10-letter words containing b, e, c, a, r
- frobnicate — /frob'ni-kayt/ (Possibly from frobnitz, and usually abbreviated to frob, but "frobnicate" is recognised as the official full form). To manipulate or adjust, to tweak. One frequently frobs bits or other 2-state devices. Thus: "Please frob the light switch" (that is, flip it), but also "Stop frobbing that clasp; you'll break it". One also sees the construction "to frob a frob". Usage: frob, twiddle, and tweak sometimes connote points along a continuum. "Frob" connotes aimless manipulation; "twiddle" connotes gross manipulation, often a coarse search for a proper setting; "tweak" connotes fine-tuning. If someone is turning a knob on an oscilloscope, then if he's carefully adjusting it, he is probably tweaking it; if he is just turning it but looking at the screen, he is probably twiddling it; but if he's just doing it because turning a knob is fun, he's frobbing it. The variant "frobnosticate" has also been reported.
- green crab — a yellowish-green crab, Carcinides maenas, common in shallow waters along rocky shores.
- greenbacks — Plural form of greenback.
- hardbacked — (of a book) Having a solid binding; hardback.
- heart back — a chair back having a form resembling that of a somewhat heart-shaped medieval shield.
- hebraistic — of or relating to Hebraists or characterized by Hebraism or Hebraisms.
- herbaceous — of, relating to, or characteristic of an herb; herblike.
- herbicidal — Of, or relating to herbicides.
- hibernacle — a protective case or covering, especially for winter, as of an animal or a plant bud.
- hyperbaric — (of an anesthetic) having a specific gravity greater than that of cerebrospinal fluid. Compare hypobaric.
- hyperbatic — relating to a hyperbaton
- icebreaker — Nautical. a ship specially built for breaking navigable passages through ice.
- imbricated — Overlapping, like scales or roof-tiles; intertwined.
- imbricates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of imbricate.
- incurables — Plural form of incurable.
- intricable — (obsolete) Intricate, entangled.
- jabberwock — a playful imitation of language consisting of invented, meaningless words; nonsense; gibberish.
- knackebrod — flat, thin, brittle unleavened rye bread.
- knee brace — a diagonal member for bracing the angle between two joined members, as a stud or column and a joist or rafter, being joined to each partway along its length.
- laborforce — Alternative form of labor force.
- left brace — (character) "". {ASCII character 123. Common names: open brace; left brace; left squiggly; left squiggly bracket/brace; left curly bracket/brace; ITU-T: opening brace. Rare: brace ("}" >INTERCAL: embrace ("}" = bracelet). Paired with right brace ("}").
- linebacker — a player on defense who takes a position close behind the linemen.
- lower back — lumbar region
- lubricated — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
- lubricates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lubricate.
- lumberjack — a person who works at lumbering; logger.
- lunchbreak — A period of rest from work for the purpose of eating lunch.
- macebearer — an official, as of a city or legislative body, who carries a ceremonial mace before dignitaries.
- macrobiote — a person with a long life
- main brace — a brace leading to a main yard.
- mainbocher — (Main Rousseau Bocher) 1891–1976, U.S. fashion designer.
- manuscribe — (archaic) To write by hand.
- methiocarb — a crystalline compound, C 1 1 H 1 5 NO 2 S, used as a nonsystemic insecticide and miticide.
- microbeams — Plural form of microbeam.
- microblade — bladelet.
- nicobarese — a member of a people or group of peoples inhabiting the Nicobar Islands.
- non-breach — the act or a result of breaking; break or rupture.
- obsecrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of obsecrate.
- observance — an act or instance of following, obeying, or conforming to: the observance of traffic laws.
- obtruncate — to slice or chop off the head or top part of
- open brace — left brace
- oracle rdb — (database) A set of relational database products originally known as Rdb from Digital Equipment Corporation, but purchased by Oracle Corporation in 1994. The current (October 1996) versions are Oracle Rdb V7.0 for OpenVMS VAX, Oracle Rdb V7.0 for OpenVMS Alpha, and Oracle Rdb V7.0 for Digital UNIX. This release of Oracle Rdb includes advances in non-stop computing for business critical applications, improvements to OLTP performance, and easy client/server application development. It also includes an ODBC Driver.
- orbiculate — orbicular; rounded.
- overbleach — (transitive) To bleach too much.
- park bench — a long seat made of wood or metal that two or more people can sit on, placed in a public place or open space in a town
- perl-byacc — A modified version of byacc that generates a parser in Perl code, by Rick Ohnemus <[email protected]>. It has a "-p" switch so multiple parsers can be used in one program (C or Perl). Version 1.8.2 should work on most Unix systems. It also works with SAS/C 6.x on Amiga.
- pernambuco — a state in NE Brazil. 38,000 sq. mi. (98,420 sq. km). Capital: Recife.
- picturable — a visual representation of a person, object, or scene, as a painting, drawing, photograph, etc.: I carry a picture of my grandchild in my wallet.
- prechamber — A prechamber in an engine is a small area, usually in the cylinder head, in which combustion is started before fuel enters into the main combustion chamber.
- predicable — that may be predicated or affirmed; assertable.