9-letter words containing el
- ateliosis — a form of infantilism caused by pituitary malfunction, characterized by a childish face and voice and associated physical underdevelopment, but not affecting intelligence.
- athelings — Plural form of atheling.
- athelstan — ?895–939 ad, king of Wessex and Mercia (924–939 ad), who extended his kingdom to include most of England
- austerely — severe in manner or appearance; uncompromising; strict; forbidding: an austere teacher.
- autotelic — having a purpose in and justifying itself
- averagely — a quantity, rating, or the like that represents or approximates an arithmetic mean: Her golf average is in the 90s. My average in science has gone from B to C this semester.
- awesomely — causing or inducing awe; inspiring an overwhelming feeling of reverence, admiration, or fear: an awesome sight.
- aydelotte — Frank, 1880–1956, U.S. educator.
- babelized — reduced to complete confusion or meaninglessness.
- baby bell — one of the seven regional telephone companies formed after the breakup of the Bell system in 1983.
- bachelors — Plural form of bachelor.
- bachelour — Obsolete form of bachelor.
- back-heel — to strike the ball with one's heel and make it go behind one
- backfield — the area behind the line of scrimmage from which the backfield begin each play
- backheels — Plural form of backheel.
- badgeless — without a badge
- baekeland — Leo Hendrik [lee-oh hen-drik;; Flemish ley-oh hen-drik] /ˈli oʊ ˈhɛn drɪk;; Flemish ˈleɪ oʊ ˈhɛn drɪk/ (Show IPA), 1863–1944, U.S. chemist, born in Belgium: developed Bakelite.
- bagatelle — something of little value or significance; trifle
- bandelier — Adolph Francis Alphonse, 1840–1914, U.S. anthropologist, archaeologist, and historian, born in Switzerland.
- bandshell — a type of bandstand enclosed at the back
- banjolele — a four-stringed musical instrument with a neck like a ukulele and a body like a banjo
- bar gemel — a charge consisting of two barrulets separated by an area the width of a barrulet.
- barbastel — a type of insectivorous forest bat, Barbastellus communis, native to Europe and known for its hairy lips
- barbicels — Plural form of barbicel.
- barcelona — the chief port of Spain, on the NE Mediterranean coast: seat of the Republican government during the Civil War (1936–39); the commercial capital of Spain. Pop: 1 582 738 (2003 est)
- barebelly — a sheep with a defective growth of wool on its belly and legs.
- baroquely — in a baroque fashion
- barrelage — an amount, esp of beer, as measured in barrels
- barreleye — any of the bathypelagic fishes of the family Opisthoproctidae, especially Macropinna microstoma, having telescoping eyes.
- barrelful — as much or as many as a barrel will hold
- barreling — a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- barrelled — a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- barthelme — Donald, 1931–89, U.S. short-story writer and novelist.
- baseliner — a player who plays most of his or her shots from the back of court
- baselines — Plural form of baseline.
- basrelief — Alternative form of bas-relief.
- batchelor — (British) alternative spelling of bachelor.
- batteling — Alternative form of battling.
- battelles — Plural form of battell.
- bc neliac — Version of NELIAC, post 1962. Sammet 1969, p.197.
- bdelliums — Plural form of bdellium.
- becquerel — Antoine Henri (ɑ̃twan ɑ̃ri). 1852–1908, French physicist, who discovered the photographic action of the rays emitted by uranium salts and so instigated the study of radioactivity: Nobel prize for physics 1903
- bedfellow — You refer to two things or people as bedfellows when they have become associated or related in some way.
- beelining — Present participle of beeline.
- beelzebub — a god of the Philistines (2 Kings 1:2)
- bejeweled — A bejeweled person or object is wearing a lot of jewelry or is decorated with jewels.
- bel canto — a style of singing characterized by beauty of tone rather than dramatic power
- bel paese — a mild creamy Italian cheese
- belafonte — Harry, born 1922, U.S. singer and actor.
- belatedly — coming or being after the customary, useful, or expected time: belated birthday greetings.