10-letter words containing r, i, l, n
- appledrain — a wasp
- argenteuil — a suburb of Paris, France, with a convent (656) that became famous when Héloïse was abbess (12th century). Pop: 103 250 (2008)
- arsenicals — Plural form of arsenical.
- arsenolite — a mineral, arsenic trioxide, As 2 O 3 , occurring usually as a white incrustation on arsenical ores.
- art lining — a system for aligning type in which the baseline is established some distance above the bottom of the body to accommodate letters with unusually long descenders.
- arvicoline — inhabiting meadows or rural areas
- arylamines — any of a group of amines in which one or more of the hydrogen atoms of ammonia are replaced by aromatic groups.
- aspiringly — in an aspiring manner
- assuringly — In an assuring manner.
- astragalin — A chemical compound, a 3-O-glucoside of kaempferol, found in Phytolacca americana, the American pokeweed.
- australian — Australian means belonging or relating to Australia, or to its people or culture.
- avirulence — The state of being avirulent.
- balbriggan — a knitted unbleached cotton fabric
- ballardian — of James Graham Ballard (1930–2009), the British novelist, or his works
- ballerinas — Plural form of ballerina.
- banderilla — a decorated barbed dart, thrust into the bull's neck or shoulder
- bandoliers — Plural form of bandolier.
- baroclinic — of, relating to, or having the property of baroclinity.
- barrelling — a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- baseliners — Plural form of baseliner.
- bellarmine — Saint Robert. 1542–1621, Italian Jesuit theologian and cardinal; an important influence during the Counter-Reformation
- berkeleian — denoting or relating to the philosophy of George Berkeley
- berlusconi — Silvio (ˈsilvjo). born 1936, Italian politician and media tycoon: prime minister of Italy (1994–95, 2001–06, 2008–11); convicted of tax fraud and expelled from the Italian Senate in 2013
- besprinkle — to sprinkle all over with liquid, powder, etc
- biliverdin — a dark green pigment in the bile formed by the oxidation of bilirubin. Formula: C33H34O6N4
- bimaternal — having the genetic material of two mothers but no father
- binoculars — Binoculars consist of two small telescopes joined together side by side, which you look through in order to look at things that are a long way away.
- biocontrol — the use of one living thing to control another
- biparental — from two parents
- birth plan — a statement by a mother telling doctors and midwives how she would like her labour to proceed
- bitterling — a small brightly coloured European freshwater cyprinid fish, Rhodeus sericeus: a popular aquarium fish
- blabbering — to reveal indiscreetly and thoughtlessly: They blabbed my confidences to everyone.
- black ring — a disease of grasses, characterized by black rings surrounding the stems and blighted seeds, caused by a fungus, Balansia strangulans.
- blandisher — someone who blandishes
- blathering — foolish, voluble talk: His speech was full of the most amazing blather.
- blind door — a door having louvers permitting circulation of air.
- blind-worm — a limbless European lizard, Anguis fragilis, related to the glass lizards.
- blindstory — a windowless story
- blistering — Blistering heat is very great heat.
- blithering — talking foolishly; jabbering
- blubbering — Zoology. the fat layer between the skin and muscle of whales and other cetaceans, from which oil is made.
- blue rinse — a rinse for tinting grey hair a silvery-blue colour
- blue-rinse — of, for, or composed mostly of elderly women: the blue-rinse matinee audience.
- blundering — a gross, stupid, or careless mistake: That's your second blunder this morning.
- blurriness — blurred; indistinct.
- blurringly — in a manner which causes blurring
- bolstering — a long, often cylindrical, cushion or pillow for a bed, sofa, etc.
- borderline — The borderline between two different or opposite things is the division between them.
- bouldering — rock climbing on large boulders or small outcrops either as practice or as a sport in its own right
- bowldering — pavement made with small boulders.