10-letter words containing c, a, s, b
- baldachins — Plural form of baldachin.
- ballistics — Ballistics is the study of the movement of objects that are shot or thrown through the air, such as bullets fired from a gun.
- balsamical — Alternative form of balsamic.
- baltic sea — a sea in N Europe, connected with the North Sea by the Skagerrak, Kattegat, and Öresund; shallow, with low salinity and small tides
- bandicoots — Plural form of bandicoot.
- barcaroles — Plural form of barcarole.
- bardacious — bodacious.
- bariatrics — the study of obesity and its treatment
- baroscopic — Relating to, or determined by, the baroscope.
- baroswitch — a switch actuated by barometric pressure.
- barracudas — Plural form of barracuda.
- barricades — Plural form of barricade.
- basal cell — a cell of the basal, or deepest, layer of the epidermis
- 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
- basic salt — a salt formed by the partial neutralization of a base.
- basic slag — a furnace slag produced in steel-making, containing large amounts of calcium phosphate: used as a fertilizer
- basic wage — a person's wage excluding overtime, bonuses, etc
- basilectal — (linguistics) of, or relating to a basilect.
- basilicata — a region of S Italy, between the Tyrrhenian Sea and the Gulf of Taranto. Capital: Potenza. Pop: 596 821 (2003 est). Area: 9985 sq km (3855 sq miles)
- basketcase — Alternative form of basket case.
- basophilic — having an affinity for basic stains.
- batchmates — Plural form of batchmate.
- bathyscaph — a submersible vessel having a flotation compartment with an observation capsule underneath, capable of reaching ocean depths of over 10 000 metres (about 5000 fathoms)
- beachballs — Plural form of beachball.
- beachgoers — Plural form of beachgoer.
- beachheads — Plural form of beachhead.
- beachscape — a section or expanse of beach and shore scenery.
- beast epic — a long verse narrative in which the misadventures of animals satirize human foibles and follies.
- because of — If an event or situation occurs because of something, that thing is the reason or cause.
- beech mast — the edible nuts of the beech, especially when lying on the ground.
- bellyaches — Informal. a pain in the abdomen or bowels.
- bench seat — a seat for more than one person
- bergamasca — a fast dance similar to the tarantella.
- beta stock — any of the second rank of active securities on the Stock Exchange, of which there are about 500. Continuous display of prices by market makers is required but not immediate publication of transactions
- bicapsular — (of plants) having two capsules or one capsule with two chambers
- bienseance — good breeding; decorum
- big casino — (in the game of casino) the ten of diamonds.
- 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.
- bioclastic — (of deposits, esp limestones) derived from shell fragments or similar organic remains
- bioplastic — plastic suitable for use as a biomaterial.
- biostatics — the branch of biology that deals with the structure of organisms in relation to their function
- bitch-slap — to strike (someone) with one's open hand
- black bass — any of several predatory North American percoid freshwater game fishes of the genus Micropterus: family Centrarchidae (sunfishes, etc)
- black caps — any of several birds having the top of the head black, as the chickadee and certain warblers, especially the Old World blackcap, Sylvia atricapilla.
- black disc — a conventional black vinyl gramophone record as opposed to a compact disc
- black iris — a painting (1926) by Georgia O'Keeffe.
- black list — a list of persons under suspicion, disfavor, censure, etc.: His record as an anarchist put him on the government's blacklist.
- black mass — a blasphemous travesty of the Christian Mass, performed by practitioners of black magic
- black rust — a stage in any of several diseases of cereals and grasses caused by rust fungi in which black masses of spores appear on the stems or leaves