10-letter words containing a, d, e, s
- bipedalism — the condition or state of having two feet
- blade slap — the regular noise beat generated by the rotor blades of a helicopter
- blandisher — someone who blandishes
- blastoderm — the layer of cells that surrounds the blastocoel of a blastula
- blue daisy — a bushy, composite shrub, Felicia amelloides, of southern Africa, having solitary, daisylike flowers with yellow disks and blue rays, grown as an ornamental.
- blues band — a band that plays the blues
- board side — the broad side of a piece of lumber.
- bode's law — an empirical rule relating the distances of the planets from the sun, based on the numerical sequence 0, 3, 6, 12, 24,…. Adding 4 to each number and dividing by 10 gives the sequence 0.4, 0.7, 1, 1.6, 2.8,…, which is a reasonable representation of distances in astronomical units for most planets if the minor planets are counted as a single entity at 2.8
- bodyshaper — an undergarment which flattens the stomach, bottom etc
- bona fides — Someone's bona fides are their good or sincere intentions.
- bordelaise — denoting a brown sauce flavoured with red wine and sometimes mushrooms
- boundaries — something that indicates bounds or limits; a limiting or bounding line.
- bradstreet — Anne (Dudley). ?1612–72, US poet, born in England: regarded as the first significant US poet
- bradyseism — a gradual rise or fall in the earth's crust
- brake disc — a metal disc that revolves with the wheel in a disc brake
- brandished — to shake or wave, as a weapon; flourish: Brandishing his sword, he rode into battle.
- bread shop — a baker's shop
- breadstick — bread baked in a long thin crisp stick
- breadstuff — any form of bread
- bridesmaid — A bridesmaid is a woman or a girl who helps and accompanies a bride on her wedding day.
- broad seal — the official seal of a nation and its government
- broadscale — on a broad scale; extensive; spread over a wide area
- broadsheet — A broadsheet is a newspaper that is printed on large sheets of paper. Broadsheets are generally considered to be more serious than other newspapers. Compare tabloid.
- bubs grade — a baby
- buddy seat — a seat on a motorcycle or moped for the driver and a passenger sitting one behind the other.
- bundesbank — the central bank of Germany
- butt heads — an extremely stupid or inept person.
- cacodemons — Plural form of cacodemon.
- cad system — A CAD system is a computer system for designing parts or products before they are manufactured.
- cadaverous — If you describe someone as cadaverous, you mean they are extremely thin and pale.
- cake stand — a plate on a pedestal used for displaying cakes in a shop or café, or for special cakes such as wedding cakes
- calendulas — Plural form of calendula.
- camcorders — Plural form of camcorder.
- camisadoes — Plural form of camisado.
- campuswide — Throughout a campus.
- candescent — glowing or starting to glow with heat
- candidates — Plural form of candidate.
- candidness — frank; outspoken; open and sincere: a candid critic.
- candlefish — a salmonoid food fish, Thaleichthys pacificus, that occurs in the N Pacific and has oily flesh
- candlenuts — Plural form of candlenut.
- candlepins — a type of bowling game, employing a smaller ball than tenpins, in which three balls are allowed to a frame and fallen pins are not removed from the alley
- canefields — Plural form of canefield.
- cannonades — Plural form of cannonade.
- capsulated — Enclosed in a capsule.
- capsulised — Simple past tense and past participle of capsulise.
- capsulized — Simple past tense and past participle of capsulize.
- carbolised — phenolate (def 2).
- carbonised — Alternative spelling of carbonized.
- cardcastle — a tower built with playing cards
- cardphones — Plural form of cardphone.