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13-letter words containing ll

  • bible college — an institution of higher education that specializes in Bible study, typically for the education of Protestant clergy
  • big gray wall — (jargon)   What faces a VMS user searching for documentation. A full VMS kit comes on a pallet, the documentation taking up around 15 feet of shelf space before the addition of layered products such as compilers, databases, multi-vendor networking, and programming tools. Recent (since VMS version 5) DEC documentation comes with grey binders; under VMS version 4 the binders were orange and under version 3 they were blue. Often contracted to "Gray Wall".
  • bill of costs — a statement of the total costs that are the responsibility of a party to a suit or action
  • bill of entry — a list of goods received at a customs house for export or import
  • bill of goods — a list of items for sale, consignment, shipment, etc
  • bill-sticking — a person who posts bills and advertisements.
  • billiard ball — a hard ball used in billiards
  • billiard room — a room in a house, club, etc., where billiards is played.
  • billing cycle — the schedule of recurrent times in any regular system of preparing or sending bills.
  • billy the kid — nickname of William H. Bonney. 1859–81, US outlaw
  • bimetallistic — relating to bimetallism
  • biochemically — the science dealing with the chemistry of living matter.
  • biphasic pill — a drug with two dosage levels over the period taken, as an oral contraceptive.
  • birthing ball — a large soft rubber ball used by women during childbirth to give support and to aid pain relief
  • bisectionally — from a bisectional point of view
  • blooming mill — a rolling mill for shaping ingots into blooms
  • bollito misto — an Italian dish of mixed meats, as beef, chicken, sausage, and veal, simmered with vegetables and seasonings in broth.
  • bombastically — (of speech, writing, etc.) high-sounding; high-flown; inflated; pretentious.
  • bone-chilling — extremely cold
  • book of kells — Book of Kells.
  • boots and all — making every effort; with no holds barred
  • border collie — a medium-sized breed of collie with a silky usually black-and-white coat: used mainly as sheepdogs
  • bougainvillea — Bougainvillea is a climbing plant that has thin, red or purple flowers and grows mainly in hot countries.
  • bouillabaisse — Bouillabaisse is a rich stew or soup of fish and vegetables.
  • bouillon cube — A bouillon cube is a solid cube made from dried meat or vegetable juices and other flavorings. Bouillon cubes are used to add flavor to dishes such as stews and soups.
  • bow collector — a sliding current collector, consisting of a bow-shaped strip mounted on a hinged framework, used on trains, etc, to collect current from an overhead-wire
  • bowling alley — A bowling alley is a building which contains several tracks for bowling.
  • box jellyfish — any of various highly venomous jellyfishes of the order Cubomedusae, esp Chironex fleckeri, of Australian tropical waters, having a cuboidal body with tentacles hanging from each of the lower corners
  • braillewriter — a machine, similar to a typewriter, for writing texts in Braille.
  • bramble jelly — a jam made from blackberries
  • brazing alloy — a solder fusing at temperatures above 1200°F (650°C).
  • breaking ball — any pitch that breaks; specif., a curve or slider
  • brilliant cut — a cut for gems
  • brilliant-cut — a cut intended to enhance the brilliance of a gem with the least possible sacrifice of weight, characterized by a form resembling two pyramids set base to base, truncated so as to give a broad table and a very small culet, and having from 18 to 104 facets, 58 being typical.
  • brilliantined — treated with brilliantine
  • bull elephant — an adult male elephant
  • bullace grape — the thick-skinned musk-scented purple grape produced by this plant: used to make wine
  • bullet-headed — with a head shaped like a bullet
  • bullhead rail — a rail having a cross section with a bulbous top and bottom, the top being larger
  • bully for you — well done! bravo!
  • bully-ragging — to bully; harass: to bullyrag fraternity plebs.
  • buster collar — a round collar, similar to a lampshade in shape, that is fitted round the neck of an animal or bird, for example to prevent it removing or interfering with a dressing or other treatment
  • by (all) odds — by far; unquestionably
  • call it a day — If you call it a day, you decide to stop what you are doing because you are tired of it or because it is not successful.
  • call it quits — to agree to end a dispute, contest, etc, agreeing that honours are even
  • call sb names — If someone calls you names, they insult you by saying unpleasant things to you or about you.
  • call the tune — to be in control of the proceedings
  • call the turn — to predict successfully
  • call to order — to request to be quiet, as to start (a meeting)
  • call-by-value — (CBV) An evaluation strategy where arguments are evaluated before the function or procedure is entered. Only the values of the arguments are passed and changes to the arguments within the called procedure have no effect on the actual arguments as seen by the caller. See applicative order reduction, call-by-value-result, strict evaluation, call-by-name, lazy evaluation.
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