11-letter words containing a, b, u, l
- balmain bug — a flattish edible Australian shellfish, Ibacus peronii, similar to the Moreton Bay bug
- baluchistan — a mountainous region of SW Asia, in SW Pakistan and SE Iran
- balustraded — Having balustrades.
- balustrades — Plural form of balustrade.
- banana plug — a small single-conductor electrical plug having a curved metal spring along its shank forming a clip to hold it in its socket
- banana slug — a large, bright yellow, slimy, shell-less mollusk, Ariolimax columbianus, of the northwestern forests of North America: the second largest slug in the world.
- banefulness — The state or quality of being baneful.
- barbarously — uncivilized; wild; savage; crude.
- bareknuckle — (of a prizefight, prizefighter, etc.) without boxing gloves; using the bare fists.
- barfulation — /bar`fyoo-lay'sh*n/ Variation of barf used around the Stanford area. An exclamation, expressing disgust. On seeing some particularly bad code one might exclaim, "Barfulation! Who wrote this, Quux?"
- barium meal — a preparation of barium sulphate, which is opaque to X-rays, swallowed by a patient before X-ray examination of the upper part of the alimentary canal
- barrel cuff — a single cuff on a tailored sleeve, formed by a band of material and usually fastened by a button.
- barrelhouse — a cheap and disreputable drinking establishment
- base clause — the initial element of a recursive definition, that defines the first element of the infinite sequence generated thereby
- bashfulness — The quality or property of being bashful; shyness; reserve; timidity.
- baudrillard — Jean. 1929–2007, French sociologist and theorist of postmodernism; his books include Seduction (1979), America (1986), and The Spirit of Terrorism (2002)
- baume scale — a scale for calibrating hydrometers used for measuring the specific gravity of liquids. 1 degree Baumé is equal to 144.3((s–1)/s), where s is specific gravity
- be laughing — to be in a favourable situation
- beau dollar — a silver dollar.
- beauteously — In a beauteous manner.
- beautifuler — Obsolete spelling of beautifuller.
- beautifully — in a beautiful manner
- bedaux-plan — a system of payment for work on the basis of the number of points of work done in a given amount of time, each point representing one minute of work on a given job at a normal rate of speed.
- behavioural — Behavioural means relating to the behaviour of a person or animal, or to the study of their behaviour.
- belarussian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Belarus, its people, or their language
- beleaguered — experiencing difficulties, opposition or criticism
- belly laugh — A belly laugh is a very loud, deep laugh.
- belorussian — of Belarus or its people, language, or culture
- betulaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Betulaceae, a family of mostly N temperate catkin-bearing trees and shrubs such as birch and alder, some species of which reach the northern limits of tree growth
- biauricular — having two auricles.
- bicephalous — having two heads
- big-leaguer — Sports. a player in a major league.
- bimolecular — (of a chemical complex, collision, etc) having or involving two molecules
- binocularly — relating to the use of two eyes at once
- binucleated — having two nuclei
- biquarterly — occurring twice every three months
- bisexuality — Biology. of both sexes. combining male and female organs in one individual; hermaphroditic.
- black angus — Aberdeen Angus
- black cumin — a Eurasian herb, Nigella sativa, having pungent aromatic seeds used as a spice, but unrelated to cumin.
- black house — a type of thatched house, usually made of turf, formerly found in the highlands and islands of Scotland
- black humor — a form of humor that regards human suffering as absurd rather than pitiable, or that considers human existence as ironic and pointless but somehow comic.
- black stump — a long way off
- blacktongue — canine pellagra.
- blasphemous — You can describe someone who shows disrespect for God or a religion as blasphemous. You can also describe what they are saying or doing as blasphemous.
- bleak house — a novel (1852) by Charles Dickens.
- blood sugar — the glucose concentration in the blood: the normal fasting value is between 3.9 and 5.6 mmol/l
- blow a fuse — If you blow a fuse, you suddenly become very angry and are unable to stay calm.
- blubberhead — a stupid, inept person; blockhead.
- blue collar — of or relating to wage-earning workers who wear work clothes or other specialized clothing on the job, as mechanics, longshoremen, and miners. Compare white-collar.
- blue island — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.