10-letter words containing a, b, e, c
- alice band — an ornamental band worn across the front of the hair to hold it back from the face
- alice blue — a pale grayish-blue color.
- alphabetic — in the order of the letters of the alphabet: alphabetical arrangement.
- amberjacks — Plural form of amberjack.
- amboceptor — an immune body formed in the blood during infection or immunization that serves to link the complement to the antigen
- ambulances — Plural form of ambulance.
- ambuscaded — Simple past tense and past participle of ambuscade.
- ambuscader — a person waiting in ambush; an ambusher
- ambuscades — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ambuscade.
- amebocytes — Plural form of amebocyte, an alternative spelling of amoebocyte.
- ametabolic — (of certain insects) having no obvious metamorphosis
- amoebocyte — any cell having properties similar to an amoeba, such as shape, mobility, and ability to engulf particles
- anchor bed — a sloping, slightly projecting platform on the forecastle of a ship, for supporting an anchor when not in use.
- answerback — a reply or answering message from a computer or other electronic device, as by means of teletypewriter or simulated voice.
- applicable — Something that is applicable to a particular situation is relevant to it or can be applied to it.
- arch brace — a curved brace, especially one of a pair used to give the effect of an arch in a roof frame.
- ascendable — having the ability to be ascended
- ascendible — Capable of being ascended; climbable.
- ascerbated — Simple past tense and past participle of ascerbate.
- ascorbates — Plural form of ascorbate.
- ascribable — to credit or assign, as to a cause or source; attribute; impute: The alphabet is usually ascribed to the Phoenicians.
- aspectable — having the ability to be seen
- associable — that can be associated or connected in the mind
- attachable — to fasten or affix; join; connect: to attach a photograph to an application with a staple.
- attackable — Which may be attacked.
- attic base — (in classical architecture) a base for a column, consisting of an upper and a lower torus separated by a scotia between two fillets.
- avouchable — able to be avouched
- b particle — B meson.
- baby-faced — having a smooth round face like a baby's
- bacchantes — Plural form of bacchant.
- bachelor's — a person who has been awarded a bachelor's degree.
- bacillemia — the presence of bacilli in the blood.
- back alley — dirty, unprepossessing, sordid, or clandestine: back-alley morals; back-alley political schemes.
- back bench — any of the rows of seats occupied by the backbenchers.
- back cover — the back part of the cover of a book or magazine
- back green — grass or a garden at the back of a house, esp a tenement
- back issue — A back issue of a magazine or newspaper is one that was published some time ago and is not the most recent.
- back judge — an official who makes rulings regarding pass receptions, field goals, etc.
- back order — an order to be filled when stock is renewed
- back quote — (character) "`" ASCII code 96. Common names: left quote; left single quote; open quote; ITU-T: grave accent; grave. Rare: backprime; INTERCAL: backspark; unapostrophe; birk; blugle; back tick; back glitch; push; ITU-T: opening single quotation mark; quasiquote. Back quote is used in Unix shells to invoke command substitution.
- back river — a river in N Canada, flowing northeast through Nunavut to the Arctic Ocean. Length: about 966 km (600 miles)
- back score — a line at each end of the rink parallel to and equidistant from the foot score and the sweeping score.
- back vowel — a vowel whose sound is produced in the back of the mouth or the throat
- back water — to reverse the direction of a boat, esp to push the oars of a rowing boat to slow it down or stop it
- back-alley — Back-alley activities are carried out unofficially, secretly, and often illegally.
- back-check — to skate back toward one's defensive zone obstructing or impeding the movement or progress of one or more opponents on attack. Compare check1 (def 15), fore-check.
- back-dated — If a purchase order or invoice is back-dated, it is given a date that is some time before the date it was actually prepared.
- back-order — to treat as a back order: We have to back-order your sofa until the new fabric arrives.
- back-pedal — If you back-pedal, you express a different or less forceful opinion about something from the one you have previously expressed.
- backbiters — Plural form of backbiter.