10-letter words containing a, b, s
- blacksnake — any of several Old World black venomous elapid snakes, esp Pseudechis porphyriacus (Australian blacksnake)
- 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
- blackstrap — a kind of port wine
- blade slap — the regular noise beat generated by the rotor blades of a helicopter
- blamestorm — (of colleagues in a business, government, etc) to meet in order to apportion blame for an error or failure
- blandisher — someone who blandishes
- blasphemer — to speak impiously or irreverently of (God or sacred things).
- blasphemes — to speak impiously or irreverently of (God or sacred things).
- blast away — If a gun, or a person firing a gun, blasts away, the gun is fired continuously for a period of time.
- blast cell — any undifferentiated or immature cell.
- blast lamp — a torch or lamp, as a blowtorch or a lamp for lampworking, in which the flame is fed by an air or oxygen blast.
- 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
- blastocyst — the blastula of mammals: a sphere of cells (trophoblast) enclosing an inner mass of cells and a fluid-filled cavity (blastocoel)
- blastoderm — the layer of cells that surrounds the blastocoel of a blastula
- blastodisc — the blastula that forms as a flattened sphere on top of the yolk in the yolk-laden eggs of birds and reptiles.
- blastodisk — germinal disk
- 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
- blazonings — heraldic adornments
- blepharism — spasm of the eyelids, causing rapid involuntary blinking
- block mast — a short mast from the head of which a lateen yard is suspended.
- blogstream — the publication on the internet of content from weblogs rather than from mainstream media sources
- bloodstain — A bloodstain is a mark on a surface caused by blood.
- blue daisy — a bushy, composite shrub, Felicia amelloides, of southern Africa, having solitary, daisylike flowers with yellow disks and blue rays, grown as an ornamental.
- blue flags — any North American plant of the genus Iris, especially I. versicolor : the state flower of Tennessee.
- blue flash — green flash.
- blue jeans — Blue jeans are the same as jeans.
- blue shark — a shark of the species Prionace glauca, found in temperate and tropical waters
- 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.
- blues band — a band that plays the blues
- bnr pascal — ["Remote Rendezvous", N. Gammage et al, Soft Prac & Exp 17(10):741-755 (Oct 1987)].
- board side — the broad side of a piece of lumber.
- boastfully — given to or characterized by boasting.
- boat shoes — shoes for wearing on board boats, often laced moccasins
- bode's law — an empirical rule relating the distances of the planets from the sun, based on the numerical sequence 0, 3, 6, 12, 24,…. Adding 4 to each number and dividing by 10 gives the sequence 0.4, 0.7, 1, 1.6, 2.8,…, which is a reasonable representation of distances in astronomical units for most planets if the minor planets are counted as a single entity at 2.8
- bodyshaper — an undergarment which flattens the stomach, bottom etc
- bog spavin — enlargement of the hock of a horse by accumulation in the joint, usually caused by inflammation or injury, and often resulting in lameness
- bois d'arc — Osage orange (def 1).
- boisbriand — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Montreal.
- bolan pass — a mountain pass in W central Pakistan through the Brahui Range, between Sibi and Quetta, rising to 1800 m (5900 ft)
- bollandist — any of the editors of the Acta Sanctorum.
- bomb blast — the impact caused by a bomb
- bomb scare — an alarm arising from the fear that a bomb may have been left in a place
- bomb squad — a squad or force of police officers or others trained to disarm bombs and other explosive devices.
- bona fides — Someone's bona fides are their good or sincere intentions.
- bonamiasis — a disease affecting oysters, caused by the parasite Bonamia ostreae