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11-letter words containing l, a, s

  • battle star — a small star worn on a campaign ribbon, awarded to a member of the armed forces for participation in a particular battle or campaign
  • battledores — Plural form of battledore.
  • battledress — the ordinary uniform of a soldier, consisting of tunic and trousers
  • battlements — The battlements of a castle or fortress consist of a wall built round the top, with gaps through which guns or arrows can be fired.
  • battleships — Plural form of battleship.
  • battlespace — the area of air, sea, and land that is directly involved in war, often taken to include any technological, environmental, infrastructural, or temporal factors which may be relevant to the success of a mission
  • battologist — wearisome repetition of words in speaking or writing.
  • 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
  • bay scallop — a small scallop, Pecten irradians, inhabiting shallow waters and mud flats from southeastern Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, especially eastern Long Island Sound.
  • be all ears — to be listening attentively or eagerly
  • beastiality — Misspelling of bestiality.
  • beastliness — of or like a beast; bestial.
  • beauteously — In a beauteous manner.
  • beilan pass — a mountain pass in SE Turkey near Syria. 2395 feet (730 meters).
  • belarussian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Belarus, its people, or their language
  • belatedness — coming or being after the customary, useful, or expected time: belated birthday greetings.
  • bell-shaped — shaped like a bell
  • belorussian — of Belarus or its people, language, or culture
  • belowstairs — (formerly) at or in the basement of a large house, considered as the place where the servants live and work
  • belt sander — a sander that uses an endless abrasive belt driven by an electric motor.
  • bengal rose — China rose (def 1).
  • bengal-rose — Also called Bengal rose. a rose, Rosa chinensis, of China, having slightly fragrant crimson, pink, or white flowers.
  • bersagliere — a member of a rifle regiment in the Italian Army
  • best of all — You use best of all to indicate that what you are about to mention is the thing that you prefer or that has most advantages out of all the things you have mentioned.
  • bestridable — capable of being bestridden
  • 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
  • bible class — a class, typically one meeting weekly, for Bible study
  • biblioclasm — a person who mutilates or destroys books.
  • biblioclast — One who destroys books, especially the Bible.
  • bicephalous — having two heads
  • bimetallism — the use of two metals, esp gold and silver, in fixed relative values as the standard of value and currency
  • bimetallist — the use of two metals, ordinarily gold and silver, at a fixed relative value, as the monetary standard.
  • biocatalyst — a chemical, esp an enzyme, that initiates or increases the rate of a biochemical reaction
  • biophysical — the branch of biology that applies the methods of physics to the study of biological structures and processes.
  • biosocially — from a biosocial point of view
  • bisectional — relating to division into two equal parts
  • bisexuality — Biology. of both sexes. combining male and female organs in one individual; hermaphroditic.
  • black angus — Aberdeen Angus
  • black frost — a frost without snow or rime that is severe enough to blacken vegetation
  • black goods — electronic goods which are housed in black or dark casings, such as televisions, CD players, etc
  • black hills — a group of mountains in W South Dakota and NE Wyoming: famous for the gigantic sculptures of US presidents on the side of Mount Rushmore. Highest peak: Harney Peak, 2207 m (7242 ft)
  • black house — a type of thatched house, usually made of turf, formerly found in the highlands and islands of Scotland
  • black shank — a disease of tobacco, characterized by wilting and by decayed, blackened roots and stems, caused by a fungus, Phytophthora parasitica nicotianae.
  • black sheep — If you describe someone as the black sheep of their family or of a group that they are a member of, you mean that they are considered bad or worthless by other people in that family or group.
  • black shirt — a member of any fascist organization (specif., the former Italian Fascist party) with a black-shirted uniform
  • black stump — a long way off
  • blacklister — someone who blacklists
  • bladdernose — hooded seal
  • blady grass — a coarse leafy Australasian grass, Imperata cylindrica
  • blank shell — a shotgun shell containing powder but no shot.
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