10-letter words containing b, i, r, c
- base price — a price quoted as a base without including additional charges.
- basic rate — the standard or lowest level on a scale of money payable, esp in taxation
- bath brick — a brick-shaped piece of calcareous earth, used for cleaning polished metal
- bath chair — a wheelchair for invalids, often with a hood
- batrachian — any amphibian, esp a frog or toad
- beam brick — a face brick for bonding to a concrete lintel poured in place, having a section like a right triangle.
- bee orchid — a European orchid, Ophrys apifera, whose flower resembles a bumble bee in shape and colour
- berecyntia — Cybele.
- 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)
- bescribble — to cover with scribbles
- besmirched — to soil; tarnish; discolor.
- bewitchery — a bewitching power; charm
- bi-curious — considering experimenting with bisexuality
- bicapsular — (of plants) having two capsules or one capsule with two chambers
- bice green — a medium to bright yellow-green color.
- bichloride — a binary compound containing two atoms of chlorine for each atom of another element; dichloride
- bichromate — dichromate
- bicornuate — Botany, Zoology. having two horns or hornlike parts.
- bicorporal — having two bodies, main divisions, symbols, etc.
- bicultural — having two cultures
- bifurcated — divided into two branches.
- big screen — When people talk about the big screen, they are referring to films that are made for cinema rather than for television.
- bingo card — a prepaid postcard inserted in a magazine by its publisher to enable a reader to order free information about advertised products.
- binoculars — Binoculars consist of two small telescopes joined together side by side, which you look through in order to look at things that are a long way away.
- biocentric — centered in life; having life as its principal fact.
- biocontrol — the use of one living thing to control another
- biographic — of or relating to a person's life: He's gathering biographical data for his book on Milton.
- biometrics — that branch of biology which deals with its data statistically and by mathematical analysis
- biomimicry — the mimicking of life using imitation biological systems
- biomorphic — having the form of a living organism
- bioorganic — pertaining to the composition and biological activity of carbon-based compounds, especially those of laboratory rather than biogenic origin (contrasted with bioinorganic).
- bioprivacy — the state of freedom from others having unauthorized access to biometric data about oneself
- bioprocess — a method or operation of preparing a biological material, especially a product of genetic engineering, for commercial use.
- bioreactor — a machine for growing organisms
- biospheric — relating to the biosphere
- birch beer — a carbonated or fermented drink containing an extract from the bark of the birch tree.
- bird-watch — to identify wild birds and observe their actions and habits in their natural habitat as a recreation.
- birthplace — Your birthplace is the place where you were born.
- black iris — a painting (1926) by Georgia O'Keeffe.
- black ring — a disease of grasses, characterized by black rings surrounding the stems and blighted seeds, caused by a fungus, Balansia strangulans.
- blackshirt — (in Europe) a member of a fascist organization, esp a member of the Italian Fascist party before and during World War II
- boccherini — Luigi (luˈidʒi). 1743–1805, Italian composer and cellist
- bog orchid — an orchid, Hammarbya (or Malaxis) paludosa, growing in sphagnum bogs in the N hemisphere. It has greenish-yellow flowers and its leaves bear a fringe of tiny bulbils
- bois d'arc — Osage orange (def 1).
- book price — the value of a car as defined by the manufacturers or other accredited organization
- bootlicker — to seek the favor or goodwill of in a servile, degraded way; toady to.
- boric acid — a white soluble weakly acid crystalline solid used in the manufacture of heat-resistant glass and porcelain enamels, as a fireproofing material, and as a mild antiseptic. Formula: H3BO3
- bovaristic — an exaggerated, especially glamorized, estimate of oneself; conceit.
- brachiator — any primate which swings by its arms from one hold to the next