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11-letter words containing b, c, e

  • bcg vaccine — a vaccine made from weakened strains of tubercle bacilli, used to produce immunity against tuberculosis.
  • be confined — to be undergoing childbirth
  • beach aster — a seaside plant, Erigeron glaucus, of the temperate western coast of North America, having solitary, violet- or lilac-colored flowers.
  • beach buggy — a low car, often open and with balloon tyres, for driving on sand
  • beach chair — A beach chair is a simple chair with a folding frame, and a piece of canvas as the seat and back. Beach chairs are usually used on the beach, on a ship, or in the yard.
  • beach drift — the drifting of sediments, especially marine sediments, in patterns parallel to the contours of a beach, due to the action of waves and currents.
  • beach grass — any of a genus (Ammophila) of deeply rooted, tough, perennial grasses that grow on sandy beaches and are often planted to combat beach erosion
  • beach house — a holiday house overlooking a beach
  • beach party — a party held on a beach
  • beach ridge — a ridge just inland from a beach, consisting of sand and gravel built up by storm waves
  • beach scarp — a steep slope or miniature cliff, formed by wave action, fronting the berm on a beach.
  • beach towel — a large towel used on the beach
  • beachcomber — A beachcomber is someone who spends their time wandering along beaches looking for things they can use.
  • beachmaster — a bull fur seal having its own territory in the breeding grounds.
  • beachy head — a headland in East Sussex, on the English Channel, consisting of chalk cliffs 171 m (570 ft) high
  • beam search — (algorithm)   An optimisation of the best first search graph search algorithm where only a predetermined number of paths are kept as candidates. The number of paths is the "width of the beam". If more paths than this are generated, the worst paths are discarded. This reduces the space requirements of best first search.
  • beancounter — Alternative spelling of bean counter.
  • bearing cap — A bearing cap is a rigid, semi-circular part that fits around one half of a bearing and secures it.
  • beatificate — (obsolete, religion) To beatify.
  • beauticians — Plural form of beautician.
  • beavercreek — a town in SW Ohio.
  • beckenbauer — Franz. born 1945, German footballer: team captain when West Germany won the World Cup (1974): manager of West Germany (1984–90), coaching the team to success in the 1990 World Cup
  • becket bend — sheet bend
  • bedchambers — Plural form of bedchamber.
  • bedclothing — bedclothes; bedding.
  • beech grove — a grove of beech trees
  • beef cattle — the cattle raised for meat
  • beiderbecke — Leon Bismarcke, known as Bix. 1903–31, US jazz cornettist, composer, and pianist
  • belize city — a port and the largest city in Belize, on the Caribbean coast: capital until 1973, when that function was transferred inland to Belmopan owing to hurricane risk. Pop: 53 000 (2005 est)
  • bellicosity — inclined or eager to fight; aggressively hostile; belligerent; pugnacious.
  • belly dance — a sensuous and provocative dance of Middle Eastern origin, performed by women, with undulating movements of the hips and abdomen
  • bellyaching — constant complaining
  • below decks — If someone or something is below decks, they are inside a ship in the part of it that is underneath the deck.
  • belt course — an ornamental projecting band or continuous moulding along a wall
  • belt-course — a horizontal band or course, as of stone, projecting beyond or flush with the face of a building, often molded and sometimes richly carved.
  • benactyzine — a crystalline drug, C20H25NO3, used to make tranquilizers
  • bench check — a test made on an engine or other machine or device in a workshop rather than under field conditions.
  • bench lathe — a lathe mounted on a workbench
  • bench press — a weight-training exercise in which a person lies on a bench and pushes a barbell upwards with both hands from chest level until the arms are straight, then lowers it again
  • bench screw — a wooden or metal screw rotated by a handle fixed to one end within a threaded block fixed to a workbench: used with various jaws to form a vise.
  • bench table — a course of masonry forming a bench at the foot of a wall.
  • bench-press — a weightlifting exercise in which one lies supine on a bench and with both hands pushes a barbell or fixed weight upward from chest level to arm's length and then lowers it back to chest level: usually repeated in sets.
  • benchership — the position of a bencher at the Inns of Court
  • benchwarmer — a player who is usually on the bench; reserve
  • benedict ii — Saint, died a.d. 685, pope 684–85.
  • benedict iv — died a.d. 903, pope 900–03.
  • benedict ix — died 1056? pope 1032–44; 1045; 1047–48.
  • benedict vi — died a.d. 974, pope 973–74.
  • benedict xi — (Niccolò Boccasini) 1240–1304, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1303–04.
  • benedict xv — original name Giacomo della Chiesa. 1854–1922, pope (1914–22); noted for his repeated attempts to end World War I and for his organization of war relief
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