10-letter words containing l, i, n, t
- balneation — the act of bathing
- balopticon — a type of stereopticon for projecting images of objects by reflected light.
- banalities — the condition or quality of being banal, or devoid of freshness or originality: the banality of everyday life.
- batfowling — A method of catching birds at night, by holding a torch or other light, and beating the bush or perch where they roost so that the birds fly towards the light.
- battalions — Plural form of battalion.
- battallion — Archaic form of battalion.
- batteilant — fighting; combatant
- bedlington — Also called Bedlingtonshire [bed-ling-tuh n-sheer, -sher] /ˈbɛd lɪŋ tənˌʃɪər, -ʃər/ (Show IPA). an urban area in E Northumberland, in N England.
- bi-monthly — occurring every two months.
- biannulate — having two bands, esp of colour
- bilinguist — a speaker of two languages
- bilocation — the existence of something in two places at the same time
- bimaternal — having the genetic material of two mothers but no father
- binational — involving two nations
- binoxalate — an acid containing the group HC 2 O 4 –, as ammonium binoxalate, C 2 H 5 NO 4 ⋅H 2 O.
- binucleate — having two nuclei
- biobutanol — butyl alcohol.
- biocontrol — the use of one living thing to control another
- bioethanol — a biofuel based on alcohol which may be combined with petrol for use in vehicles
- biparental — from two parents
- biquintile — the aspect of planets when they are at an angle of 144° to one another
- birth plan — a statement by a mother telling doctors and midwives how she would like her labour to proceed
- bitonality — the quality of two musical keys being played simultaneously
- bitterling — a small brightly coloured European freshwater cyprinid fish, Rhodeus sericeus: a popular aquarium fish
- blanketing — a large, rectangular piece of soft fabric, often with bound edges, used especially for warmth as a bed covering.
- blathering — foolish, voluble talk: His speech was full of the most amazing blather.
- blind date — A blind date is an arrangement made for you to spend a romantic evening with someone you have never met before.
- blind spot — If you say that someone has a blind spot about something, you mean that they seem to be unable to understand it or to see how important it is.
- blind test — a test in which the participants cannot identify the products that they are testing
- blind-spot — Also called blind spot. an area in which radio or cell phone signals are weak and their reception poor.
- blindsight — the ability to respond to visual stimuli without having any conscious visual experience; it can occur after some forms of brain damage
- blindstory — a windowless story
- blistering — Blistering heat is very great heat.
- blitheness — joyous, merry, or happy in disposition; glad; cheerful: Everyone loved her for her blithe spirit.
- blithering — talking foolishly; jabbering
- blitzstein — Marc, 1905–64, U.S. composer.
- bloodstain — A bloodstain is a mark on a surface caused by blood.
- bloviation — a lengthy but insubstantial speech
- blue giant — any of the large, bright stars having surface temperatures of about 20,000 K and diameters that are often ten times that of the sun.
- blue point — a Siamese cat having a light-colored body and darker, bluish-gray points.
- blue stain — a bluish discoloration of sapwood caused by growth of fungi
- bollandist — any of the editors of the Acta Sanctorum.
- bolstering — a long, often cylindrical, cushion or pillow for a bed, sofa, etc.
- brattlings — a series of rattling or clattering sounds
- brazil nut — a tropical South American tree, Bertholletia excelsa, producing large globular capsules, each containing several closely packed triangular nuts: family Lecythidaceae
- brightline — (of rules, standards, etc.) unambiguously clear: This muddies the waters of what should be a brightline rule.
- brilliante — with spirit; lively
- build into — to make (something) a definite part of (a contract, agreement, etc)
- bulletined — a brief account or statement, as of news or events, issued for the information of the public.
- bullionist — a purveyor of bullion