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10-letter words containing a, b, l, e, s, t

  • black site — a secret facility used by a country's military as a prison and interrogation centre, whose existence is denied by the government
  • black stem — a disease of plants, characterized by blackened stems and defoliation, caused by any of several fungi, as Ascochyta imperfecta or Mycosphaerella lethalis.
  • blackstone — Sir William. 1723–80, English jurist noted particularly for his Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765–69), which had a profound influence on jurisprudence in the US
  • blamestorm — (of colleagues in a business, government, etc) to meet in order to apportion blame for an error or failure
  • blast cell — any undifferentiated or immature cell.
  • blast wave — a violent propagating disturbance, produced by an explosion in air, that consists of an abrupt rise in pressure followed by a drop in pressure to or below atmospheric pressure.
  • blastocoel — the cavity within a blastula
  • blastoderm — the layer of cells that surrounds the blastocoel of a blastula
  • blastomere — any of the cells formed by cleavage of a fertilized egg
  • blastopore — the opening of the archenteron in the gastrula that develops into the anus of some animals
  • blogstream — the publication on the internet of content from weblogs rather than from mainstream media sources
  • blue stain — a bluish discoloration of sapwood caused by growth of fungi
  • blue state — a state of the U.S. that usually votes Democratic.
  • bluebreast — any of several birds with blue plumage around the throat
  • bluehearts — a hairy, purple-flowered perennial plant (Buchnera americana) of the figwort family, found in the S U.S.
  • box staple — a socket for holding the end of a lock bolt when the door is closed.
  • breastplow — a cultivator moved forward by a person pressing the chest against a crossbar.
  • breastrail — the upper rail of any parapet on a ship
  • breathless — If you are breathless, you have difficulty in breathing properly, for example because you have been running or because you are afraid or excited.
  • bytesexual — (jargon)   /bi:t" sek"shu-*l/ An adjective used to describe hardware, denotes willingness to compute or pass data in either big-endian or little-endian format (depending, presumably, on a mode bit somewhere). See also NUXI problem.
  • cablecasts — Plural form of cablecast.
  • cabriolets — Plural form of cabriolet.
  • calibrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of calibrate.
  • cancelbots — Plural form of cancelbot.
  • cantabiles — Plural form of cantabile.
  • catabolise — to cause (a nutrient or other substance) to undergo catabolism.
  • celebrants — Plural form of celebrant.
  • celebrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of celebrate.
  • club steak — a small steak that is cut from the short loin of beef and contains no part of the tenderloin
  • clubmaster — the manager of a gentlemen's club
  • constables — Plural form of constable.
  • customable — subject to customs
  • deathblows — Plural form of deathblow.
  • detestable — If you say that someone or something is detestable, you mean you dislike them very much.
  • detestably — In a detestable manner.
  • digestable — (obsolete, or, nonstandard) alt form digestible.
  • disputable — capable of being disputed; debatable; questionable.
  • elaborates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of elaborate.
  • epiblastic — Of, or relating to the epiblast.
  • esteemable — Worthy of esteem; estimable.
  • fastballer — (baseball) One who pitches fastballs.
  • flabergast — (archaic) Alternative form of flabbergast.
  • flash tube — a gaseous discharge tube designed to emit extremely short bursts of very intense light
  • habilities — Plural form of hability.
  • halberstamDavid, 1934–2007, U.S. writer.
  • hash table — hash coding
  • herbalists — Plural form of herbalist.
  • hospitable — receiving or treating guests or strangers warmly and generously: a hospitable family.
  • insatiable — not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased: insatiable hunger for knowledge.
  • insertable — to put or place in: to insert a key in a lock.
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