10-letter words containing il
- bilge-well — Nautical. either of the rounded areas that form the transition between the bottom and the sides on the exterior of a hull. Also, bilges. (in a hull with a double bottom) an enclosed area between frames at each side of the floors, where seepage collects. Also called bilge well. a well into which seepage drains to be pumped away. Also called bilge water. seepage accumulated in bilges.
- bilharzial — relating to bilharzia
- bilinguist — a speaker of two languages
- biliterate — able to read and write in two languages.
- biliverdin — a dark green pigment in the bile formed by the oxidation of bilirubin. Formula: C33H34O6N4
- bill gates — (person) William Henry Gates III, Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft, which he co-founded in 1975 with Paul Allen. In 1994 Gates is a billionaire, worth $9.35b and Microsoft is worth about $27b. He was a computer nerd who dropped out of Harvard and one of the first programmers to oppose software piracy ("Open Letter to Hobbyists," Computer Notes, February 3, 1976).
- billbergia — any bromeliad of the tropical American genus Billbergia, having stiff leaves and flowers with showy, variously colored bracts.
- billethead — a carved ornamental scroll or volute terminating a stem or cutwater at its upper end in place of a figurehead.
- billfolder — billfold.
- billposter — a person who is employed to stick advertising posters to walls, fences, etc
- billy budd — a novella (1924) by Herman Melville.
- billy club — billy (def 1).
- billy goat — A billy goat is a male goat.
- billy-club — billy (def 1).
- bilocation — the existence of something in two places at the same time
- biquintile — the aspect of planets when they are at an angle of 144° to one another
- birth pill — a pill which prevents a woman from conceiving
- bissextile — (of a month or year) containing the extra day of a leap year
- black bile — one of the four bodily humours; melancholy
- blainville — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Montreal.
- blanquillo — any of several game fishes of the genus Caulolatilus, related to the tilefishes.
- blood lily — any of various bulbous plants of the genus Haemanthus, native to Africa, having clusters of red or white flowers.
- bloodguilt — guilt of murder or shedding blood
- blue devil — a blue capsule or tablet containing the barbiturate amobarbital or its derivative.
- blue-devil — blue heaven.
- boat drill — practice in launching the lifeboats and taking off the passengers and crew of a ship
- boiled egg — an egg cooked in its shell in boiling water
- boiled oil — any of several oils, esp. linseed, that are heated (not boiled) and mixed with driers to form a thick, dark, quick-drying oil
- boilersuit — a one-piece work garment consisting of overalls and a shirt top usually worn over ordinary clothes to protect them
- bonneville — Lake, a prehistoric lake in Utah, E Nevada, and S Idaho: Great Salt Lake is its remnant. 350 miles (564 km) long.
- bonnilasse — a pretty girl
- bookmobile — a vehicle providing lending library facilities
- bouillotte — a French card game similar to poker
- brailowsky — Alexander [al-ig-zan-der,, -zahn-;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahn-dr] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑn dr/ (Show IPA), 1896–1976, Russian pianist.
- brainchild — Someone's brainchild is an idea or invention that they have thought up or created.
- brazil nut — a tropical South American tree, Bertholletia excelsa, producing large globular capsules, each containing several closely packed triangular nuts: family Lecythidaceae
- brazilwood — a hard, reddish wood obtained from several tropical American trees (genera Caesalpinia and Haematoxylon) of the caesalpinia family: it yields a red or blue dye and is also used in making cabinets and violin bows
- breastrail — the upper rail of any parapet on a ship
- brick-kiln — a kiln in which blocks of clay are baked into bricks
- bridalveil — a waterfall in Yosemite National Park, California. 620 feet (189 meters) high.
- bridezilla — a woman whose behaviour in planning the details of her wedding is regarded as intolerable
- brilliance — great brightness; radiance
- brilliancy — an instance of brilliance: the brilliancies of Congreve's wit.
- brilliante — with spirit; lively
- brillo pad — a scouring pad made of wire wool filled with soap
- brockville — a city in SE Ontario, in S Canada.
- brunnhilde — the heroine of Wagner's Ring of the Nibelungs. Compare Siegfried.
- build down — a process for reducing armaments, especially the number of nuclear weapons held by the U.S. and the U.S.S.R., by eliminating several older weapons for each new one that is deployed.
- build into — to make (something) a definite part of (a contract, agreement, etc)
- build-down — a gradual decrease in nuclear weapons, armed forces, etc., esp. by an agreement in which a smaller number of newer weapons would replace older ones