9-letter words containing li
- barreling — a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- base line — a line serving as a base
- baseliner — a player who plays most of his or her shots from the back of court
- baselines — Plural form of baseline.
- basilical — royal, regal
- basilican — basilic (def 2).
- basilicas — Plural form of basilica.
- basilicon — any of a variety of healing ointments applied to wounds in early medicine, commonly using lard or oil, resin, and wax
- basilisks — Plural form of basilisk.
- basinlike — resembling a basin
- basrelief — Alternative form of bas-relief.
- batholite — (obsolete) alternative name of batholith.
- batholith — a very large irregular-shaped mass of igneous rock, esp granite, formed from an intrusion of magma at great depth, esp one exposed after erosion of less resistant overlying rocks
- battalion — A battalion is a large group of soldiers that consists of three or more companies.
- batteling — Alternative form of battling.
- baulkline — a straight line across a billiard table behind which the cue balls are placed at the start of a game
- bazillion — a very large, indefinite number
- bc neliac — Version of NELIAC, post 1962. Sammet 1969, p.197.
- bdelliums — Plural form of bdellium.
- be like … — used to introduce direct speech or nonverbal communication
- be-little — to regard or portray as less impressive or important than appearances indicate; depreciate; disparage.
- beastlier — Comparative form of beastly.
- beastlike — resembling a beast
- bed linen — Bed linen is sheets and pillowcases.
- bed liner — a stiff, durable plastic lining used to protect the bed and side walls of the cargo space of some pickup trucks
- beelining — Present participle of beeline.
- befalling — A happening; occurrence; chance; event.
- beguiling — Something that is beguiling is charming and attractive.
- believing — to have confidence in the truth, the existence, or the reliability of something, although without absolute proof that one is right in doing so: Only if one believes in something can one act purposefully.
- belitoeng — an island in Indonesia, between Borneo and Sumatra. 1866 sq. mi. (4833 sq. km).
- bellibone — a beautiful and good woman
- bellicose — You use bellicose to refer to aggressive actions or behaviour that are likely to start an argument or a fight.
- belt line — a transportation system partially or wholly surrounding a city, terminal, district, or port.
- bengaline — a heavy corded fabric, esp silk with woollen or cotton cord
- bensulide — a selective preemergence herbicide, C 14 H 24 O 4 NPS 3 , used primarily to control crabgrass and broadleaf weeds.
- benzoline — unpurified benzene
- berkelium — a metallic transuranic element produced by bombardment of americium. Symbol: Bk; atomic no: 97; half-life of most stable isotope, 247Bk: 1400 years; valency: 3 or 4; relative density: 14 (est)
- bernoulli — Daniel (danjɛl), son of Jean Bernoulli. 1700–82, Swiss mathematician and physicist, who developed an early form of the kinetic theory of gases and stated the principle of conservation of energy in fluid dynamics
- berrylike — resembling a berry or berries
- beryllium — a corrosion-resistant toxic silvery-white metallic element that occurs chiefly in beryl and is used mainly in X-ray windows and in the manufacture of alloys. Symbol: Be; atomic no: 4; atomic wt: 9.012; valency: 2; relative density: 1.848; melting pt: 1289°C; boiling pt: 2472°C
- berzelius — Baron Jöns Jakob (ˈjœns ˈjɑːkɔp). 1779–1848, Swedish chemist, who invented the present system of chemical symbols and formulas, discovered several elements, and determined the atomic and molecular weight of many substances
- beta line — beta (def 6).
- bevelling — the inclination that one line or surface makes with another when not at right angles.
- biblicism — an adherence to the literal sense of the Bible
- biblicist — a biblical scholar
- bibliotic — relating to bibliotics
- bicyclist — A bicyclist is someone who enjoys cycling.
- bifoliate — having only two leaves
- bilineate — marked with two usually parallel lines.
- bilingual — Bilingual means involving or using two languages.