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15-letter words containing a, b, l, i

  • autocannibalism — The eating of part of one's own body.
  • available light — the natural or usual light on a subject.
  • bacchanalianism — the practice of bacchanalian behaviour; drunken revelry
  • back plastering — the introduction of partitions of lath and plaster between the inner and outer surfaces of a stud wall in order to improve the insulating properties of the wall.
  • bacterial ghost — a bacterial cell that is emptied and filled artificially with another substance
  • bacteriological — Of or relating to bacteriology or bacteria.
  • baggage reclaim — the process of passengers' getting back the baggage that they have checked in for a flight
  • bahasa malaysia — the dialect of Malay used as the official language of Malaysia.
  • baja california — peninsula in Mexico, between the Pacific & the Gulf of California: divided into a northern state (Baja California), 27,071 sq mi (70,114 sq km), pop. 1,661,000, cap. Mexicali; and a southern state (Baja California Sur), 28,447 sq mi (73,677 sq km), pop. 318,000, cap. La Paz
  • balanced ticket — a slate of candidates chosen to appeal to a wide range of voters, especially by including members of large regional, ethnic, or religious groups.
  • balanoposthitis — An inflammation of the glans penis and the prepuce.
  • ball ammunition — live small-arms ammunition
  • ballet mistress — a woman who teaches and rehearses the dancers in a ballet company
  • ballpark figure — approximate number
  • ballpoint (pen) — a pen having, instead of a point, a small ball bearing that picks up its ink by rolling against an interior ink reservoir
  • baltic exchange — a group of companies, based in London, which engages in trading activities, esp chartering cargo vessels
  • banana republic — Small, poor countries that are politically unstable are sometimes referred to as banana republics.
  • bandpass filter — A bandpass filter is a filter designed to pass all frequencies within a band of frequencies.
  • bandstop filter — A bandstop filter is a filter designed to eliminate all frequencies within a band of frequencies.
  • bangtail muster — a roundup of cattle to be counted, each one having the hairs on its tail docked as it is counted
  • banner headline — A banner headline is a large headline in a newspaper that stretches across the front page.
  • banqueting hall — a large building or room used for feasts
  • barberry family — the plant family Berberidaceae, characterized by shrubs and herbaceous plants having very varied leaves and flowers and fruit in the form of a berry or capsule, and including the barberry, May apple, and Oregon grape.
  • barbizon school — a group of French painters of landscapes of the 1840s, including Théodore Rousseau, Daubigny, Diaz, Corot, and Millet
  • barcelona chair — an armless, padded leather chair on a steel frame shaped like a curved X: Barcelona is a trademark for this chair
  • barium chloride — a poisonous compound, BaCl2, consisting of flat white crystals that are soluble in water: it is used to treat water, metals, leather, etc.
  • barium sulphate — a white insoluble fine dense powder, used as a pigment, as a filler for paper, rubber, etc, and in barium meals. Formula: BaSO4
  • barley sandwich — a drink of beer, esp at lunch time
  • barycentrically — In a barycentric manner.
  • bat-wing sleeve — formed, shaped, etc., like the wing of a bat.
  • bateau neckline — a wide, high neckline that follows the curve of the collarbone and ends in points on the shoulder seams.
  • bathurst island — an island off the coast of N Nunavut, Canada, in the Arctic Archipelago: present south of the North Magnetic Pole nearby. 7609 sq. mi. (19,707 sq. km).
  • bathymetrically — In a bathymetric way.
  • battle of wills — A battle of wills is a situation that involves people who try to defeat each other by refusing to change their own aims or demands and hoping that their opponents will weaken first.
  • battle stations — the places to which soldiers, sailors, warships, etc. are assigned for a battle or an emergency
  • battleship gray — a subdued bluish gray.
  • be in the black — If a person or an organization is in the black, they do not owe anyone any money.
  • bear animalcule — tardigrade (def 3).
  • bedloe's island — Liberty Island
  • belgian griffon — one of a variety of the Brussels griffon having a black or reddish-brown and black coat.
  • belladonna lily — a tropical bulbous plant (Amaryllis belladonna) of the lily family, grown for its large pink, white, or red flowers and native to S Africa
  • belted sandfish — a sea bass, Serranus subligarius, inhabiting warm, shallow waters of the western Atlantic Ocean.
  • benedict arnold — Benedict, 1741–1801, American general in the Revolutionary War who became a traitor.
  • benzal chloride — a colorless, oily liquid, C 7 H 6 Cl 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of benzaldehyde, and in the manufacture of dyes.
  • benzoglyoxaline — benzimidazole.
  • bernoulli trial — one of a sequence of independent experiments each of which has the same probability of success, such as successive throws of a die, the outcome of which is described by a binomial distribution
  • bias (ply) tire — a motor vehicle tire having a foundation of plies of rubberized cords in a crisscross pattern of lines diagonal to the center line of the tread
  • biblia pauperum — any of the picture books illustrating Biblical events and usually containing a short text, used chiefly in the Middle Ages for purposes of religious instruction.
  • biblical hebrew — the Hebrew language used in the Old Testament. Abbreviation: BiblHeb.
  • bibliographical — a complete or selective list of works compiled upon some common principle, as authorship, subject, place of publication, or printer.
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