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10-letter words containing a, t, i, l

  • black taxi — a minibus used to transport workers from the townships to the city centres
  • black titi — See under titi2 .
  • blackshirt — (in Europe) a member of a fascist organization, esp a member of the Italian Fascist party before and during World War II
  • blacksmith — A blacksmith is a person whose job is making things by hand out of metal that has been heated to a high temperature.
  • blanketing — a large, rectangular piece of soft fabric, often with bound edges, used especially for warmth as a bed covering.
  • blastodisc — the blastula that forms as a flattened sphere on top of the yolk in the yolk-laden eggs of birds and reptiles.
  • blastodisk — germinal disk
  • blathering — foolish, voluble talk: His speech was full of the most amazing blather.
  • blind date — A blind date is an arrangement made for you to spend a romantic evening with someone you have never met before.
  • bloggerati — those considered to be important or influential in the world of blogging
  • bloodstain — A bloodstain is a mark on a surface caused by blood.
  • bloviation — a lengthy but insubstantial speech
  • blue giant — any of the large, bright stars having surface temperatures of about 20,000 K and diameters that are often ten times that of the sun.
  • blue stain — a bluish discoloration of sapwood caused by growth of fungi
  • boat drill — practice in launching the lifeboats and taking off the passengers and crew of a ship
  • bollandist — any of the editors of the Acta Sanctorum.
  • botryoidal — (of minerals, parts of plants, etc) shaped like a bunch of grapes
  • boucicault — Dion (ˈdaɪɒn), real name Dionysius Lardner Boursiquot. 1822–90, Irish dramatist and actor. His plays include London Assurance (1841), The Octoroon (1859), and The Shaughran (1874)
  • bradytelic — of or relating to evolution at a rate slower than the standard for a given group of plants or animals.
  • bratislava — the capital of Slovakia since 1918, a port on the River Danube; capital of Hungary (1541–1784) and seat of the Hungarian parliament until 1848. Pop: 428 672 (2001)
  • brattlings — a series of rattling or clattering sounds
  • brazil nut — a tropical South American tree, Bertholletia excelsa, producing large globular capsules, each containing several closely packed triangular nuts: family Lecythidaceae
  • breastrail — the upper rail of any parapet on a ship
  • bridgetalk — (language)   A visual language.
  • brilliante — with spirit; lively
  • butylation — the introduction of butyl into a compound
  • cabalistic — of or relating to the cabala.
  • cable-knit — knitted using the cable stitch
  • cabriolets — Plural form of cabriolet.
  • 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
  • cagliostro — Count Alessandro di (alesˈsandro di), original name Giuseppe Balsamo. 1743–95, Italian adventurer and magician, who was imprisoned for life by the Inquisition for his association with freemasonry
  • calamities — a great misfortune or disaster, as a flood or serious injury.
  • calamitous — If you describe an event or situation as calamitous, you mean it is very unfortunate or serious.
  • 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
  • calcitonin — a hormone secreted by the thyroid that inhibits the release of calcium from the skeleton and prevents a build-up of calcium in the blood
  • calcitrant — Stubborn; refractory.
  • calcitrate — (formal, ambitransitive) To kick.
  • calcitriol — Biochemistry. a vitamin D compound, C 27 H 44 O 3 , occurring in humans as a hormone derived from cholesterol, that acts in the regulation and absorption of calcium.
  • calcsinter — travertine.
  • calibrated — marked with units
  • calibrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of calibrate.
  • calibrator — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
  • calico cat — a domestic cat, especially a female one, of variegated black, yellow, and white coloring.
  • caliphates — Plural form of caliphate.
  • calixtus iSaint, a.d. c160–222, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 218–222.
  • callithump — a noisy band or parade
  • caloricity — Ectothermy.
  • calotypist — a person who produces photographs using the calotype process
  • calumniate — to slander
  • 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.
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