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12-letter words containing u, l, t, i

  • 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
  • bibliotheque — a library.
  • bifunctional — having two functions
  • bilinguality — the ability to speak two languages fluently.
  • binocularity — binocular characteristics
  • 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
  • blastulation — the process of blastula formation
  • blaue reiter — der Blaue Reiter. a group of German expressionist painters formed in Munich in 1911, including Kandinsky and Klee, who sought to express the spiritual side of man and nature, which they felt had been neglected by impressionism
  • blind summit — a point on a road where a vehicle approaching the top of a hill or incline cannot see vehicles approaching up the other side of the hill
  • blister rust — a disease of certain pines caused by rust fungi of the genus Cronartium, causing swellings on the bark from which orange masses of spores are released
  • blockbusting — A blockbusting film or book is one that is very successful, usually because it is very exciting.
  • blue catfish — a large freshwater catfish, Ictalurus furcatus, that is a popular food fish in the states of the Mississippi River valley.
  • blue melilot — a European plant, Trigonella caerulea, of the legume family, having long-stalked clusters of blue and white flowers.
  • blue pointer — a large shark, Isuropsis mako, of Australian coastal waters, having a blue back and pointed snout
  • blue stilton — a rich cheese made from whole milk, blue-veined and very strong in flavour
  • blue thistle — blueweed (def 1).
  • blue vitriol — the fully hydrated blue crystalline form of copper sulphate
  • blue whiting — a fish of the cod family, Micromesistius poutassou
  • blue-singlet — working-class
  • blue-thistle — Also called blue thistle. a bristly weed, Echium vulgare, of the borage family, having showy blue flowers, a native of Europe naturalized in the U.S.
  • bluefin tuna — the largest tuna (Thunnus thynnus): it has bright red flesh and is important as a game and food fish
  • 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.
  • boatbuilding — Boatbuilding is the craft or industry of making boats.
  • boisterously — rough and noisy; noisily jolly or rowdy; clamorous; unrestrained: the sound of boisterous laughter.
  • bolt upright — If someone is sitting or standing bolt upright, they are sitting or standing very straight.
  • bootylicious — sexually attractive, esp with curvaceous buttocks
  • boulangerite — a bluish lead-gray mineral, lead antimony sulfide, Pb 5 Sb 4 S 11 , a minor ore of lead.
  • bouleuterion — a council chamber in ancient Greece.
  • bounce light — Also, bounce lighting. light that is bounced off a reflective surface onto the subject in order to achieve a softer lighting effect.
  • bridal suite — a room or set of rooms in a hotel for newly married couples
  • bristlemouth — any of several small, deep-sea fishes of the family Gonostomatidae, having numerous sharp, slender teeth covering the jaws.
  • brushability — the quality of being brushable
  • bubble point — the temperature at which bubbles just start to appear in a heated liquid mixture
  • bull mastiff — a large powerful breed of dog with a short usually fawn or brindle coat, developed by crossing the bulldog with the mastiff
  • bull terrier — A bull terrier is a breed of strong dog with a short, whitish coat and a thick neck.
  • bull thistle — a tall, spiny thistle, Cirsium vulgare, having heads of pink to purple flowers: a common weed in North America.
  • bull-baiting — the setting of dogs on a chained or confined bull, formerly a popular pastime in England
  • bullet point — A bullet point is one of a series of important items for discussion or action in a document, usually marked by a square or round symbol.
  • bullet train — a passenger train that travels at very high speed
  • bullfighting — Bullfighting is the public entertainment in which people try to kill bulls in bullfights.
  • bully pulpit — If someone in a prominent job or position publicly expresses their opinions about a particular subject, you can say that they are using their job or position as a bully pulpit.
  • burro's tail — a succulent Mexican plant, Sedum morganianum, of the stonecrop family, bearing small, rose-colored flowers and long, hanging, nearly cylindrical stems with closely packed whitish-green leaves.
  • bush singlet — a black woollen singlet often worn by farm labourers
  • bushy-tailed — bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, fresh, alert, eager, and lively
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