10-letter words containing b, e, f
- beautifuls — having beauty; possessing qualities that give great pleasure or satisfaction to see, hear, think about, etc.; delighting the senses or mind: a beautiful dress; a beautiful speech.
- because of — If an event or situation occurs because of something, that thing is the reason or cause.
- bedfellows — Plural form of bedfellow.
- beech fern — a fern, Thelypteris phegopteris, that grows in damp N temperate woods and hills: family Polypodiaceae
- beef olive — a thin slice of beef rolled round sausage meat
- beefburger — A beefburger is the same as a hamburger.
- beefeaters — Plural form of beefeater.
- beefmaster — one of a breed of fast-growing beef cattle of the western U.S., tolerant of humidity, heat, and insects, developed by crossbreeding Brahman, Hereford, and Shorthorn stock.
- beflowered — adorned or decorated with flowers.
- before-tax — before tax has been deducted; gross
- beforehand — If you do something beforehand, you do it earlier than a particular event.
- beforetime — formerly
- befriended — to make friends or become friendly with; act as a friend to; help; aid: to befriend the poor and the weak.
- befriender — a person who befriends
- befuddling — to confuse, as with glib statements or arguments: politicians befuddling the public with campaign promises.
- beliefless — having no faith or belief
- bellflower — city in SW Calif.: suburb of Los Angeles: pop. 73,000
- belly flop — a dive into water in which the body lands horizontally
- belly-flop — to do a belly flop, as in diving or sledding.
- benacerraf — Baruj. 1920–2011, Venezuelan-born US immunologist: shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (1980) for his work on histocompatibility antigens
- 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.
- benefiters — something that is advantageous or good; an advantage: He explained the benefits of public ownership of the postal system.
- benefiting — something that is advantageous or good; an advantage: He explained the benefits of public ownership of the postal system.
- benefitted — something that is advantageous or good; an advantage: He explained the benefits of public ownership of the postal system.
- benefitter — something that is advantageous or good; an advantage: He explained the benefits of public ownership of the postal system.
- benzofuran — a colourless insoluble aromatic liquid obtained from coal tar and used in the manufacture of synthetic resins. Formula: C8H6O
- bernstorff — Count Johann-Heinrich [yoh-hahn-hahyn-rikh] /ˈyoʊ hɑnˈhaɪn rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1862–1939, German diplomat.
- berryfruit — any edible berry such as a raspberry, boysenberry, blackcurrant, or strawberry
- beta fiber — a nonflammable glass fiber made into fabrics, insulation, etc.
- bettendorf — a city in E Iowa.
- better off — in more favourable circumstances, esp financially
- better-off — being in better circumstances, especially economically: Only the better-off nations can afford to send probes into space.
- bifluoride — an acid salt of hydrofluoric acid containing the group HF 2 -, as ammonium bifluoride, NH 4 HF 2.
- bifurcated — divided into two branches.
- big-footed — a prominent or influential person, especially a journalist or news analyst.
- billfolder — billfold.
- biofuelled — running on biofuel
- biowarfare — biological warfare.
- blackfella — an Aborigine or Black person
- blanc fixe — barium sulfate
- blockflote — a recorder.
- blood feud — A blood feud is a long-lasting, bitter disagreement between two or more groups of people, particularly family groups. Blood feuds often involve members of each group murdering or fighting with members of the other.
- bloomfield — Leonard. 1887–1949, US linguist, influential for his strictly scientific and descriptive approach to comparative linguistics; author of Language (1933)
- blue flags — any North American plant of the genus Iris, especially I. versicolor : the state flower of Tennessee.
- blue flash — green flash.
- blue shift — a shift toward shorter wavelengths of the spectral lines of a celestial object, caused by the motion of the object toward the observer.
- bluefields — a city in SW West Virginia.