11-letter words containing l, d
- bestridable — capable of being bestridden
- bewildering — A bewildering thing or situation is very confusing and difficult to understand or to make a decision about.
- bid welcome — to receive with cordial greetings
- biddability — the condition or quality of being biddable
- bidialectal — fluent in two dialects of a language
- bilge board — a board lowered from the bilge of a sailing vessel to serve as a keel.
- billet-doux — a love letter
- billy-bread — bread baked in a billy over a camp fire
- bindlestiff — a migratory worker; hobo
- binucleated — having two nuclei
- biomodeling — the mathematical modeling of biological reactions.
- bipyramidal — relating to a symmetrical structure consisting of two pyramids
- black alder — a deciduous shrub (Ilex verticillata) of the holly family, native to E North America, with glossy leaves that turn black in the fall and bright-red berries
- black bread — a kind of very dark coarse rye bread
- black death — a deadly disease, probably bubonic plague, which devastated Europe and Asia in the 14th cent.
- black dwarf — a cold, dark dwarf star
- black goods — electronic goods which are housed in black or dark casings, such as televisions, CD players, etc
- black medic — a widespread weedy annual plant (Medicago lupulina) of the pea family, with small yellow flowers and black seed pods, sometimes grown for forage
- black widow — an American spider, Latrodectus mactans, the female of which is black with red markings, highly venomous, and commonly eats its mate
- blackballed — to vote against (a candidate, applicant, etc.).
- blackbirder — a person or vessel involved in the capture and transportation of slaves
- blackhander — a member of a Black Hand group
- bladderlike — resembling a bladder
- bladdernose — hooded seal
- bladderworm — cysticercus
- bladderwort — any aquatic plant of the genus Utricularia, some of whose leaves are modified as small bladders to trap minute aquatic animals: family Lentibulariaceae
- blady grass — a coarse leafy Australasian grass, Imperata cylindrica
- blanketweed — a type of filamentous pond algae
- bleary-eyed — with eyes blurred, as with old age or after waking
- bleed screw — A bleed screw is a type of tap or valve that helps to drain a hydraulic system, such as a brake system.
- bleed valve — a valve for running off a liquid from a tank, tube, etc, or for allowing accumulations of gas in a liquid to blow off
- bleed white — to deprive slowly of resources
- blessedness — consecrated; sacred; holy; sanctified: the Blessed Sacrament.
- bleu-de-roi — the bright enamel blue color characteristic of Sèvres ware.
- blind alley — If you describe a situation as a blind alley, you mean that progress is not possible or that the situation can have no useful results.
- blind snake — any burrowing snake of the family Typhlopidae and related families of warm and tropical regions, having very small or vestigial eyes
- blind tiger — speak-easy
- blind trust — A blind trust is a financial arrangement in which someone's investments are managed without the person knowing where the money is invested. Blind trusts are used especially by people such as members of parliament, so that they cannot be accused of using their position to make money unfairly.
- blind-sided — Sports. to tackle, hit, or attack (an opponent) from the blind side: The quarterback was blindsided and had the ball knocked out of his hand.
- blind-stamp — to emboss or impress (the cover or spine of a book) without using ink or foil.
- blindfolded — wearing a blindfold
- blindstorey — a storey without windows, such as a gallery in a Gothic church
- blizzarding — Meteorology. a storm with dry, driving snow, strong winds, and intense cold. a heavy and prolonged snowstorm covering a wide area.
- bloatedness — the state of being swollen, as with a liquid, air, or wind
- block chord — a two-handed chord played usually in the middle range of the piano with the left hand duplicating or complementing the right-hand notes.
- block trade — the purchase and sale of blocks of securities through brokers, sometimes not members of an exchange, who negotiate between buyers and sellers.
- blonde lace — a French pillow lace, originally of unbleached cream-coloured Chinese silk, later of bleached or black-dyed silk
- blood count — Your blood count is the number of red and white cells in your blood. A blood count can also refer to a medical examination which determines the number of red and white cells in your blood.
- blood donor — A blood donor is someone who gives some of their blood so that it can be used in operations.
- blood fluke — any parasitic flatworm, such as a schistosome, that lives in the blood vessels of man and other vertebrates: class Digenea