9-letter words containing b, s, c, e
- base coat — the first coat of paint applied to a prepared surface
- basestock — Refined petroleum oil with no additives.
- basic dye — a dye soluble in acid and insoluble in basic solution, consisting mostly of amino or imino compounds of xanthene or triarylmethane: used mainly for inks, carbon paper, and typewriter ribbon.
- basicness — Quality or degree of being basic.
- bass clef — the clef that establishes F a fifth below middle C on the fourth line of the staff
- beachside — situated near a beach
- bechstein — Karl. 1826–1900, German piano maker; founder (1853) of the Bechstein company of piano manufacturers in Berlin
- bedcovers — Plural form of bedcover.
- beechmast — collective term for beech nuts, esp when lying on the ground
- beechnuts — Plural form of beechnut.
- beefcakes — Plural form of beefcake.
- belgicism — a word or expression used by Belgians when speaking French or Dutch
- bellicose — You use bellicose to refer to aggressive actions or behaviour that are likely to start an argument or a fight.
- benchless — without a bench or benches
- benchrest — a tablelike support for a target rifle used in target practice.
- bescatter — to scatter or strew about
- beseeched — to implore urgently: They besought him to go at once.
- bespeckle — to mark with speckles
- best-case — being the best that can possibly be expected; optimal
- bev curls — long locks of hair, considered to be typical of a certain kind of unfashionable male
- biocenose — a situation in which organisms live together in mutual dependence
- bioethics — the study of ethical problems arising from biological research and its applications in such fields as organ transplantation, genetic engineering, or artificial insemination
- bisection — to cut or divide into two equal or nearly equal parts.
- bisectrix — the bisector of the angle between the optic axes of a crystal
- bisulcate — marked by two grooves
- bit slice — (of central processing units) able to be built up in sections to form complete central processing units with various word lengths
- bitchfest — a malicious and spiteful discussion of people, events, etc
- black sea — an inland sea between SE Europe and Asia: connected to the Aegean Sea by the Bosporus, the Sea of Marmara, and the Dardanelles, and to the Sea of Azov by the Kerch Strait. Area: about 415 000 sq km (160 000 sq miles)
- blackness — Blackness is the state of being very dark.
- bleachers — The bleachers are a part of an outdoor sports stadium, or the seats in that area, which are usually uncovered and are the least expensive place where people can sit.
- bluecurls — a name for the plant Trichostema dichotomum
- borescope — a long narrow optical device used to inspect the interior of a tight space
- box score — In baseball and basketball, a box score is a printed table of statistics showing how each player performed in a game.
- boxercise — a system of sustained exercises combining boxing movements with aerobic activities
- bracelets — a slang name for handcuffs
- braincase — the part of the cranium that protects the brain
- brash ice — small, floating fragments of sea ice or river ice.
- briefcase — A briefcase is a case used for carrying documents in.
- broachers — Machinery. an elongated, tapered, serrated cutting tool for shaping and enlarging holes.
- bucharest — the capital of Romania, in the southeast. Pop: 1 764 000 (2005 est)
- buckley's — no chance at all
- bucuresti — Bucharest
- bud scale — one of the hard protective sometimes hairy or resinous specialized leaves surrounding the buds of certain plants, such as the rhododendron
- busticate — to break
- butcher's — a look
- butchness — the state of being butch
- by inches — a unit of length, 1/12 (0.0833) foot, equivalent to 2.54 centimeters.
- cabernets — Plural form of cabernet.
- cablecast — the transmission of a TV programme via a cable system
- cableways — Plural form of cableway.