10-letter words containing a, m, e, l
- biomedical — Biomedical research examines the effects of drugs and medical techniques on the biological systems of living creatures.
- bipedalism — the condition or state of having two feet
- black stem — a disease of plants, characterized by blackened stems and defoliation, caused by any of several fungi, as Ascochyta imperfecta or Mycosphaerella lethalis.
- blamestorm — (of colleagues in a business, government, etc) to meet in order to apportion blame for an error or failure
- blancmange — Blancmange is a cold dessert that is made from milk, sugar, cornflour or corn starch, and flavouring, and looks rather like jelly.
- blasphemer — to speak impiously or irreverently of (God or sacred things).
- blasphemes — to speak impiously or irreverently of (God or sacred things).
- blastoderm — the layer of cells that surrounds the blastocoel of a blastula
- blastomere — any of the cells formed by cleavage of a fertilized egg
- blepharism — spasm of the eyelids, causing rapid involuntary blinking
- blogstream — the publication on the internet of content from weblogs rather than from mainstream media sources
- blood meal — the dried blood of animals used as a fertilizer, diet supplement for livestock, or deer repellent.
- blue grama — any grass of the genus Bouteloua, of South America and western North America, as B. gracilis (blue grama)
- bohmerwald — German name of Bohemian Forest.
- bomb lance — a harpoon fitted with an explosive head.
- bread mold — any of an order (Mucorales, esp. Rhizopus nigricans) of fungi often found on decaying vegetable matter or bread
- burlingame — Anson [an-suh n] /ˈæn sən/ (Show IPA), 1820–70, U.S. diplomat.
- cablegrams — Plural form of cablegram.
- 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
- cajolement — The act of cajoling or the state of being cajoled.
- calamander — the hard black-and-brown striped wood of several trees of the genus Diospyros, esp D. quaesita of India and Sri Lanka, used in making furniture: family Ebenaceae
- calamities — a great misfortune or disaster, as a flood or serious injury.
- calceiform — shaped like a shoe or slipper
- calcimined — Simple past tense and past participle of calcimine.
- calciminer — A person who calcimines.
- calcimines — Plural form of calcimine.
- call money — money loaned by banks and recallable on demand
- call names — to speak of or to in an abusive manner
- calumniate — to slander
- camberwell — a former residential borough of Greater London, England, now part of Southwark.
- camel case — the convention of writing compound words or phrases with no spaces and an initial lowercase or uppercase letter, with each remaining word element beginning with an uppercase letter: iPod and WikiAnswers are both spelled in camel case.
- camel hair — the hair of the camel, used especially for cloth, painters' brushes, and Oriental rugs.
- camel spin — camel (def 3).
- camel-hair — A camel-hair coat is made of a kind of soft, thick woollen cloth, usually creamy-brown in colour.
- camelopard — giraffe
- camelshair — (attributive) The hair of a camel, used for paintbrushes etc.
- cameltoe's — the outline of a vulva as sometimes seen when a woman is wearing tight pants.
- cameralism — any of the mercantilist economists or public servants in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries who held that the economic power of a nation can be enhanced by increasing its monetary wealth, as by the accumulation of bullion.
- cameralist — any of the mercantilist economists or public servants in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries who held that the economic power of a nation can be enhanced by increasing its monetary wealth, as by the accumulation of bullion.
- camerlengo — a cardinal who acts as the pope's financial secretary and the papal treasurer
- camouflage — Camouflage consists of things such as leaves, branches, or brown and green paint, which are used to make it difficult for an enemy to see military forces and equipment.
- camoufleur — a person who camouflages military equipment
- campanella — Tommaso. 1568–1639, Italian philosopher and Dominican friar. During his imprisonment by the Spaniards (1599–1626) he wrote his celebrated utopian fantasy, La città del sole
- campaniles — Plural form of campanile.
- campestral — of or relating to open fields or country
- campobello — an island in the Bay of Fundy, off the coast of SE Canada: part of New Brunswick province. Pop: 1195 (2001). Area: about 52 sq km (20 sq miles)
- candlebeam — a medieval chandelier formed of crossed timbers.
- capitellum — an enlarged knoblike structure at the end of a bone that forms an articulation with another bone; capitulum
- caramelise — (cooking) To convert sugar into caramel.
- caramelize — If sugar caramelizes, it turns to caramel as a result of being heated.