10-letter words containing a, c, l, i
- bionically — utilizing electronic devices and mechanical parts to assist humans in performing difficult, dangerous, or intricate tasks, as by supplementing or duplicating parts of the body: The scientist used a bionic arm to examine the radioactive material.
- bioplastic — plastic suitable for use as a biomaterial.
- biotically — from a biotic point of view
- birthplace — Your birthplace is the place where you were born.
- bitch-slap — to strike (someone) with one's open hand
- black bile — one of the four bodily humours; melancholy
- black diet — deprivation of all food and water as a punishment, often leading to death.
- black disc — a conventional black vinyl gramophone record as opposed to a compact disc
- black iris — a painting (1926) by Georgia O'Keeffe.
- black kite — a bird of prey, Milvus migrans, found in much of Eurasia
- black list — a list of persons under suspicion, disfavor, censure, etc.: His record as an anarchist put him on the government's blacklist.
- black ring — a disease of grasses, characterized by black rings surrounding the stems and blighted seeds, caused by a fungus, Balansia strangulans.
- 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 taxi — a minibus used to transport workers from the townships to the city centres
- black titi — See under titi2 .
- blackshirt — (in Europe) a member of a fascist organization, esp a member of the Italian Fascist party before and during World War II
- blacksmith — A blacksmith is a person whose job is making things by hand out of metal that has been heated to a high temperature.
- blanc fixe — barium sulfate
- blastodisc — the blastula that forms as a flattened sphere on top of the yolk in the yolk-laden eggs of birds and reptiles.
- boucicault — Dion (ˈdaɪɒn), real name Dionysius Lardner Boursiquot. 1822–90, Irish dramatist and actor. His plays include London Assurance (1841), The Octoroon (1859), and The Shaughran (1874)
- box social — a fund-raising event at which donated box meals are auctioned
- bradytelic — of or relating to evolution at a rate slower than the standard for a given group of plants or animals.
- brain cell — a nerve cell that is situated in the brain
- brainchild — Someone's brainchild is an idea or invention that they have thought up or created.
- brick wall — a wall made out of brick
- bricklayer — A bricklayer is a person whose job is to build walls using bricks.
- brilliance — great brightness; radiance
- brilliancy — an instance of brilliance: the brilliancies of Congreve's wit.
- brix scale — a scale for calibrating hydrometers used for measuring the concentration and density of sugar solutions at a given temperature
- bull chain — a chain for dragging logs to a sawmill.
- cabalistic — of or relating to the cabala.
- cable-knit — knitted using the cable stitch
- cable-laid — (of a rope) made of three plain-laid ropes twisted together in a left-handed direction
- cabriolets — Plural form of cabriolet.
- cache line — (storage) (Or cache block) The smallest unit of memory than can be transferred between the main memory and the cache. Rather than reading a single word or byte from main memory at a time, each cache entry is usually holds a certain number of words, known as a "cache line" or "cache block" and a whole line is read and cached at once. This takes advantage of the principle of locality of reference: if one location is read then nearby locations (particularly following locations) are likely to be read soon afterward. It can also take advantage of page-mode DRAM which allows faster access to consecutive locations.
- cacomistle — a catlike omnivorous mammal, Bassariscus astutus, of S North America, related to but smaller than the raccoons: family Procyonidae, order Carnivora (carnivores). It has yellowish-grey fur and a long bushy tail banded in black and white
- caddicefly — caddisfly.
- caddis fly — any of an order (Trichoptera) of small, mothlike insects with a soft body, long antennae and legs, and two pairs of hairy, membranous wings
- caecilians — Plural form of caecilian.
- caerphilly — a market town in SE Wales, in Caerphilly county borough: site of the largest castle in Wales (13th–14th centuries). Pop: 31 060 (2001)
- cagliostro — Count Alessandro di (alesˈsandro di), original name Giuseppe Balsamo. 1743–95, Italian adventurer and magician, who was imprisoned for life by the Inquisition for his association with freemasonry
- cajolingly — In a cajoling manner.
- calamities — a great misfortune or disaster, as a flood or serious injury.
- calamitous — If you describe an event or situation as calamitous, you mean it is very unfortunate or serious.
- calamondin — a small citrus tree, Citrus mitis, of the Philippines
- calaverite — a metallic pale yellow mineral consisting of a telluride of gold in the form of elongated striated crystals. It is a source of gold in Australia and North America. Formula: AuTe2
- calcedonio — a type of Venetian opaque glassware, with veins of colour, intended to imitate chalcedony
- calceiform — shaped like a shoe or slipper
- calciferol — a fat-soluble steroid, found esp in fish-liver oils, produced by the action of ultraviolet radiation on ergosterol. It increases the absorption of calcium from the intestine and is used in the treatment of rickets. Formula: C28H43OH
- calcifuges — Plural form of calcifuge.