10-letter words containing b, e
- aubergiste — an innkeeper or hotelier
- autojumble — a sale of second-hand car parts, esp for car enthusiasts
- automobile — An automobile is a car.
- avouchable — able to be avouched
- azerbaijan — a republic in NW Asia: the region was acquired by Russia from Persia in the early 19th century; became the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic in 1936 and gained independence in 1991; consists of dry subtropical steppes around the Aras and Kura rivers, surrounded by the Caucasus; contains the extensive Baku oilfields. Language: Azerbaijani (or Azeri). Religion: Shiite Muslim. Currency: manat. Capital: Baku. Pop: 9 590 159 (2013 est). Area: 86 600 sq km (33 430 sq miles)
- azobenzene — a yellow or orange crystalline solid used mainly in the manufacture of dyes. Formula: C6H5N:NC6H5
- azuki bean — adzuki bean.
- b particle — B meson.
- bab ed-din — (the Bab; Ali Muhammad of Shiraz) 1819–50, a Persian religious leader: founder of Bābī.
- babblative — having a tendency to babble; loquacious
- babblement — (obsolete) babble.
- babelesque — resembling the situation at Babel, confused, impeding communication
- babesiasis — any of several tick-borne diseases of cattle, dogs, horses, sheep, and swine, caused by a babesia protozoan and characterized by fever and languor.
- babesiosis — a tick-borne disease of domesticated and wild mammals as well as humans, caused by a protozoan of the genera Babesia and characterized by fever, anaemia, jaundice, and in severe cases leading to death
- baby blues — depression suffered after childbirth
- baby jesus — Jesus as a baby, esp in Nativity scenes
- baby linen — sheets, clothes, etc for babies
- baby-faced — having a smooth round face like a baby's
- babyboomer — Alternative spelling of baby boomer.
- babymakers — Plural form of babymaker.
- babysitter — to take charge of a child while the parents are temporarily away.
- bacchantes — Plural form of bacchant.
- bachelor's — a person who has been awarded a bachelor's degree.
- bacillemia — the presence of bacilli in the blood.
- back alley — dirty, unprepossessing, sordid, or clandestine: back-alley morals; back-alley political schemes.
- back bench — any of the rows of seats occupied by the backbenchers.
- back cover — the back part of the cover of a book or magazine
- back green — grass or a garden at the back of a house, esp a tenement
- back issue — A back issue of a magazine or newspaper is one that was published some time ago and is not the most recent.
- back judge — an official who makes rulings regarding pass receptions, field goals, etc.
- back order — an order to be filled when stock is renewed
- back quote — (character) "`" ASCII code 96. Common names: left quote; left single quote; open quote; ITU-T: grave accent; grave. Rare: backprime; INTERCAL: backspark; unapostrophe; birk; blugle; back tick; back glitch; push; ITU-T: opening single quotation mark; quasiquote. Back quote is used in Unix shells to invoke command substitution.
- back river — a river in N Canada, flowing northeast through Nunavut to the Arctic Ocean. Length: about 966 km (600 miles)
- back score — a line at each end of the rink parallel to and equidistant from the foot score and the sweeping score.
- back vowel — a vowel whose sound is produced in the back of the mouth or the throat
- back water — to reverse the direction of a boat, esp to push the oars of a rowing boat to slow it down or stop it
- back-alley — Back-alley activities are carried out unofficially, secretly, and often illegally.
- back-check — to skate back toward one's defensive zone obstructing or impeding the movement or progress of one or more opponents on attack. Compare check1 (def 15), fore-check.
- back-dated — If a purchase order or invoice is back-dated, it is given a date that is some time before the date it was actually prepared.
- back-order — to treat as a back order: We have to back-order your sofa until the new fabric arrives.
- back-pedal — If you back-pedal, you express a different or less forceful opinion about something from the one you have previously expressed.
- backbiters — Plural form of backbiter.
- backburned — Simple past tense and past participle of backburn.
- backburner — a condition of low priority or temporary deferment (usually used in the phrase on the back burner): Put other issues on the back burner until after the election.
- backcombed — Simple past tense and past participle of backcomb.
- backend-to — in a reversed position; backward.
- backfilled — Simple past tense and past participle of backfill.
- backhanded — A backhanded compliment is a remark which seems to be an insult but could also be understood as a compliment. A backhanded compliment is also a remark which seems to be a compliment but could also be understood as an insult.
- backhander — A backhander is an amount of money that is illegally paid to someone in a position of authority in order to encourage them to do something.
- backlashed — a sudden, forceful backward movement; recoil.