12-letter words containing lo
- bloodthirsty — Bloodthirsty people are eager to use violence or display a strong interest in violent things. You can also use bloodthirsty to refer to very violent situations.
- bloody shirt — something, as a political issue or historical event, that can be used to stir up outrage, partisan support, etc.
- blooming oil — an oil used as a lubricant in fine sandpapering.
- bloomingdale — a town in NE Illinois.
- blossom into — the flower of a plant, especially of one producing an edible fruit.
- blotting-pad — an object to one side of which a piece of blotting paper is attached for blotting text handwritten in ink
- blow by blow — precisely detailed; describing every minute detail and step: a blow-by-blow account of the tennis match; a blow-by-blow report on the wedding ceremony.
- blow molding — Blow molding is a process for forming plastic objects in which plastic is melted, put in a mold, and then shaped by having compressed air blown into it.
- blow through — to leave; make off
- blow-by-blow — A blow-by-blow account of an event describes every stage of it in great detail.
- blow-molding — the sound of any vapor or gas issuing from a vent under pressure.
- blue melilot — a European plant, Trigonella caerulea, of the legume family, having long-stalked clusters of blue and white flowers.
- blue-blooded — A blue-blooded person is from a royal or noble family.
- bomber pilot — the pilot of a bomber
- bouillon cup — a small, bowl-shaped vessel, with two handles, in which bouillon is served.
- boxing glove — Boxing gloves are big padded gloves worn for boxing.
- breastplough — a plough driven by the worker's breast, often used to pare turf
- breechloader — any gun loaded at the breech
- breeze block — a cinder block.
- breeze-block — A breeze-block is a large, grey brick made from ashes and cement.
- bridge cloth — a tablecloth for a bridge table.
- brush flower — a flower or inflorescence with numerous long stamens, usually pollinated by birds or bats
- bubble float — a hollow spherical float that can be weighted with water to aid casting
- buffalo bill — nickname of William Frederick Cody. 1846–1917, US showman who toured Europe and the US with his famous Wild West Show
- buffalo bird — a cowbird, Molothrus ater, of North America.
- buffalo fish — any of a genus (Ictiobus) of large, humpbacked, freshwater sucker fishes found in North America
- buffalo gnat — any of various small North American blood-sucking dipterous insects of the genus Simulium and related genera: family Simuliidae
- buffalo robe — a carriage robe or rug made of the skin of the bison, dressed with the hair on
- buffaloberry — any shrub of the genus Shepherdia native to North America
- bullock cart — a cart pulled by one or two bullocks
- bus topology — bus
- butter cloth — a type of open, unsized muslin
- byelorussian — Byelorussian means belonging or relating to Byelorussia or to its people or culture.
- caloreceptor — a receptor stimulated by heat.
- calorescence — the absorption of radiation by a body, subsequently re-emitted at a higher frequency (lower wavelength)
- calorie-free — containing no calories
- calorimeters — Plural form of calorimeter.
- calorimetric — the measurement of heat.
- cam follower — the slider or roller in contact with the cam that transmits the movement dictated by the cam profile
- camelopardus — a faint extensive constellation in the N hemisphere close to Ursa Major and Cassiopeia
- caméra stylo — the use of the camera as a means of personal expression, esp as practised by some directors of the New Wave
- canoe slalom — a competitive event in which a canoeist maneuvers through a slalom course, usually in white water.
- cape buffalo — a large, black, nearly hairless, very fierce buffalo (Syncerus caffer) of South Africa, with horns joined at the bases to form a helmetlike structure
- cape colored — a South African of mixed European and African or Malayan ancestry.
- cape-lookout — Cape, a sandy reef in the Outer Banks, off E North Carolina, SW of Cape Hatteras: lighthouse.
- capital loss — A capital loss is a loss on investment property.
- card catalog — a file of cards of uniform size arranged in some definite order and listing the items in the collection of a library or group of libraries, each card typically identifying a single item.
- cardiologist — A cardiologist is a doctor who specializes in the heart and its diseases.
- carillonneur — a person who plays a carillon
- carload rate — a special low rate for shipment by carloads