrepresentation of the facts, with constant repetition and embellishment to lend credibility
- bilateralism — the practice of being bilateral
- bilinguality — the ability to speak two languages fluently.
- billingsgate — the largest fish market in London, on the N bank of the River Thames; moved to new site at Canary Wharf in 1982 and the former building converted into offices
- bindle stiff — a hobo.
- binocularity — binocular characteristics
- biosatellite — an artificial satellite for carrying living organisms
- biotechnical — relating to biotechnology
- biotelemetry — the monitoring of biological functions in humans or animals by means of a miniature transmitter that sends data to a distant point to be read by electronic instruments
- biparentally — from a biparental point of view
- bipropellant — a rocket propellant consisting of two substances, usually a fuel and an oxidizer
- birth family — one's biological parents and siblings, as contrasted with one's adoptive family.
- bit diddling — bit bashing
- bit of fluff — a girl or young woman
- biting louse — any wingless insect of the order Mallophaga, such as the chicken louse: external parasites of birds and mammals with biting mouthparts
- bitter aloes — a bitter purgative drug made from the leaves of several species of aloe
- bitter apple — colocynth
- bitter lakes — two lakes, the Great Bitter Lake and Little Bitter Lake in NE Egypt: part of the Suez Canal
- bitter lemon — a non-alcoholic, fizzy drink with a lemon flavour
- bitter melon — balsam pear.
- blabbermouth — a person who talks too much or indiscreetly
- black beauty — a Biphetamine capsule.
- black beetle — another name for the oriental cockroach
- black bottom — a dance of the late 1920s that originated in America, involving a sinuous rotation of the hips
- black butter — beurre noir.
- black forest — wooded mountain region in SW Germany
- black knight — a person or firm that makes an unwelcome takeover bid for a company
- black letter — a kind of heavy-faced, ornamental printing type
- black locust — Also called false acacia, yellow locust. a North American tree, Robinia pseudoacacia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and clusters of fragrant white flowers.
- black market — If something is bought or sold on the black market, it is bought or sold illegally.
- black pewter — pewter composed of 60 percent tin and 40 percent lead.
- black sapote — a tropical American tree, Diospyros digyna, related to the persimmon, having sweet, edible, green fruit that turns black when ripe.
- black scoter — a scoter of Eurasia and North America, Melanitta nigra, the adult male of which is black.
- black stream — a warm ocean current in the Pacific, flowing N along the E coast of Taiwan, NE along the E coast of Japan, and continuing in an easterly direction into the open Pacific.
- black tongue — canine pellagra.
- black velvet — a mixture of stout and champagne in equal proportions
- black walnut — a North American walnut tree, Juglans nigra, with hard dark wood and edible oily nuts
- black wattle — a small Australian acacia tree, A. mearnsii, with yellow flowers
- black-coated — (esp formerly) (of a worker) clerical or professional, as distinguished from commercial or industrial
- black-market — to black-marketeer.
- blackcurrant — In Europe, blackcurrants are a type of very small, dark purple fruits that grow in bunches on bushes.