11-letter words containing l, u, e, b
- beleaguered — experiencing difficulties, opposition or criticism
- bellfounder — a foundry worker who casts bells
- bellmouthed — having a flaring mouth or opening like that of a bell
- belly laugh — A belly laugh is a very loud, deep laugh.
- bellybutton — the navel
- belorussian — of Belarus or its people, language, or culture
- belowground — underground
- belt course — an ornamental projecting band or continuous moulding along a wall
- belt pulley — a pulley used to operate a conveyor belt
- belt-course — a horizontal band or course, as of stone, projecting beyond or flush with the face of a building, often molded and sometimes richly carved.
- bend double — When you bend double, you bend the top half of your body downwards a long way.
- bent double — If someone is bent double, the top part of their body is leaning forward towards their legs, usually because they are in great pain or because they are laughing a lot. In American English, you can also say that someone is bent over double.
- betulaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Betulaceae, a family of mostly N temperate catkin-bearing trees and shrubs such as birch and alder, some species of which reach the northern limits of tree growth
- bicephalous — having two heads
- big-leaguer — Sports. a player in a major league.
- biliousness — Physiology, Pathology. pertaining to bile or to an excess secretion of bile.
- billet-doux — a love letter
- bimolecular — (of a chemical complex, collision, etc) having or involving two molecules
- binucleated — having two nuclei
- biomolecule — a molecule occurring naturally in living organisms
- biquarterly — occurring twice every three months
- bisexuality — Biology. of both sexes. combining male and female organs in one individual; hermaphroditic.
- black house — a type of thatched house, usually made of turf, formerly found in the highlands and islands of Scotland
- blacktongue — canine pellagra.
- blasphemous — You can describe someone who shows disrespect for God or a religion as blasphemous. You can also describe what they are saying or doing as blasphemous.
- bleak house — a novel (1852) by Charles Dickens.
- bletcherous — /blech'*-r*s/ Disgusting in design or function; aesthetically unappealing. This word is seldom used of people. "This keyboard is bletcherous!" (Perhaps the keys don't work very well, or are misplaced.) The term bletcherous applies to the esthetics of the thing so described; similarly for cretinous. By contrast, something that is "losing" or "bagbiting" may be failing to meet objective criteria.
- bleu cheese — blue cheese
- bleu-de-roi — the bright enamel blue color characteristic of Sèvres ware.
- block house — Stock Exchange. a firm that specializes in block trades.
- blockbuster — A blockbuster is a film or book that is very popular and successful, usually because it is very exciting.
- blood fluke — any parasitic flatworm, such as a schistosome, that lives in the blood vessels of man and other vertebrates: class Digenea
- blood purge — the mass execution, especially by a government, of persons considered guilty of treason or sedition.
- blood serum — blood plasma from which the clotting factors have been removed
- bloodsucker — A bloodsucker is any creature that sucks blood from a wound that it has made in an animal or person.
- blow a fuse — If you blow a fuse, you suddenly become very angry and are unable to stay calm.
- blubberhead — a stupid, inept person; blockhead.
- bludgeoning — a short, heavy club with one end weighted, or thicker and heavier than the other.
- blue cheese — cheese containing a blue mould, esp Stilton, Roquefort, or Danish blue
- blue cohosh — either of two unrelated plants of the eastern U.S., Cimicifuga racemosa (black cohosh) of the buttercup family, or Caulophyllum thalictroides (blue cohosh) of the barberry family, both used medicinally.
- blue collar — of or relating to wage-earning workers who wear work clothes or other specialized clothing on the job, as mechanics, longshoremen, and miners. Compare white-collar.
- blue devils — a fit of depression or melancholy
- blue ensign — an ensign having the Union Jack on a blue background at the upper corner of the vertical edge alongside the hoist: flown by Royal Navy auxiliary vessels, and, with some extra distinguishing mark or insignia, by certain yacht clubs
- blue grouse — a grouse, Dendragapus obscurus, of W North America, having a bluish-grey plumage with a black tail
- blue heeler — a cattle dog that controls cattle by biting their heels
- blue helmet — a member of a United Nations military force, usually deployed on peacekeeping missions, and recognizable by a helmet or beret of a distinctive light blue colour
- blue island — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- blue mantle — one of the four pursuivants of the British College of Arms
- blue marlin — a large marlin, Makaira nigricans, occurring worldwide in warm and temperate seas, highly prized in sportfishing and as a food fish.
- blue monday — a Monday regarded as a depressing workday in contrast to the pleasant relaxation of the weekend.