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12-letter words containing l, o, b, e

  • balloon tyre — a pneumatic tyre containing air at a relatively low pressure and having a wide tread
  • balloon vine — a tropical tendril-climbing sapindaceous plant, Cardiospermum halicacabum, cultivated for its ornamental balloon-like seed capsules
  • ballot paper — A ballot paper is a piece of paper on which you indicate your choice or opinion in an election or ballot.
  • ballottement — a technique of feeling for a movable object in the body, esp confirmation of pregnancy by feeling the rebound of the fetus following a quick digital tap on the wall of the uterus
  • balsamaceous — any of various fragrant exudations from certain trees, especially trees of the genus Commiphora, as balm-of-Gilead. Compare balm (def 1).
  • banderillero — a bullfighter's assistant who sticks banderillas into the bull
  • banner cloud — a plume-shaped cloud extending downwind from an isolated mountain peak. Also called cloud banner. Compare cap cloud (def 1).
  • barcalounger — a type of reclinable armchair with an extendable footrest
  • barge couple — either of a pair of outside rafters along the gable end of a roof
  • barometrical — (archaic) Relating to, or observed with, a barometer, barometric.
  • barrel organ — A barrel organ is a large machine that plays music when you turn the handle on the side. Barrel organs used to be played in the street to entertain people.
  • base bullion — smelted lead containing impurities, as gold, silver, or zinc, that are later removed.
  • bastel house — (on the Anglo-Scottish border) a partly fortified house, usually with a vaulted ground floor.
  • battle group — a group of warships usually consisting of at least one aircraft carrier, other surface ships, submarines, landing craft, etc
  • battle royal — a fight, esp with fists or cudgels, involving more than two combatants; melee
  • battle wagon — a battleship.
  • battlefronts — Plural form of battlefront.
  • battleground — A battleground is the same as a battlefield.
  • battlewagons — Plural form of battlewagon.
  • battleworthy — capable of engaging in combat; ready for battle: a decline in the nation's battleworthy forces.
  • bayonet bulb — an electric light bulb which is inserted into the socket against spring pressure and turned so that pins on its side engage in slots in the socket
  • be at a loss — If you say that you are at a loss, you mean that you do not know what to do in a particular situation.
  • be let loose — If you say that someone has been let loose in a place or situation, you mean that they have been given complete freedom to do what they like in that place or situation, and you suggest that this may be risky.
  • be no slouch — If you say that someone is no slouch at a particular activity, you mean that they are skilful at it or are willing to work hard at it.
  • be on a roll — to have a series of successes; go from success to success
  • beacon light — a light signal for shipping
  • beaconsfield — a town in SE England, in Buckinghamshire. Pop: 12 292 (2001)
  • bead molding — bead (def 12).
  • beauty salon — A beauty salon is the same as a beauty parlour.
  • beaver cloth — beaver1 (def 8).
  • bed moulding — a moulding in an entablature between the corona and the frieze
  • bed of nails — a situation or position of extreme difficulty
  • bed-blocking — the use of hospital beds by elderly patients who cannot leave hospital because they have no place in a residential care home
  • beer o’clock — the time of day when it is acceptable or customary to start drinking alcohol
  • beer parlour — a room in a tavern, hotel, etc in which beer is served
  • begging bowl — If a country or organization approaches other countries or organizations with a begging bowl, it asks them for money.
  • behaviorally — manner of behaving or acting.
  • bell bottoms — Also, bell-bottomed. (of trousers) wide and flaring at the bottoms of the legs.
  • bell housing — A bell housing is a bell-shaped extension of an engine crankcase, that contains the flywheel and the clutch.
  • bell-bottoms — Bell-bottoms are trousers that are very wide at the bottom of the leg, near your feet.
  • belle epoque — the period of comfortable well-established life in Europe before World War I
  • belleau wood — a forest in N France: site of a battle (1918) in which the US Marines halted a German advance on Paris
  • bellows fish — snipefish.
  • belly button — Your belly button is the small round thing in the centre of your stomach.
  • below ground — If something is below ground or below the ground, it is in the ground.
  • below stairs — People sometimes use below stairs to refer to the servants in a rich household and the things that are connected with them.
  • benevolently — characterized by or expressing goodwill or kindly feelings: a benevolent attitude; her benevolent smile.
  • benzal group — the bivalent group C 7 H 6 –, derived from benzaldehyde.
  • benzonitrile — a clear, colorless, viscous, poisonous liquid, C 7 H 5 N, used chiefly as an intermediate in organic synthesis.
  • benzyl group — the univalent group C 7 H 7 –, derived from toluene.
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