10-letter words containing a, c, b, l, e
- backsplice — a knot for finishing a rope end neatly, beginning with a crown and proceeding in a series of tucks, each strand over the first adjoining strand and under the next, the strands being split in half at each tuck.
- backtalker — One who backtalks.
- backvelder — a person who lives in a backveld
- bacteriol. — bacteriological
- balanchine — George. 1904–83, US choreographer, born in Russia
- balconette — a lightly padded bra that is designed to lift and enhance the appearance of a woman's bust
- bald-faced — barefaced (def 2).
- bale cubic — the space available in a ship's hold for the stowage of general cargo, measured in cubic feet.
- balenciaga — Cristobal (krisˈtoβal). 1895–1972, Spanish couturier
- baltic sea — a sea in N Europe, connected with the North Sea by the Skagerrak, Kattegat, and Öresund; shallow, with low salinity and small tides
- bank clerk — an employee of a bank
- bar-le-duc — Dutch Maas. a river in W Europe, flowing from NE France through E Belgium and S Netherlands into the North Sea. 575 miles (925 km) long.
- barcaroles — Plural form of barcarole.
- barcarolle — a boating song of the Venetian gondoliers.
- barleycorn — a grain of barley, or barley itself
- barmecidal — giving only the illusion of plenty; illusory: a Barmecidal banquet.
- basal cell — a cell of the basal, or deepest, layer of the epidermis
- basilectal — (linguistics) of, or relating to a basilect.
- batch file — a computer file with sequential commands to be executed when the file is read
- battle cry — A battle cry is a phrase that is used to encourage people to support a particular cause or campaign.
- beach ball — A beach ball is a large, light ball filled with air, which people play with, especially on the beach.
- beach flea — sand hopper
- beach plum — a rosaceous shrub, Prunus maritima, of coastal regions of E North America
- beachballs — Plural form of beachball.
- beatifical — Beatific.
- bell crank — a lever with two arms having a common fulcrum at their junction
- bellacoola — a member of a riverine tribe of North American Indians inhabiting an area near the central coast of British Columbia.
- belly pack — fanny pack.
- bellyaches — Informal. a pain in the abdomen or bowels.
- beneficial — Something that is beneficial helps people or improves their lives.
- biblioteca — a library.
- bimaculate — marked with two spots.
- bimetallic — consisting of two metals
- binucleate — having two nuclei
- biocellate — (of animals and plants) marked with two eyelike spots or ocelli
- biomedical — Biomedical research examines the effects of drugs and medical techniques on the biological systems of living creatures.
- birthplace — Your birthplace is the place where you were born.
- black bean — an Australian leguminous tree, Castanospermum australe, having thin smooth bark and yellow or reddish flowers: used in furniture manufacture
- black bear — the common North American bear (Ursus americanus) that lives in forests and feeds mainly on roots and berries
- black belt — A black belt is worn by someone who has reached a very high standard in a sport such as judo or karate.
- black bile — one of the four bodily humours; melancholy
- black code — any code of law that defined and especially limited the rights of former slaves after the Civil War.
- black diet — deprivation of all food and water as a punishment, often leading to death.
- black heat — heat emitted by an electric element made from low-resistance thick wire that does not glow red
- black hole — Black holes are areas in space, where gravity is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape from them. Black holes are thought to be formed by collapsed stars.
- black kite — a bird of prey, Milvus migrans, found in much of Eurasia
- black lead — to colour or rub with black lead
- black pope — the head of the Jesuit order (so called from the power he once possessed and from the black habit worn by the order).
- black sage — a shrubby Californian plant, Salvia mellifera, of the mint family, having an interrupted spike of lavender-blue or white flowers.
- black site — a secret facility used by a country's military as a prison and interrogation centre, whose existence is denied by the government