10-letter words containing a, l, e, c, i
- backfilled — Simple past tense and past participle of backfill.
- backlisted — Simple past tense and past participle of backlist.
- backslider — A recidivist; one who backslides, especially in a religious sense; an apostate.
- backsplice — a knot for finishing a rope end neatly, beginning with a crown and proceeding in a series of tucks, each strand over the first adjoining strand and under the next, the strands being split in half at each tuck.
- bacteriol. — bacteriological
- balanchine — George. 1904–83, US choreographer, born in Russia
- bale cubic — the space available in a ship's hold for the stowage of general cargo, measured in cubic feet.
- balenciaga — Cristobal (krisˈtoβal). 1895–1972, Spanish couturier
- baltic sea — a sea in N Europe, connected with the North Sea by the Skagerrak, Kattegat, and Öresund; shallow, with low salinity and small tides
- barmecidal — giving only the illusion of plenty; illusory: a Barmecidal banquet.
- basilectal — (linguistics) of, or relating to a basilect.
- batch file — a computer file with sequential commands to be executed when the file is read
- beatifical — Beatific.
- beneficial — Something that is beneficial helps people or improves their lives.
- biblioteca — a library.
- bimaculate — marked with two spots.
- bimetallic — consisting of two metals
- binucleate — having two nuclei
- biocellate — (of animals and plants) marked with two eyelike spots or ocelli
- biomedical — Biomedical research examines the effects of drugs and medical techniques on the biological systems of living creatures.
- birthplace — Your birthplace is the place where you were born.
- 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 kite — a bird of prey, Milvus migrans, found in much of Eurasia
- black site — a secret facility used by a country's military as a prison and interrogation centre, whose existence is denied by the government
- blanc fixe — barium sulfate
- 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
- bricklayer — A bricklayer is a person whose job is to build walls using bricks.
- brilliance — great brightness; radiance
- brix scale — a scale for calibrating hydrometers used for measuring the concentration and density of sugar solutions at a given temperature
- 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.
- 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)
- calamities — a great misfortune or disaster, as a flood or serious injury.
- 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.
- calcimined — Simple past tense and past participle of calcimine.
- calciminer — A person who calcimines.
- calcimines — Plural form of calcimine.
- calcinable — able to be calcined
- calciphile — calcicole.