12-letter words containing t, l
- bespectacled — Someone who is bespectacled is wearing glasses.
- best-selling — A best-selling product such as a book is very popular and a large quantity of it has been sold.
- beta blocker — A beta blocker is a drug which is used to treat people who have high blood pressure or heart problems.
- beta-blocker — any of various substances that interfere with the action of the beta receptors: used primarily to reduce the heart rate or force in the prevention, management, or treatment of angina, hypertension, or arrythmias.
- betanaphthol — a colorless, crystalline isomer of naphthol, C10H8O, used as an antiseptic and parasiticide
- betel pepper — a tropical Asiatic climbing plant (Piper betle) of the pepper family
- betting slip — a piece of paper used to place a bet
- bewilderment — Bewilderment is the feeling of being bewildered.
- bi-quarterly — occurring twice in each quarter of a year.
- biarticulate — having two joints, as the antennae of certain insects.
- biauriculate — having two auricles or earlike parts
- bibb lettuce — a type of butterhead lettuce, formed in loose heads of very crisp, dark-green leaves
- bibliologist — a student of bibliology
- bibliopegist — a bookbinder
- bibliothecal — relating to a bibliotheca
- bibliotheque — a library.
- bicentennial — A bicentennial is the same as a bicentenary.
- bicollateral — (of a vascular bundle) having two phloem groups to the inside and outside, respectively, of the xylem
- bicycle path — a path designed for bicyclists
- bidialectism — proficient in or using two dialects of the same language.
- biflagellate — having two flagella
- bifunctional — having two functions
- big lie, the — a gross falsification or misrepresentation of the facts, with constant repetition and embellishment to lend credibility
- bilateralism — the practice of being bilateral
- bilinguality — the ability to speak two languages fluently.
- 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
- bindle stiff — a hobo.
- binocularity — binocular characteristics
- biosatellite — an artificial satellite for carrying living organisms
- biotechnical — relating to biotechnology
- 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
- bipropellant — a rocket propellant consisting of two substances, usually a fuel and an oxidizer
- birth family — one's biological parents and siblings, as contrasted with one's adoptive family.
- bit diddling — bit bashing
- bit of fluff — a girl or young woman
- biting louse — any wingless insect of the order Mallophaga, such as the chicken louse: external parasites of birds and mammals with biting mouthparts
- bitter aloes — a bitter purgative drug made from the leaves of several species of aloe
- bitter apple — colocynth
- bitter lakes — two lakes, the Great Bitter Lake and Little Bitter Lake in NE Egypt: part of the Suez Canal
- bitter lemon — a non-alcoholic, fizzy drink with a lemon flavour
- bitter melon — balsam pear.
- blabbermouth — a person who talks too much or indiscreetly
- black beauty — a Biphetamine capsule.
- black beetle — another name for the oriental cockroach
- black bottom — a dance of the late 1920s that originated in America, involving a sinuous rotation of the hips
- black butter — beurre noir.
- black forest — wooded mountain region in SW Germany
- black knight — a person or firm that makes an unwelcome takeover bid for a company
- black letter — a kind of heavy-faced, ornamental printing type