13-letter words containing b, u, i, l
- black russian — a drink made from one part coffee liqueur and two parts vodka, served over ice.
- black studies — a program of studies in black history and culture offered by a school or college, often including Afro-American history and black literature.
- blanchisseuse — a washer-woman
- bledisloe cup — a trophy competed for, usually annually, by New Zealand and Australia since 1932
- blood pudding — Blood pudding is another word for black pudding.
- bloodcurdling — terrifying; horrifying
- blow moulding — a process for moulding single-piece plastic objects in which a thermoplastic is extruded into a split mould and blown against its sides
- blue rockfish — a bluish-black rockfish, Sebastodes mystinus, inhabiting Pacific coastal waters of North America.
- blue verditer — either of two pigments, consisting usually of carbonate of copper prepared by grinding either azurite (blue verditer) or malachite (green verditer)
- blue whistler — blue norther.
- bodily injury — The bodily injury section of a liability insurance policy usually covers hospital bills for the injured parties as well as related expenses such as rehabilitation, medicines, and lost income.
- body building — the act or practice of exercising, lifting weights, etc., so as to develop the muscles of the body.
- bolt up right — a movable bar or rod that when slid into a socket fastens a door, gate, etc.
- bosman ruling — an EU ruling that allows out-of-contract footballers to leave their clubs without the clubs receiving a transfer fee
- bottled fruit — fruit preserved in glass jars
- bougainvillea — Bougainvillea is a climbing plant that has thin, red or purple flowers and grows mainly in hot countries.
- bouillabaisse — Bouillabaisse is a rich stew or soup of fish and vegetables.
- bouillon cube — A bouillon cube is a solid cube made from dried meat or vegetable juices and other flavorings. Bouillon cubes are used to add flavor to dishes such as stews and soups.
- boundary line — a line marking one of the edges of a playing area
- boutros-ghali — ˈBoutros (ˈbutroʊs ) ; bo̅oˈtrōs) 1922- ; Egypt. diplomat: secretary-general of the United Nations (1992-96)
- brilliant cut — a cut for gems
- brilliant-cut — a cut intended to enhance the brilliance of a gem with the least possible sacrifice of weight, characterized by a form resembling two pyramids set base to base, truncated so as to give a broad table and a very small culet, and having from 18 to 104 facets, 58 being typical.
- bristle brush — a brush made with animal bristles
- brittany blue — a medium greenish blue.
- broiler house — a building in which broiler chickens are reared in confined conditions
- brutalization — to make brutal.
- bufadienolide — any of a family of steroid lactones, occurring in toad venom and squill, that possess cardiac-stimulating and antitumor activity.
- buffalo chips — the dried dung of buffalo used as fuel, especially by early settlers on the western plains.
- buffalo plaid — a plaid with large blocks formed by the intersection of two different-color yarns, typically red and black.
- buffalo wings — spicy fried segments of chicken wings, usually served with celery sticks and a sauce of blue cheese
- buffing wheel — a wheel covered with a soft material, such as lamb's wool or leather, used for shining and polishing
- build bridges — to promote reconciliation or cooperation between hostile groups or people
- building land — land on which construction can take place
- building line — the boundary line along a street beyond which buildings must not project
- building plot — a piece of land on which a house can be built
- building site — A building site is an area of land on which a building or a group of buildings is in the process of being built or altered.
- built-up mast — a wooden mast formed of several shaped, longitudinal pieces joined together.
- built-up roof — a usually flat or slightly sloped roof that is covered with a special material applied in sealed, waterproof layers.
- bulk settling — Bulk settling is a process in which two liquids, or a solid and a liquid, of different densities are allowed to separate by gravity.
- bullhead rail — a rail having a cross section with a bulbous top and bottom, the top being larger
- bully-ragging — to bully; harass: to bullyrag fraternity plebs.
- bumblebeefish — any of several gobies of the genus Brachygobius, inhabiting waters of the Malay Archipelago and having brown and yellow bands on the body that resemble the markings of a bumblebee.
- bundle of his — atrioventricular bundle.
- burglariously — in the manner of a burglar or buglary
- burial ground — A burial ground is a place where bodies are buried, especially an ancient place.
- burning glass — a convex lens for concentrating the sun's rays into a small area to produce heat or fire
- burrowing owl — a ground owl (Athene cunicularia) of the prairie regions of North and South America having long legs and a small head: it makes its nest in abandoned burrows
- busheled iron — heterogeneous iron made from scrap iron and steel.
- business plan — A business plan is a detailed plan for setting up or developing a business, especially one that is written in order to borrow money.
- bustard quail — button quail.