12-letter words containing t, e, l, g
- atheological — having an aversion or resistance to theology
- autogenously — In an autogenous manner; spontaneously.
- bacteriology — Bacteriology is the science and the study of bacteria.
- bathypelagic — of, relating to, or inhabiting the lower depths of the ocean between approximately 1000 and 4000 metres
- battle group — a group of warships usually consisting of at least one aircraft carrier, other surface ships, submarines, landing craft, etc
- battle wagon — a battleship.
- battleground — A battleground is the same as a battlefield.
- battlewagons — Plural form of battlewagon.
- beacon light — a light signal for shipping
- belligerents — warlike; given to waging war.
- belt highway — beltway (def 1).
- bengal light — a firework or flare that burns with a steady bright blue light, formerly used as a signal
- bengal tiger — a large tiger found in S. Asia
- best-selling — A best-selling product such as a book is very popular and a large quantity of it has been sold.
- betting slip — a piece of paper used to place a bet
- bibliopegist — a bookbinder
- biflagellate — having two flagella
- big lie, the — a gross falsification or misrepresentation of the facts, with constant repetition and embellishment to lend credibility
- billingsgate — the largest fish market in London, on the N bank of the River Thames; moved to new site at Canary Wharf in 1982 and the former building converted into offices
- biting louse — any wingless insect of the order Mallophaga, such as the chicken louse: external parasites of birds and mammals with biting mouthparts
- black tongue — canine pellagra.
- blisteringly — causing a blister or blisters.
- blitzkrieged — blitz (defs 1, 2, 5).
- bloodletting — Bloodletting is violence or killing between groups of people, especially between rival armies.
- blue whiting — a fish of the cod family, Micromesistius poutassou
- blue-singlet — working-class
- blueprinting — a process of photographic printing, used chiefly in copying architectural and mechanical drawings, which produces a white line on a blue background.
- blues guitar — blues guitar music
- bluestocking — A bluestocking is an intellectual woman.
- boating lake — a lake in a park where rowing boats can be hired
- bogon filter — /boh'gon fil'tr/ Any device, software or hardware, that limits or suppresses the flow and/or emission of bogons. "Engineering hacked a bogon filter between the Cray and the VAXen, and now we're getting fewer dropped packets." See also bogosity.
- bonnet glass — monteith (def 2).
- bonnet-glass — a large punch bowl, usually of silver, having a notched rim for suspending punch cups.
- bootleg play — a play in which the quarterback pretends to hand the ball to a teammate, hides it by placing it next to his hip, and runs with it.
- border light — a striplight hung upstage of a border, for lighting the stage.
- bottle glass — glass used for making bottles, consisting of a silicate of sodium, calcium, and aluminium
- bottle gourd — an Old World cucurbitaceous climbing plant, Lagenaria siceraria, having large hard-shelled gourds as fruits
- bottle green — a deep green.
- bottle-green — Something that is bottle-green is dark green in colour.
- boulangerite — a bluish lead-gray mineral, lead antimony sulfide, Pb 5 Sb 4 S 11 , a minor ore of lead.
- bounce light — Also, bounce lighting. light that is bounced off a reflective surface onto the subject in order to achieve a softer lighting effect.
- breastplough — a plough driven by the worker's breast, often used to pare turf
- bridge cloth — a tablecloth for a bridge table.
- bridge table — a square card table with folding legs.
- bright-field — of or relating to the illuminated region about the object of a microscope.
- bush singlet — a black woollen singlet often worn by farm labourers
- cable length — a unit of length in nautical use that has various values, including 100 fathoms (600 feet)
- cablecasting — relating to broadcasting by cable
- cape ortegal — a cape in NW Spain, projecting into the Bay of Biscay
- cartwheeling — Present participle of cartwheel.