12-letter words containing ll
- ball control — the skill of controlling the ball in a game such as football or tennis
- ball of fire — a very lively person
- ball turning — the turning of arms or legs on furniture to make them resemble a continuous row of balls.
- ball-breaker — an arduous, often unpleasant task.
- ball-carrier — the offensive player having the ball and attempting to gain ground.
- ballad metre — the metre of a ballad stanza
- ballad opera — an opera consisting of popular tunes to which appropriate words have been set, interspersed with spoken dialogue
- balladmonger — (formerly) a seller of ballads, esp on broadsheets
- ballanwrasse — a slow-growing fish (Labrus bergylta) found in rocky waters
- ballast line — the level to which a vessel is immersed when in ballast.
- ballet blanc — a ballet in which the ballerinas' skirts are white.
- ballet skirt — a full skirt, often made with several layers of fabric, typical of those worn by ballet dancers
- ballet suite — music written for a ballet but suitable or arranged for performance in an orchestral concert.
- balletically — in a balletic fashion; gracefully
- balletomanes — Plural form of balletomane.
- balletomania — passionate enthusiasm for ballet
- ballhandling — skill in handling the ball
- balloon loan — a loan in respect of which interest and capital are paid off in instalments at irregular intervals
- balloon sail — a large light bellying sail used in light winds
- balloon seat — (on some 18th-century chairs) a seat having an outline resembling that of a bell.
- balloon tire — a wide, deep-walled pneumatic tire with relatively low air pressure to lessen the shock of bumps
- balloon tyre — a pneumatic tyre containing air at a relatively low pressure and having a wide tread
- balloon vine — a tropical tendril-climbing sapindaceous plant, Cardiospermum halicacabum, cultivated for its ornamental balloon-like seed capsules
- ballot paper — A ballot paper is a piece of paper on which you indicate your choice or opinion in an election or ballot.
- ballottement — a technique of feeling for a movable object in the body, esp confirmation of pregnancy by feeling the rebound of the fetus following a quick digital tap on the wall of the uterus
- banderillero — a bullfighter's assistant who sticks banderillas into the bull
- bank swallow — a swallow, Riparia riparia, of the Northern Hemisphere, that nests in tunnels dug in sand or clay banks.
- barbarically — without civilizing influences; uncivilized; primitive: barbaric invaders.
- barn swallow — the US and Canadian name for the common swallow, Hirundo rustica
- barranquilla — a port in N Colombia, on the Magdalena River. Pop: 1 918 000 (2005 est)
- bartlesville — a city in NE Oklahoma.
- base bullion — smelted lead containing impurities, as gold, silver, or zinc, that are later removed.
- baseball cap — A baseball cap is a close-fitting cap with a curved part at the front that sticks out above your eyes.
- basketballer — (informal) A basketball player; a person who plays basketball.
- basse-taille — of or relating to an enameling technique in which transparent enamels are fused over a background carved in low relief, or to a piece, as of jewelry, so enameled.
- bastille day — (in France) an annual holiday on July 14, commemorating the fall of the Bastille
- bathetically — in a bathetic fashion
- be on a roll — to have a series of successes; go from success to success
- bearing wall — any of the walls supporting a floor or the roof of a building.
- beatifically — bestowing bliss, blessings, happiness, or the like: beatific peace.
- beautifuller — (obsolete) Comparative form of beautiful.
- beaver falls — a city in W Pennsylvania.
- behaviorally — manner of behaving or acting.
- bell bottoms — Also, bell-bottomed. (of trousers) wide and flaring at the bottoms of the legs.
- bell captain — a person in charge of a group of bellhops
- bell gardens — a town in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- bell heather — an ericaceous shrub, Erica cinerea
- bell housing — A bell housing is a bell-shaped extension of an engine crankcase, that contains the flywheel and the clutch.
- bell the cat — to undertake a very dangerous mission
- bell's palsy — a usually temporary paralysis of the muscles of the face, normally on one side