10-letter words containing a, c, h, e
- avouchable — able to be avouched
- avouchment — The act of avouching.
- bacchantes — Plural form of bacchant.
- bachelor's — a person who has been awarded a bachelor's degree.
- back bench — any of the rows of seats occupied by the backbenchers.
- 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.
- backhanded — A backhanded compliment is a remark which seems to be an insult but could also be understood as a compliment. A backhanded compliment is also a remark which seems to be a compliment but could also be understood as an insult.
- backhander — A backhander is an amount of money that is illegally paid to someone in a position of authority in order to encourage them to do something.
- backlashed — a sudden, forceful backward movement; recoil.
- backlasher — something or someone who produces a backlash
- backlashes — Plural form of backlash.
- backsheesh — Alternative spelling of baksheesh.
- backwasher — (textiles) A machine used for washing wool after carding to remove the impurities.
- bad cheque — A bad cheque is a bank cheque that will not be paid because there is a mistake on it, or because there is not enough money in the account of the person who wrote the cheque.
- balanchine — George. 1904–83, US choreographer, born in Russia
- banda aceh — a city in N Indonesia, in N Sumatra; the capital of Aceh region; suffered badly in the Indian Ocean tsunami of December 2004. Pop: 154 767 (2000)
- bank check — A bank check is a check that you can buy from a bank in order to pay someone who is not willing to accept a personal check.
- baphometic — relating to the worship of the idol Baphomet, whom the Knights Templar were accused of worshipping during the Crusades
- batch file — a computer file with sequential commands to be executed when the file is read
- batch mode — computer processing in which commands are input from a batch file, not interactively
- batchmates — Plural form of batchmate.
- beach babe — an attractive girl seen on beaches
- beach ball — A beach ball is a large, light ball filled with air, which people play with, especially on the beach.
- beach berm — berm (def 3).
- beach crab — any of various crabs that live on beaches, as the ghost crab.
- beach face — the seaward section of a beach exposed to and shaped by the action of waves.
- beach flea — sand hopper
- beach plum — a rosaceous shrub, Prunus maritima, of coastal regions of E North America
- beach-berm — Also, berme. Fortification. a horizontal surface between the exterior slope of a rampart and the moat.
- beachballs — Plural form of beachball.
- beachfront — A beachfront house, café, shop, or hotel is situated on or by a beach.
- beachgoers — Plural form of beachgoer.
- beachheads — Plural form of beachhead.
- beachscape — a section or expanse of beach and shore scenery.
- beam reach — an act or instance of reaching: to make a reach for a gun.
- bedchamber — A bedchamber is a bedroom.
- beech mast — the edible nuts of the beech, especially when lying on the ground.
- bellyaches — Informal. a pain in the abdomen or bowels.
- bench mark — a surveyor's mark made on a permanent landmark of known position and altitude: it is used as a reference point in determining other altitudes
- bench seat — a seat for more than one person
- bench-made — (of articles made of leather, wood, etc.) individually produced and finished, as on a carpenter's bench; custom-made.
- bichromate — dichromate
- birthplace — Your birthplace is the place where you were born.
- 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.
- blackheart — an abnormal darkening of the woody stems of some plants, thought to be caused by extreme cold
- blackheath — a residential district in SE London, mainly in the boroughs of Lewisham and Greenwich: a large heath formerly notorious for highwaymen
- bon marche — a bargain.
- bone china — Bone china is a kind of thin china that contains powdered bone.
- brachydome — a dome whose face is parallel to the brachydiagonal axis in a crystal