10-letter words containing b, p, s
- box spring — A box spring is a frame containing rows of coiled springs that is used to provide support for a mattress. You can also use box springs to refer to the springs themselves.
- box staple — a socket for holding the end of a lock bolt when the door is closed.
- box supper — a social gathering, as at a church, at which box lunches donated by women are auctioned off to raise funds
- bread shop — a baker's shop
- break step — to cease to march in step
- breastplow — a cultivator moved forward by a person pressing the chest against a crossbar.
- brokership — an agent who buys or sells for a principal on a commission basis without having title to the property.
- brown spot — a disease of many plants, characterized by irregular, brownish lesions on the fruit and foliage and by stem cankers, caused by any of several fungi, as Ceratophorum setosum or Cephalosporium apii.
- bsp method — (programming) A CASE method from IBM.
- bucephalus — the favourite horse of Alexander the Great
- buckpasser — a person who avoids responsibility by shifting it to another, especially unjustly or improperly.
- bump start — a method of starting a motor vehicle by engaging a low gear with the clutch depressed and pushing it or allowing it to run down a hill until sufficient momentum has been acquired to turn the engine by releasing the clutch
- bumpkinish — like a bumpkin
- bursarship — a scholarship or grant awarded esp in Scottish and New Zealand schools, universities etc
- burst page — banner
- bush pilot — a pilot who flies small aircraft over rugged terrain or unsettled regions to serve remote areas inaccessible to or off the route of larger planes: Bush pilots brought supplies to the Alaskan village once a week.
- bush poppy — tree poppy.
- bust chops — Usually, chops. the jaw.
- butlership — the skills of a butler
- butt-strap — (in metal construction) a plate which overlaps and fastens two pieces butted together.
- by-passers — a road enabling motorists to avoid a city or other heavy traffic points or to drive around an obstruction.
- capsizable — able to be capsized
- capsorubin — (organic compound) A di-hydroxy, keto carotenoid, which, together with capsanthin, constitutes the red pigment of paprika.
- carpetbags — Plural form of carpetbag.
- chip-based — (of electronic equipment or components) using or incorporating microchips
- clapboards — Plural form of clapboard.
- clipboards — Plural form of clipboard.
- co-publish — to publish (something) with another person or company
- composable — to make or form by combining things, parts, or elements: He composed his speech from many research notes.
- corbiestep — one of a series of steps at the upper end wall of some gables
- crispbread — Crispbreads are thin dry biscuits made from wheat or rye. They are often eaten instead of bread by people who want to lose weight.
- cryoprobes — Plural form of cryoprobe.
- cupbearers — Plural form of cupbearer.
- cyberspace — In computer technology, cyberspace refers to data banks and networks, considered as a place.
- damp squib — You can describe something such as an event or a performance as a damp squib when it is expected to be interesting, exciting, or impressive, but fails to be any of these things.
- despecable — Misspelling of despicable.
- despicable — If you say that a person or action is despicable, you are emphasizing that they are extremely nasty, cruel, or evil.
- despicably — deserving to be despised, or regarded with distaste, disgust, or disdain; contemptible: He was a mean, despicable man, who treated his wife and children badly.
- despisable — deserving of being despised; despicable
- disposable — designed for or capable of being thrown away after being used or used up: disposable plastic spoons; a disposable cigarette lighter.
- disputable — capable of being disputed; debatable; questionable.
- disputably — In a disputable manner.
- dissipable — capable of being dissipated
- epibenthos — the animals and plants living on the sea bottom between the low tide level and a depth of 100 fathoms
- epiblastic — Of, or relating to the epiblast.
- euphorbias — Plural form of euphorbia.
- expansible — Expandable.
- expansibly — in an expansible manner
- explosible — capable of exploding or being exploded
- fiberscope — an optical instrument consisting of a fiber bundle with an objective lens at one end and an eyepiece at the other, for viewing objects not accessible to direct viewing.