9-letter words containing l, i
- balklines — Plural form of balkline.
- ball girl — In a tennis match, the ball girls pick up any balls that go into the net or off the court and throw them back to the players. In a baseball game, the ball girls are in charge of collecting the balls that are hit out of the field.
- ball mill — a horizontal cylinder or cone in which a substance, such as a mineral, is ground by rotation with steel or ceramic balls
- ballabile — a dance within a ballet where the chorus perform, with or without the principal dancers
- balladier — a person who sings ballads.
- balladist — someone who composes or performs ballads
- balladize — to make (something) into a ballad; write a ballad about.
- ballastic — Nautical. any heavy material carried temporarily or permanently in a vessel to provide desired draft and stability.
- ballerina — A ballerina is a woman ballet dancer.
- ballismus — a condition characterized by twisting, shaking, and jerking motions.
- ballistae — an ancient military engine for throwing stones or other missiles.
- ballister — (obsolete) A crossbow.
- ballistic — Ballistic means relating to ballistics.
- balloting — voting in an election
- ballotini — small glass beads used in reflective paints
- ballpoint — A ballpoint or a ballpoint pen is a pen with a very small metal ball at the end which transfers the ink from the pen onto a surface.
- ballsiest — Superlative form of ballsy.
- balminess — mild and refreshing; soft; soothing: balmy weather.
- balsamico — Balsamic vinegar.
- baltimore — a port in N Maryland, on Chesapeake Bay. Pop: 628 670 (2003 est)
- balzarine — a light cotton and wool fabric used for dress-making
- 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.
- bandelier — Adolph Francis Alphonse, 1840–1914, U.S. anthropologist, archaeologist, and historian, born in Switzerland.
- 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
- bank bill — a bill of exchange drawn by one bank on another
- baptismal — Baptismal means relating to or connected with baptism.
- barbicels — Plural form of barbicel.
- bardolino — a light dry red wine produced around Verona in NE Italy
- baritonal — of or relating to a baritone
- barophile — An organism that lives and thrives under high barometric pressure; a form of extremophile.
- barreling — a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- bartholdi — Frédéric August. 1834–1904, French sculptor and architect, who designed (1884) the Statue of Liberty
- basaltine — a black or brown-green mineral (Ca, Mg, Fe)SiO3
- base line — a line serving as a base
- baseliner — a player who plays most of his or her shots from the back of court
- baselines — Plural form of baseline.
- basically — You use basically for emphasis when you are stating an opinion, or when you are making an important statement about something.
- basilical — royal, regal
- basilican — basilic (def 2).
- basilicas — Plural form of basilica.
- basilicon — any of a variety of healing ointments applied to wounds in early medicine, commonly using lard or oil, resin, and wax
- basilisks — Plural form of basilisk.
- basinlike — resembling a basin
- basipetal — (of leaves and flowers) produced in order from the apex downwards so that the youngest are at the base
- basophile — Biology. a basophilic cell, tissue, organism, or substance.
- basophils — Plural form of basophil.
- basrelief — Alternative form of bas-relief.