10-letter words containing b, c, e
- becquerels — Plural form of becquerel.
- bed jacket — a woman's short upper garment worn over a nightgown when sitting up in bed
- bedchamber — A bedchamber is a bedroom.
- bedclothes — Bedclothes are the sheets and covers which you put over yourself when you get into bed.
- bee orchid — a European orchid, Ophrys apifera, whose flower resembles a bumble bee in shape and colour
- beech fern — a fern, Thelypteris phegopteris, that grows in damp N temperate woods and hills: family Polypodiaceae
- beech mast — the edible nuts of the beech, especially when lying on the ground.
- beechdrops — a North American flowering plant, Epifagus virginiana, which is parasitic on beech trees
- bell crank — a lever with two arms having a common fulcrum at their junction
- bell curve — a curve resembling the outline of a flared bell, usually representing a normal distribution
- bell punch — a machine that issues or stamps a ticket, etc, ringing a bell as it does so
- bell-curve — bell-shaped curve.
- bellacoola — a member of a riverine tribe of North American Indians inhabiting an area near the central coast of British Columbia.
- belly pack — fanny pack.
- bellyaches — Informal. a pain in the abdomen or bowels.
- belowdecks — below a ship's deck
- beltcourse — a horizontal band or course, as of stone, projecting beyond or flush with the face of a building, often molded and sometimes richly carved.
- benacerraf — Baruj. 1920–2011, Venezuelan-born US immunologist: shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (1980) for his work on histocompatibility antigens
- bench hook — a device with a hooklike part fitting over the front edge of a workbench as a means of preventing an object from slipping toward the rear of the bench.
- bench mark — a surveyor's mark made on a permanent landmark of known position and altitude: it is used as a reference point in determining other altitudes
- bench seat — a seat for more than one person
- bench show — an exhibition of small animals, esp. dogs, or cats, displayed on benches and competing for awards on the basis of how closely they conform to ideal standards for the breed
- bench stop — a metal device set flush with the top of a workbench and having a portion able to be raised to stop longitudinal movement of an object placed against it.
- bench test — the critical evaluation of a new or repaired component, device, apparatus, etc, prior to installation to ensure that it is in perfect condition
- bench vice — a vice mounted on a workbench
- bench work — work done at a workbench, worktable, etc., as in a factory or laboratory.
- bench-made — (of articles made of leather, wood, etc.) individually produced and finished, as on a carpenter's bench; custom-made.
- benedicite — (esp in Christian religious orders) a blessing or grace
- benedict i — died a.d. 579, pope 575–79.
- benedict v — died a.d. 966, pope 964.
- benedictus — a short canticle beginning Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini in Latin and Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord in English
- benefactor — A benefactor is a person who helps a person or organization by giving them money.
- beneficent — A beneficent person or thing helps people or results in something good.
- beneficial — Something that is beneficial helps people or improves their lives.
- beneficing — a position or post granted to an ecclesiastic that guarantees a fixed amount of property or income.
- benignancy — kind, especially to inferiors; gracious: a benignant sovereign.
- benin city — a city in S Nigeria, capital of Edo state: former capital of the kingdom of Benin. Pop: 1 022 000 (2005 est)
- bentonitic — relating to bentonite
- benzocaine — a white crystalline ester used as a local anaesthetic; ethyl para-aminobenzoate. Formula: C9H11NO2
- berecyntia — Cybele.
- bergamasca — a fast dance similar to the tarantella.
- berlusconi — Silvio (ˈsilvjo). born 1936, Italian politician and media tycoon: prime minister of Italy (1994–95, 2001–06, 2008–11); convicted of tax fraud and expelled from the Italian Senate in 2013
- bertolucci — Bernardo (berˈnardo). born 1940, Italian film director: his films include The Spider's Stratagem (1970), The Conformist (1970), 1900 (1976), The Last Emperor (1987), The Sheltering Sky (1990), and The Dreamers (2003)
- bescreened — screen (def 17).
- bescribble — to cover with scribbles
- beseeching — A beseeching expression, gesture, or tone of voice suggests that the person who has or makes it very much wants someone to do something.
- besmirched — to soil; tarnish; discolor.
- bespeckled — to speckle.
- beta decay — the radioactive transformation of an atomic nucleus accompanying the emission of an electron. It involves unit change of atomic number but none in mass number
- 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