10-letter words containing a, c, r, i
- bichromate — dichromate
- bicornuate — Botany, Zoology. having two horns or hornlike parts.
- bicorporal — having two bodies, main divisions, symbols, etc.
- bicultural — having two cultures
- bifurcated — divided into two branches.
- bingo card — a prepaid postcard inserted in a magazine by its publisher to enable a reader to order free information about advertised products.
- 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.
- biographic — of or relating to a person's life: He's gathering biographical data for his book on Milton.
- bioorganic — pertaining to the composition and biological activity of carbon-based compounds, especially those of laboratory rather than biogenic origin (contrasted with bioinorganic).
- bioprivacy — the state of freedom from others having unauthorized access to biometric data about oneself
- bioreactor — a machine for growing organisms
- bird-watch — to identify wild birds and observe their actions and habits in their natural habitat as a recreation.
- birthplace — Your birthplace is the place where you were born.
- black iris — a painting (1926) by Georgia O'Keeffe.
- black ring — a disease of grasses, characterized by black rings surrounding the stems and blighted seeds, caused by a fungus, Balansia strangulans.
- blackshirt — (in Europe) a member of a fascist organization, esp a member of the Italian Fascist party before and during World War II
- bois d'arc — Osage orange (def 1).
- boric acid — a white soluble weakly acid crystalline solid used in the manufacture of heat-resistant glass and porcelain enamels, as a fireproofing material, and as a mild antiseptic. Formula: H3BO3
- bovaristic — an exaggerated, especially glamorized, estimate of oneself; conceit.
- brachiator — any primate which swings by its arms from one hold to the next
- brachiopod — any marine invertebrate animal of the phylum Brachiopoda, having a ciliated feeding organ (lophophore) and a shell consisting of dorsal and ventral valves
- brachyaxis — the shorter lateral axis of a monoclinic, orthorhombic, or triclinic crystal
- bracketing — a set of brackets
- 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
- brain scan — an examination of the brain, using radiological scanning techniques, used in medical diagnosis and scientific research
- brainchild — Someone's brainchild is an idea or invention that they have thought up or created.
- brake disc — a metal disc that revolves with the wheel in a disc brake
- branchiate — having gills.
- bratticing — a partition or lining, as of planks or cloth, forming an air passage in a mine.
- breadstick — bread baked in a long thin crisp stick
- brecciated — Petrology. to form as breccia.
- brick wall — a wall made out of brick
- brickearth — a clayey alluvium suitable for the making of bricks: specifically, such a deposit in southern England, yielding a fertile soil
- bricklayer — A bricklayer is a person whose job is to build walls using bricks.
- brickmaker — a person who makes bricks
- brilliance — great brightness; radiance
- brilliancy — an instance of brilliance: the brilliancies of Congreve's wit.
- bring back — Something that brings back a memory makes you think about it.
- brix scale — a scale for calibrating hydrometers used for measuring the concentration and density of sugar solutions at a given temperature
- brno chair — an armchair designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in 1930, having a cantilevered frame of chromium-plated or stainless steel composed of two interlocking parts, one forming the legs and arms and the other the seat and back frame, with the back and seat lightly upholstered and usually covered with leather.
- broadpiece — an English coin replaced by the guinea in 1663
- buccinator — a thin muscle that compresses the cheeks and holds them against the teeth during chewing, etc
- buckraking — the practice of accepting large sums of money for speaking to special interest groups.
- cabin crew — The cabin crew on an aircraft are the people whose job is to look after the passengers.
- cabineteer — (sometimes initial capital letter) a member of a governmental cabinet.
- cabriolets — Plural form of cabriolet.
- cacciatora — A style of cooking in which meat is cooked in a sauce containing mushrooms, shallots, tomatoes, white wine and herbs; chasseur.
- cacciatore — prepared with tomatoes, mushrooms, herbs, and other seasonings
- cadaverine — a toxic diamine with an unpleasant smell, produced by protein hydrolysis during putrefaction of animal tissue. Formula: NH2(CH2)5NH2