10-letter words containing a, p, e
- baphometic — relating to the worship of the idol Baphomet, whom the Knights Templar were accused of worshipping during the Crusades
- baptistery — a place, esp. a part of a church, used for baptizing
- barbershop — Barbershop is a style of singing where a small group of people, usually men, sing in close harmony and without any musical instruments accompanying them.
- bargepoles — Plural form of bargepole.
- barkeepers — Plural form of barkeeper.
- barnstaple — a town in SW England, in Devon, on the estuary of the River Taw: tourism, agriculture. Pop: 30 765 (2001)
- baroceptor — Baroreceptor.
- barpersons — Plural form of barperson.
- barysphere — centrosphere (def 2).
- base price — a price quoted as a base without including additional charges.
- base speed — a pure pinkish-grey form of the drug amphetamine with a putty-like consistency
- baseperson — (baseball, softball) A fielder (of either gender) positioned near a base.
- baseplates — Plural form of baseplate.
- basophiles — Biology. a basophilic cell, tissue, organism, or substance.
- battleship — A battleship is a very large, heavily armed warship.
- be in pain — If you are in pain, you feel pain in a part of your body, because you are injured or ill.
- be made up — to be very happy about something
- beach plum — a rosaceous shrub, Prunus maritima, of coastal regions of E North America
- beachscape — a section or expanse of beach and shore scenery.
- bead plane — a plane for cutting beads.
- bead plant — a creeping plant, Nertera granadensis, of New Zealand and South America, having leathery leaves and orange-colored, transparent berries.
- bean aphid — a small, black aphid, Aphis fabae, often found on beans and related plants.
- bean caper — a shrub, Zygophyllum fabago, of E Mediterranean regions, whose flower buds are eaten as a substitute for capers: family Zygophyllaceae
- bear's-paw — a clam of the genus Hippopus, having a ridged, white shell with purplish-red spots.
- beast epic — a long verse narrative in which the misadventures of animals satirize human foibles and follies.
- beat up on — If someone beats up on a person or beats on them, they hit or kick the person many times.
- beating-up — a physical assault
- bedspreads — Plural form of bedspread.
- beg-pardon — an expression of apology (used especially in the phrase with no beg-pardons).
- belly pack — fanny pack.
- bespangled — covered or adorned with or as if with spangles or jewels
- betel palm — a tropical Asian feather palm, Areca catechu, with scarlet or orange fruits
- beth-phage — a place in ancient Israel, at the foot of the Mount of Olives: starting point of Jesus' ride into Jerusalem. Matt. 21:1; Mark 11:1; Luke 19:29.
- betty lamp — an Early American lamp, consisting of a shallow, covered basin filled with oil, tallow, etc., providing fuel for a wick housed in a teapotlike spout, and often hung by a hook or suspended from a chain.
- biographee — a person whose biography has been written
- biographer — Someone's biographer is a person who writes an account of their life.
- biotherapy — the treatment of disease by means of substances, as serums, vaccines, penicillin, etc., secreted by or derived from living organisms
- biparental — from two parents
- biparietal — relating to or connected to both parietal bones
- bipedalism — the condition or state of having two feet
- bipedality — the quality of having two feet
- bipetalous — having two petals
- bipolarize — to make bipolar
- birthplace — Your birthplace is the place where you were born.
- bisulphate — a salt or ester of sulphuric acid containing the monovalent group -HSO4 or the ion HSO4–
- bit player — a person with a very small acting role with few lines to speak
- black pope — the head of the Jesuit order (so called from the power he once possessed and from the black habit worn by the order).
- blackplate — cold-rolled sheet steel before pickling or cleaning.
- bladderpod — any of several plants belonging to the genera Alyssoides and Lesquerella, of the mustard family, having inflated seed pods.
- blade slap — the regular noise beat generated by the rotor blades of a helicopter