10-letter words containing c, a, n, o, b
- blackstone — Sir William. 1723–80, English jurist noted particularly for his Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765–69), which had a profound influence on jurisprudence in the US
- blackthorn — a thorny Eurasian rosaceous shrub, Prunus spinosa, with black twigs, white flowers, and small sour plumlike fruits
- boca raton — city in SE Fla., near Fort Lauderdale: pop. 75,000
- bomb lance — a harpoon fitted with an explosive head.
- bon marche — a bargain.
- bone black — a fine charcoal made by burning animal bones in closed containers: used as a pigment, in refining sugar, etc.
- bone china — Bone china is a kind of thin china that contains powdered bone.
- boniface i — Saint, died a.d. 422, pope 418–422.
- boniface v — died a.d. 625, pope 619–625.
- bonus pack — anything sold with a product and marketed as a useful and free extra
- bounceable — to spring back from a surface in a lively manner: The ball bounced off the wall.
- bounceback — the act or an instance of bouncing back, recovering, or recuperating: Fall sales have experienced a tremendous bounceback.
- box canyon — a canyon with vertical or almost vertical walls
- branch off — A road or path that branches off from another one starts from it and goes in a slightly different direction. If you branch off somewhere, you change the direction in which you are going.
- branch out — If a person or an organization branches out, they do something that is different from their normal activities or work.
- brno chair — an armchair designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in 1930, having a cantilevered frame of chromium-plated or stainless steel composed of two interlocking parts, one forming the legs and arms and the other the seat and back frame, with the back and seat lightly upholstered and usually covered with leather.
- brown coal — a low-quality coal intermediate in grade between peat and lignite
- brown coat — arriccio.
- buccinator — a thin muscle that compresses the cheeks and holds them against the teeth during chewing, etc
- cabin hook — a hook and eye for fastening a cabinet door or the like.
- cacao bean — a seed of the cacao tree.
- canal boat — A canal boat is a long, narrow boat used for travelling on canals.
- cancelbots — Plural form of cancelbot.
- cannabinol — a non-psychoactive cannabinoid, C21H26O
- cannonball — A cannonball is a heavy metal ball that is fired from a cannon.
- cannot but — You use cannot but, could not but, and cannot help but when you want to emphasize that you believe something must be true and that there is no possibility of anything else being the case.
- canonsburg — a city in SW Pennsylvania.
- canophobia — an abnormal fear of dogs
- canteloube — (Marie) Joseph (French ʒozɛf). 1879–1957, French composer, best known for his Chants d'Auvergne (1923–30)
- capsorubin — (organic compound) A di-hydroxy, keto carotenoid, which, together with capsanthin, constitutes the red pigment of paprika.
- carabinero — a Chilean police officer
- carbanions — Plural form of carbanion.
- carbon arc — an electric arc produced between two carbon electrodes, formerly used as a light source
- carbon tax — A carbon tax is a tax on the burning of fuels such as coal, gas, and oil. Its aim is to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere.
- carbonados — Plural form of carbonado.
- carbonated — Carbonated drinks are drinks that contain small bubbles of carbon dioxide.
- carbonates — a salt or ester of carbonic acid.
- carbondale — a city in SW Illinois.
- carbonette — a ball of compressed coal dust used as fuel
- carbonised — Alternative spelling of carbonized.
- carbonized — Simple past tense and past participle of carbonize.
- carbonizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of carbonize.
- carbonless — containing no carbon
- carbonnade — a thick stew of beef, onions, herbs, etc., cooked in beer.
- carbonylic — of, relating to, or characteristic of the carbonyl group.
- cash bonus — an extra amount of money given to someone for doing something good, over and above the amount that is normally paid for that achievement
- chairborne — having an administrative or desk job rather than a more active one
- chairbound — unable to walk; dependent on a wheelchair for mobility
- cnidoblast — any of the cells of a coelenterate that contain nematocysts
- coal basin — a part of the earth's surface consisting of coal strata that slope down to a common centre