10-letter words containing ll
- belly-like — resembling a belly
- belly-slam — belly-flop.
- belly-wash — any barely drinkable liquid or beverage, as inferior soda, beer, coffee, or soup.
- bellyaches — Informal. a pain in the abdomen or bowels.
- bellyboard — a small surfboard, usually 3–4 feet (0.9–1.2 meters) long, for riding waves on one's belly, sometimes used in conjunction with swim fins.
- beltsville — a town in central Maryland, near Washington, D.C.
- bemedalled — wearing or adorned with many medals: a bemedaled general; wearing a bemedaled military blouse.
- bestseller — A bestseller is a book of which a great number of copies has been sold.
- biannually — occurring twice a year; semiannual.
- biblically — of or in the Bible: a Biblical name.
- bidonville — a shanty town
- biennially — happening every two years: biennial games.
- bierkeller — a public house decorated in German style, selling German beers
- bifacially — from a bifacial point of view
- bilge well — bilge (def 1c).
- bilge-well — Nautical. either of the rounded areas that form the transition between the bottom and the sides on the exterior of a hull. Also, bilges. (in a hull with a double bottom) an enclosed area between frames at each side of the floors, where seepage collects. Also called bilge well. a well into which seepage drains to be pumped away. Also called bilge water. seepage accumulated in bilges.
- bill gates — (person) William Henry Gates III, Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft, which he co-founded in 1975 with Paul Allen. In 1994 Gates is a billionaire, worth $9.35b and Microsoft is worth about $27b. He was a computer nerd who dropped out of Harvard and one of the first programmers to oppose software piracy ("Open Letter to Hobbyists," Computer Notes, February 3, 1976).
- billbergia — any bromeliad of the tropical American genus Billbergia, having stiff leaves and flowers with showy, variously colored bracts.
- billethead — a carved ornamental scroll or volute terminating a stem or cutwater at its upper end in place of a figurehead.
- billfolder — billfold.
- billposter — a person who is employed to stick advertising posters to walls, fences, etc
- billy budd — a novella (1924) by Herman Melville.
- billy club — billy (def 1).
- billy goat — A billy goat is a male goat.
- billy-club — billy (def 1).
- bimetallic — consisting of two metals
- bingo hall — a building owned by a commercial company in which bingo is played by large numbers of people
- biocellate — (of animals and plants) marked with two eyelike spots or ocelli
- biofuelled — running on biofuel
- bionically — utilizing electronic devices and mechanical parts to assist humans in performing difficult, dangerous, or intricate tasks, as by supplementing or duplicating parts of the body: The scientist used a bionic arm to examine the radioactive material.
- biotically — from a biotic point of view
- birth pill — a pill which prevents a woman from conceiving
- blackfella — an Aborigine or Black person
- blainville — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Montreal.
- blank wall — an impassable barricade or obstacle; a situation in which further progress is impossible: Attempts to get information by questioning the neighbors ran into a blank wall.
- blanquillo — any of several game fishes of the genus Caulolatilus, related to the tilefishes.
- blast cell — any undifferentiated or immature cell.
- blissfully — full of, abounding in, enjoying, or conferring bliss.
- blood cell — any of the cells that circulate in the blood
- boastfully — given to or characterized by boasting.
- boat drill — practice in launching the lifeboats and taking off the passengers and crew of a ship
- bollandist — any of the editors of the Acta Sanctorum.
- bollocking — a severe telling-off; dressing-down
- bonneville — Lake, a prehistoric lake in Utah, E Nevada, and S Idaho: Great Salt Lake is its remnant. 350 miles (564 km) long.
- bonus ball — (in the National Lottery draw) a ball randomly selected after the first six balls, containing a number which influences the amount of prize money paid
- bookseller — A bookseller is a person who sells books.
- booty call — a meeting arranged for the purpose of having sex
- boswellize — to write an account of in the detailed manner of Boswell.
- botticelli — Sandro (ˈsandro), original name Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi. 1444–1510, Italian (Florentine) painter, illustrator, and engraver, noted for the graceful outlines and delicate details of his mythological and religious paintings
- bouillotte — a French card game similar to poker