10-letter words containing s, b, l
- basilectal — (linguistics) of, or relating to a basilect.
- basilicata — a region of S Italy, between the Tyrrhenian Sea and the Gulf of Taranto. Capital: Potenza. Pop: 596 821 (2003 est). Area: 9985 sq km (3855 sq miles)
- basketball — Basketball is a game in which two teams of five players each try to score goals by throwing a large ball through a circular net fixed to a metal ring at each end of the court.
- basketlike — resembling a basket
- basophiles — Biology. a basophilic cell, tissue, organism, or substance.
- basophilia — an abnormal increase of basophil leucocytes in the blood
- basophilic — having an affinity for basic stains.
- bass flute — the lowest instrument in the flute family, pitched one octave below the concert flute
- basutoland — Lesotho
- bath salts — You dissolve bath salts in bath water to make the water smell pleasant and as a water softener.
- batholiths — Plural form of batholith.
- batologist — someone who practises batology
- battailous — ready for battle; pugnacious
- battalions — Plural form of battalion.
- battleaxes — Plural form of battleaxe.
- battleship — A battleship is a very large, heavily armed warship.
- battlesome — argumentative; quarrelsome.
- battlesuit — (science fiction) A technologically enhanced suit worn in battle for protection, camouflage, etc.
- bazillions — Plural form of bazillion.
- be oneself — to function physically and mentally as one normally does
- beachballs — Plural form of beachball.
- beanstalks — Plural form of beanstalk.
- beaujolais — Beaujolais is a type of red wine that comes from the region of eastern France called Beaujolais.
- beautifuls — having beauty; possessing qualities that give great pleasure or satisfaction to see, hear, think about, etc.; delighting the senses or mind: a beautiful dress; a beautiful speech.
- beautyless — Devoid of beauty.
- becquerels — Plural form of becquerel.
- bedclothes — Bedclothes are the sheets and covers which you put over yourself when you get into bed.
- bedfellows — Plural form of bedfellow.
- beer glass — a glass of a standard size (in Britain holding one pint, or half a pint) with straight sides, or with a handle, to drink beer from
- bel esprit — a witty or clever person
- bel-esprit — a person of great wit or intellect.
- beliefless — having no faith or belief
- belisarius — ?505–565 ad, Byzantine general under Justinian I. He recovered North Africa from the Vandals and Italy from the Ostrogoths and led forces against the Persians
- bell glass — a bell-shaped glass jar or cover for protecting delicate instruments, bric-a-brac, or the like, or for containing gases or a vacuum in chemical experiments.
- bell sheep — a sheep that a shearer is just starting to shear (and which he is allowed to finish) as the bell rings for the end of a work period
- belle isle — an island in the Atlantic, at the N entrance to the Strait of Belle Isle, between Labrador and Newfoundland. Area: about 39 sq km (15 sq miles)
- belletrist — a writer of belles-lettres
- bellperson — a bellhop.
- belly-bust — belly-flop.
- belly-slam — belly-flop.
- belly-wash — any barely drinkable liquid or beverage, as inferior soda, beer, coffee, or soup.
- bellyaches — Informal. a pain in the abdomen or bowels.
- belongings — Your belongings are the things that you own, especially things that are small enough to be carried.
- belorussia — historical region in central Europe corresponding to present-day Belarus
- belowdecks — below a ship's deck
- belshazzar — 6th century bc, the son of Nabonidus, coregent of Babylon with his father for eight years: referred to as king and son of Nebuchadnezzar in the Old Testament (Daniel 5:1, 17; 8:1); described as having received a divine message of doom written on a wall at a banquet (Belshazzar's Feast)
- beltcourse — a horizontal band or course, as of stone, projecting beyond or flush with the face of a building, often molded and sometimes richly carved.
- beltsville — a town in central Maryland, near Washington, D.C.
- 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
- bes antler — bay antler.