12-letter words containing l, y, e
- battle array — the strategic arrangement of fighters and weapons in a battle
- battle royal — a fight, esp with fists or cudgels, involving more than two combatants; melee
- 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
- bearded lady — a woman with a beard, esp in a circus or freakshow
- beatifically — bestowing bliss, blessings, happiness, or the like: beatific peace.
- beauty salon — A beauty salon is the same as a beauty parlour.
- beauty sleep — sleep, esp sleep before midnight
- bedraggledly — In a bedraggled manner.
- begrudgingly — If you do something begrudgingly, you do it unwillingly.
- behaviorally — manner of behaving or acting.
- belaying pin — a cylindrical, sometimes tapered pin, usually of metal or wood, that fits into a hole in a pin or fife rail: used for belaying
- bell's palsy — a usually temporary paralysis of the muscles of the face, normally on one side
- belligerency — the state of being at war
- belly button — Your belly button is the small round thing in the centre of your stomach.
- belly dancer — A belly dancer is a woman who performs a Middle Eastern dance in which she moves her hips and abdomen about.
- belly-aching — Informal. a pain in the abdomen or bowels.
- belly-buster — belly flop.
- belt highway — beltway (def 1).
- beneficially — conferring benefit; advantageous; helpful: the beneficial effect of sunshine.
- benevolently — characterized by or expressing goodwill or kindly feelings: a benevolent attitude; her benevolent smile.
- benzaldehyde — a yellowish fragrant volatile oil occurring in almond kernels and used in the manufacture of dyes, perfumes, and flavourings and as a solvent for oils and resins. Formula: C6H5CHO
- benzyl group — the univalent group C 7 H 7 –, derived from toluene.
- berkeley 4.2 — Berkeley Software Distribution
- bermuda lily — a lily, Lilium longiflorum eximium, having white, funnel-shaped flowers, cultivated especially as an Easter lily.
- beseechingly — to implore urgently: They besought him to go at once.
- bewilderedly — in a bewildered manner
- bi-quarterly — occurring twice in each quarter of a year.
- bicarpellary — (of an ovary) having two carpels
- bicycle bell — a bell attached to a bicycle, used to warn others on the road
- bicycle clip — one of a pair of clips worn around the ankles by cyclists to keep the trousers tight and out of the chain
- bicycle kick — a kick in which a player throws himself into the air feet first, then kicks the ball backward over his own head
- bicycle path — a path designed for bicyclists
- bicycle pump — a hand pump for pumping air into the tyres of a bicycle
- bicycle race — cycling (def 2).
- bicycle rack — a metal frame for securing bicycles when they are not in use
- bicycle shed — a shed for bicycle storage
- bicycle shop — a shop that sells and usually repairs bicycles and bicycle parts
- billy wilder — Billy (Samuel Wilder) 1906–2002, U.S. film director, producer, and writer; born in Austria.
- biocoenology — the branch of ecology concerned with the relationships and interactions between the members of a natural community
- biotelemetry — the monitoring of biological functions in humans or animals by means of a miniature transmitter that sends data to a distant point to be read by electronic instruments
- biparentally — from a biparental point of view
- black beauty — a Biphetamine capsule.
- black cherry — a tree of the species Prunus serotina, having a small fleshy rounded edible fruit containing a hard stone
- black comedy — a comedy dealing with an unpleasant situation in a pessimistic or macabre manner
- blastomycete — any of a genus (Blastomyces) of yeastlike imperfect fungi that cause diseases in people and animals
- bleed sb dry — If someone is being bled dry or is being bled white, all of their money or other resources are gradually being taken away from them.
- blisteringly — causing a blister or blisters.
- block system — the system whereby a railway is divided up into separate sections of track where only one train can travel at a time
- blue succory — a composite garden plant, Catananche caerulea, of southern Europe, having very hairy leaves and blue flower heads, used by the ancients as a love potion.