11-letter words containing li
- balistraria — (in a medieval fortification) an opening, usually in the form of a cross, through which a crossbow could be fired.
- ballicatter — (in Newfoundland) ice that forms along a shore from waves and spray
- balmorality — an idealization of Scottish traditions and culture
- bamboozling — Present participle of bamboozle.
- bankability — acceptable for processing by a bank: bankable checks and money orders.
- bankrolling — Present participle of bankroll.
- barbitalism — barbiturism.
- baroclinity — a common state of fluid stratification in which surfaces of constant pressure and others of constant density are not parallel but intersect.
- bath oliver — a kind of unsweetened biscuit
- batholithic — Containing or relating to batholith.
- battle line — the line along which troops are positioned for battle
- bbc english — Received Pronunciation.
- bearability — the quality of being able to be borne
- beastiality — Misspelling of bestiality.
- beastliness — of or like a beast; bestial.
- bedevilling — (British) present participle of bedevil.
- bedraggling — Present participle of bedraggle.
- behind line — the line over which the ball must be kicked to score a behind
- believingly — with belief; in a believing manner
- belize city — a port and the largest city in Belize, on the Caribbean coast: capital until 1973, when that function was transferred inland to Belmopan owing to hurricane risk. Pop: 53 000 (2005 est)
- bellicosity — inclined or eager to fight; aggressively hostile; belligerent; pugnacious.
- belligerati — intellectuals, such as writers, who advocate war or imperialism
- belligerent — A belligerent person is hostile and aggressive.
- berlin wall — a wall dividing the east and west sectors of Berlin, built in 1961 by the East German authorities to stop the flow of refugees from east to west; demolition of the wall began in 1989
- berlin wool — a fine wool yarn used for tapestry work, etc
- bersagliere — a member of a rifle regiment in the Italian Army
- berylliosis — a lung disease caused by inhaling beryllium
- biblioclasm — a person who mutilates or destroys books.
- biblioclast — One who destroys books, especially the Bible.
- bibliograph — to put in a bibliography.
- biblioklept — a person who steals books.
- bibliolater — someone who reveres the Bible
- bibliolatry — excessive devotion to or reliance on the Bible
- bibliomancy — prediction of the future by interpreting a passage chosen at random from a book, esp the Bible
- bibliomania — extreme fondness for books
- bibliopegic — relating to bookbinding as a fine art
- bibliophage — an ardent reader; a bookworm.
- bibliophile — a person who collects or is fond of books
- bibliophily — the love of books
- bibliophobe — a person who hates, fears, or distrusts books.
- bibliopolic — relating to bibliopoles
- bibliotheca — a library or collection of books
- biddability — the condition or quality of being biddable
- bifoliolate — (of compound leaves) consisting of two leaflets
- bikini line — A woman's bikini line is the edges of the area where her pubic hair grows.
- biliousness — Physiology, Pathology. pertaining to bile or to an excess secretion of bile.
- billionaire — A billionaire is an extremely rich person who has money or property worth at least a thousand million pounds or dollars.
- 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.
- bioclimatic — concerning the relations between climate and living organisms