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11-letter words containing l, e, t, i, r

  • bilaterally — pertaining to, involving, or affecting two or both sides, factions, parties, or the like: a bilateral agreement; bilateral sponsorship.
  • bilge water — Nautical. bilge (def 1d).
  • bioelectric — of or having to do with electrical energy in living tissues
  • biomaterial — a synthetic material used in prostheses or the replacement of natural body tissues
  • biometrical — pertaining to biometry
  • biquarterly — occurring twice every three months
  • birtwhistleHarrison, born 1934, English composer.
  • bitter lake — a salt lake containing in solution a high concentration of sulfates, carbonates, and chlorides.
  • bitter pill — a distressing experience or result that is hard to accept (often in the expression a bitter pill to swallow): Being passed over for promotion was a bitter pill to swallow.
  • blacklister — someone who blacklists
  • bleacherite — someone who sits in the bleachers at a sports stadium
  • blepharitis — inflammation of the eyelids
  • blind tiger — speak-easy
  • blindstorey — a storey without windows, such as a gallery in a Gothic church
  • blister gas — a poison gas that burns or blisters the tissues of the body; vesicant.
  • boatbuilder — A boatbuilder is a person or company that makes boats.
  • boiler suit — A boiler suit consists of a single piece of clothing that combines trousers and a jacket. You wear it over your clothes in order to protect them from dirt while you are working.
  • boilerplate — A boilerplate is a basic written contract that can be used to make many different kinds of contracts.
  • boot-licker — to seek the favor or goodwill of in a servile, degraded way; toady to.
  • brake light — a red light attached to the rear of a motor vehicle that lights up when the brakes are applied, serving as a warning to following drivers
  • breast line — a mooring line securing a ship to that part of a pier alongside it.
  • breast milk — Breast milk is the white liquid produced by women to breast-feed their babies.
  • bridewealth — (in some nonindustrial societies) the money or goods given to the family of a bride by the bridegroom or his family.
  • bridle path — A bridle path is a path intended for people riding horses.
  • bright-line — (of rules, standards, etc.) unambiguously clear: This muddies the waters of what should be a brightline rule.
  • bristlebird — any of various Australian warblers of the genus Dasyornis.
  • bristlecone — a western American pine with bristle-like prickles on its cones
  • bristlelike — resembling a bristle
  • bristletail — any primitive wingless insect of the orders Thysanura and Diplura, such as the silverfish and firebrat, having a flattened body and long tail appendages
  • bristliness — the quality of being bristly
  • brittlebush — any of several composite plants of the genus Encelia, of desert regions of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having alternate leaves and yellow ray flowers with a yellow or purple center.
  • brittleness — the quality of being brittle
  • brotherlike — like a brother
  • bullfighter — A bullfighter is the person who tries to injure or kill the bull in a bullfight.
  • bullshitter — nonsense, lies, or exaggeration.
  • bullterrier — a breed of dog
  • bursiculate — resembling a pouch
  • butterfield — William. 1814–1900, British architect of the Gothic Revival; his buildings include Keble College, Oxford (1870) and All Saints, Margaret Street, London (1849–59)
  • butterflies — tremors in the stomach region due to nervousness
  • cafe filtre — a strong black filtered coffee
  • calc-sinter — travertine
  • calendarist — a person who calendarizes
  • californite — vesuvianite jade.
  • callicrates — 5th century bc, Greek architect: with Ictinus, designed the Parthenon
  • calorimeter — an apparatus for measuring amounts of heat, esp to find specific heat capacities, calorific values, etc
  • calorimetry — measurement of the quantity of heat
  • camel train — a series of camels tied in single file, used to transport goods or passengers
  • cantilevers — Plural form of cantilever.
  • cardinalate — the rank, office, or term of office of a cardinal
  • carpet tile — a tile made of carpeting material that is used for flooring.
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