10-letter words containing a, c, l
- 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.
- bark cloth — a papery fabric made from the fibrous inner bark of various trees, esp of the moraceous genus Ficus and the leguminous genus Brachystegia
- barleycorn — a grain of barley, or barley itself
- barmecidal — giving only the illusion of plenty; illusory: a Barmecidal banquet.
- baroclinic — of, relating to, or having the property of baroclinity.
- barophilic — (of living organisms) growing best in conditions of high atmospheric pressure
- basal cell — a cell of the basal, or deepest, layer of the epidermis
- basic salt — a salt formed by the partial neutralization of a base.
- basic slag — a furnace slag produced in steel-making, containing large amounts of calcium phosphate: used as a fertilizer
- basilectal — (linguistics) of, or relating to a basilect.
- basilicata — a region of S Italy, between the Tyrrhenian Sea and the Gulf of Taranto. Capital: Potenza. Pop: 596 821 (2003 est). Area: 9985 sq km (3855 sq miles)
- basophilic — having an affinity for basic stains.
- bat chayil — (in some congregations) a ceremony of confirmation for a girl of at least Bat Mitzvah age
- batch file — a computer file with sequential commands to be executed when the file is read
- batticaloa — a seaport in E Sri Lanka.
- 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.
- biblically — of or in the Bible: a Biblical name.
- biblioteca — a library.
- bicapsular — (of plants) having two capsules or one capsule with two chambers
- bicorporal — having two bodies, main divisions, symbols, etc.
- bicultural — having two cultures
- bifacially — from a bifacial point of view
- bilocation — the existence of something in two places at the same time
- bimaculate — marked with two spots.
- bimetallic — consisting of two metals
- binoculars — Binoculars consist of two small telescopes joined together side by side, which you look through in order to look at things that are a long way away.
- binucleate — having two nuclei
- biocellate — (of animals and plants) marked with two eyelike spots or ocelli
- bioclastic — (of deposits, esp limestones) derived from shell fragments or similar organic remains
- biological — Biological is used to describe processes and states that occur in the bodies and cells of living things.
- biomedical — Biomedical research examines the effects of drugs and medical techniques on the biological systems of living creatures.
- 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 bass — any of several predatory North American percoid freshwater game fishes of the genus Micropterus: family Centrarchidae (sunfishes, etc)