14-letter words containing ll
- ball lightning — a luminous electrically charged ball occasionally seen during electrical storms
- ball of muscle — a very strong, fit, or forceful person
- ball-and-chain — a heavy iron ball fastened by a chain to a prisoner's leg.
- ballast pocket — a depression that is formed beneath the ballast layer by penetration of ballast particles into the subgrade and that tends to collect moisture.
- ballet slipper — a heelless cloth or leather slipper worn by ballet dancers.
- ballistic wind — a single wind vector that would have the same net effect on the trajectory of a projectile as the varying winds encountered in flight.
- ballon d'essai — a project or policy put forward experimentally to gauge reactions to it
- balloon sleeve — a sleeve fitting tightly from wrist to elbow and becoming fully rounded from elbow to shoulder
- ballot rigging — Ballot rigging is the act of illegally changing the result of an election by producing a false record of the number of votes.
- ballroom dance — a social dance, popular since the beginning of the 20th century, in conventional rhythms, such as the foxtrot and the quickstep
- barba amarilla — fer-de-lance.
- barbecue grill — a grill used in barbecuing
- barber college — a school for training barbers
- barometrically — By means of a barometer.
- baseball glove — a padded glove with webbing between the thumb and index finger, worn by baseball players
- bazillionaires — Plural form of bazillionaire.
- be on the ball — to be alert; be efficient
- beach umbrella — a large umbrella used as a sunshade on the beach
- bearded collie — a medium-sized breed of dog having a profuse long straight coat, usually grey or fawn and often with white on the head, legs, and chest, a long tail, and a distinctive beard
- belleek (ware) — a fine, glossy, often iridescent pottery resembling porcelain
- belles-lettres — literary works, esp essays and poetry, valued for their aesthetic rather than their informative or moral content
- belletristical — relating to the fine arts
- bellingshausen — Fabian Gottlieb von [fey-bee-uh n-got-leeb von] /ˈfeɪ bi ənˈgɒt lib vɒn/ (Show IPA), (Faddey Faddeyevich Bellingshauzen) 1778–1852, Russian naval officer and explorer.
- bermuda collar — a narrow, pointed collar on a woman's dress or blouse
- bill of health — a certificate, issued by a port officer, that attests to the health of a ship's company
- bill of lading — (in foreign trade) a document containing full particulars of goods shipped or for shipment
- bill of rights — A Bill of Rights is a written list of citizens' rights which is usually part of the constitution of a country.
- billiard table — the rectangular table used for playing billiards
- billy no-mates — a person with no friends
- black bullhead — a common freshwater catfish, Ictalurus melas, of North America, considered by some to be a food delicacy.
- bolshoi ballet — a ballet company founded in Moscow in 1776.
- bouillon spoon — a spoon with a round bowl, smaller than a soup spoon.
- braddock hills — a town in SE Pennsylvania.
- british dollar — any of several coins formerly issued by the British Empire for use in certain territories, as the Straits dollar or the Hong Kong dollar.
- brown bullhead — a freshwater catfish, Ictalurus nebulosus, of eastern North America, having an olive to brown body with dark markings on the sides.
- bull stretcher — Also called bullnose stretcher. a brick having one of the edges along its length rounded for laying as a stretcher in a sill or the like.
- bull's-eye rot — a disease of apples and pears, characterized by sunken, eyelike spots on the fruit and twig cankers, caused by any of several fungi, especially of the genus Neofabraea.
- bull-nosed bow — a bow having a bulbous forefoot.
- bulletin board — A bulletin board is a board which is usually attached to a wall in order to display notices giving information about something.
- bullion fringe — a thick gold or silver wire or fringed cord used as a trimming, as on military uniforms
- cabalistically — In a cabalistic manner.
- cadmium yellow — a very vivid yellow containing cadmium sulphide
- call into play — to begin to operate
- call of nature — Some people talk about a call of nature when referring politely to the need to go to the toilet.
- call screening — a facility that plays an announcement and records messages, enabling the person called to decide whether or not to answer the call
- call the shots — The person who calls the shots is in a position to tell others what to do.
- call-up papers — a letter containing order to report for service
- caller display — a facility which shows the number of an incoming call
- calligraphical — calligraphic
- camillo cavour — Camillo Benso di [kah-meel-law ben-saw dee] /kɑˈmil lɔ ˈbɛn sɔ di/ (Show IPA), 1810–61, Italian statesman: leader in the unification of Italy.