11-letter words containing b, l, a
- bal musette — a dance hall in France in which the music is provided by an accordion band.
- balance lug — a lugsail having a portion of its area forward of the mast and having a long foot, often with a boom.
- balance out — If two or more opposite things balance out or if you balance them out, they become equal in amount, value, or effect.
- balbriggans — underwear made from balbriggan fabric, for example long men's underpants
- baldacchino — baldachin
- baldcypress — any of a genus (Taxodium, esp. T. distichum) of cone-bearing trees of the baldcypress family, that grows in the swamps of the SE U.S. and normally sheds its small, pointed needles in the fall
- balefulness — The characteristic of being baleful.
- balistraria — (in a medieval fortification) an opening, usually in the form of a cross, through which a crossbow could be fired.
- ball hockey — a game similar to ice hockey, but played on foot on a hard surface without ice, using a hard plastic ball instead of a puck
- ball of wax — everything, including all details, parts, etc., relating to a particular matter: He came back from Chicago with the contract for the whole ball of wax.
- ball tearer — something exceptional in its class, for good or bad qualities
- ball-buster — an arduous, often unpleasant task.
- ball-flower — a decoration in a molding that looks like a ball held in the petals of a flower
- ballbearing — Alternative form of ball bearing.
- ballbreaker — a person, esp a woman, whose character and behaviour may be regarded as threatening a man's sense of power
- ballcarrier — an attacking player in possession of the ball
- ballesteros — Severiano (sevɛˈrjano). 1957–2011, Spanish professional golfer: won the British Open Championship (1979; 1984; 1988) and the US Masters (1980; 1983)
- ballet flat — a shoe with a very flat heel or no heel, resembling a ballet slipper worn by dancers.
- ballet shoe — a flexible, lightweight shoe designed for ballet dancing; typically made of leather or silk, and often fastened with ribbons
- balletomane — a person enthusiastic about the ballet
- ballhandler — a player particularly skilled at passing and dribbling
- ballicatter — (in Newfoundland) ice that forms along a shore from waves and spray
- balloonfish — a porcupinefish, Diodon holacanthus, inhabiting tropical and subtropical waters.
- balloonists — Plural form of balloonist.
- ballplayers — Plural form of ballplayer.
- ballyhooing — Present participle of ballyhoo.
- balmain bug — a flattish edible Australian shellfish, Ibacus peronii, similar to the Moreton Bay bug
- balmorality — an idealization of Scottish traditions and culture
- balsam pear — an Old World tropical vine, Momordica charantia, of the gourd family, having yellow flowers and orange-yellow fruit.
- baluchistan — a mountainous region of SW Asia, in SW Pakistan and SE Iran
- balustraded — Having balustrades.
- balustrades — Plural form of balustrade.
- bamboozling — Present participle of bamboozle.
- banana belt — a region with a warm climate, esp one in Canada
- banana peel — A banana peel is the same as a banana skin.
- 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.
- band leader — the leader of a group of musicians, esp those playing popular music
- banderillas — Plural form of banderilla.
- bandleaders — Plural form of bandleader.
- bandylegged — having bandy legs; bowlegged
- bandywallop — an imaginary town, far from civilization
- banefulness — The state or quality of being baneful.
- bangladeshi — Bangladeshi means belonging to or relating to Bangladesh, or to its people or culture.
- banjo clock — a clock of the early 19th century in the U.S., having a drumlike case for the dial mounted on a narrow, tapering body, with a boxlike bottom containing the pendulum and its weight.
- bankability — acceptable for processing by a bank: bankable checks and money orders.
- bankrolling — Present participle of bankroll.
- banteringly — in a bantering fashion
- baptismally — In a baptismal way; through baptism.
- barbarously — uncivilized; wild; savage; crude.