10-letter words containing a, s, e, o
- bare bones — The bare bones of something are its most basic parts or details.
- bargepoles — Plural form of bargepole.
- bargestone — any of several stones forming the sloping edge of a gable.
- barometers — Plural form of barometer.
- baronesses — Plural form of baroness.
- baronetess — the wife of a baronet
- barpersons — Plural form of barperson.
- baseboards — Plural form of baseboard.
- baseperson — (baseball, softball) A fielder (of either gender) positioned near a base.
- basketwork — work that is interlaced or woven like a basket; wickerwork
- basophiles — Biology. a basophilic cell, tissue, organism, or substance.
- bath stone — a kind of limestone used as a building material, esp at Bath in England
- bathhouses — Plural form of bathhouse.
- battlesome — argumentative; quarrelsome.
- bawdyhouse — a house of prostitution
- beachgoers — Plural form of beachgoer.
- beadswoman — a female inhabitant of a beadhouse
- bean goose — a grey goose, Anser fabalis
- beard moss — any of several green or yellow lichens of the genus Usnea, having long, threadlike stems in a tangled mass typically hanging from tree branches, and growing in a wide range of habitats from tropical zones to the Arctic.
- beaujolais — Beaujolais is a type of red wine that comes from the region of eastern France called Beaujolais.
- because of — If an event or situation occurs because of something, that thing is the reason or cause.
- bedeswoman — beadswoman
- behaviours — manner of behaving or acting.
- belorussia — historical region in central Europe corresponding to present-day Belarus
- bergamasko — an inhabitant of Bergamo
- beta stock — any of the second rank of active securities on the Stock Exchange, of which there are about 500. Continuous display of prices by market makers is required but not immediate publication of transactions
- betrothals — the act or state of being betrothed; engagement.
- bipetalous — having two petals
- birostrate — having two beaks or beak-like projections
- blackstone — Sir William. 1723–80, English jurist noted particularly for his Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765–69), which had a profound influence on jurisprudence in the US
- blamestorm — (of colleagues in a business, government, etc) to meet in order to apportion blame for an error or failure
- blastocoel — the cavity within a blastula
- blastoderm — the layer of cells that surrounds the blastocoel of a blastula
- blastomere — any of the cells formed by cleavage of a fertilized egg
- blastopore — the opening of the archenteron in the gastrula that develops into the anus of some animals
- blogstream — the publication on the internet of content from weblogs rather than from mainstream media sources
- board side — the broad side of a piece of lumber.
- boat shoes — shoes for wearing on board boats, often laced moccasins
- 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
- bomb scare — an alarm arising from the fear that a bomb may have been left in a place
- bona fides — Someone's bona fides are their good or sincere intentions.
- boneshaker — an early type of bicycle having solid tyres and no springs
- bonnilasse — a pretty girl
- book share — a share of a mutual fund credited to the account of a shareholder without the physical issuance of a certificate evidencing ownership.
- bordelaise — denoting a brown sauce flavoured with red wine and sometimes mushrooms
- boundaries — something that indicates bounds or limits; a limiting or bounding line.
- bowser bag — doggy bag.
- box staple — a socket for holding the end of a lock bolt when the door is closed.
- brake shoe — the curved metal casting to which the brake lining is riveted in a drum brake