10-letter words containing c, b, r, a
- berecyntia — Cybele.
- bergamasca — a fast dance similar to the tarantella.
- betancourt — Rómulo [rom-yuh-loh;; Spanish raw-moo-law] /ˈrɒm yəˌloʊ;; Spanish ˈrɔ muˌlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1908–81, Venezuelan journalist and political leader: president of Venezuela 1945–48 and 1959–64.
- bicapsular — (of plants) having two capsules or one capsule with two chambers
- 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.
- 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.
- biographic — of or relating to a person's life: He's gathering biographical data for his book on Milton.
- 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
- bioreactor — a machine for growing organisms
- 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 bear — the common North American bear (Ursus americanus) that lives in forests and feeds mainly on roots and berries
- black gram — a leguminous plant, Phaseolus mungo, whose seeds are used as food in India
- black iris — a painting (1926) by Georgia O'Keeffe.
- black mark — A black mark against someone is something bad that they have done or a bad quality that they have which affects the way people think about them.
- black ring — a disease of grasses, characterized by black rings surrounding the stems and blighted seeds, caused by a fungus, Balansia strangulans.
- black ruff — a large, blackish, pelagic fish, Centrolophus niger, of the Atlantic Ocean, chiefly along the coast of Europe.
- 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
- black tern — a small tern with a black head and body, Chlidonias niger, found on all continents except Australasia
- blackamoor — a Black African or other person with dark skin
- blackbeard — nickname of (Edward) Teach
- blackberry — A blackberry is a small, soft black or dark purple fruit.
- blackboard — A blackboard is a dark-coloured board that you can write on with chalk. Blackboards are often used by teachers in the classroom.
- blackguard — an unprincipled contemptible person; scoundrel
- blackheart — an abnormal darkening of the woody stems of some plants, thought to be caused by extreme cold
- blacksburg — a town in SW Virginia.
- blackshirt — (in Europe) a member of a fascist organization, esp a member of the Italian Fascist party before and during World War II
- blackstrap — a kind of port wine
- blackthorn — a thorny Eurasian rosaceous shrub, Prunus spinosa, with black twigs, white flowers, and small sour plumlike fruits
- blackwater — a stream stained dark with peat
- blockboard — a type of plywood in which soft wood strips are bonded together and sandwiched between two layers of veneer
- blue coral — any coral of the genus Heliopora, having brown polyps and a blue skeleton, found in the Indo-Pacific region.
- blue crane — the great blue heron.
- blue racer — a long slender blackish-blue fast-moving colubrid snake, Coluber constrictor flaviventris, of the US
- bnr pascal — ["Remote Rendezvous", N. Gammage et al, Soft Prac & Exp 17(10):741-755 (Oct 1987)].
- boca raton — city in SE Fla., near Fort Lauderdale: pop. 75,000
- body track — the tracks of a railroad yard used for switching or sorting cars.
- bois d'arc — Osage orange (def 1).
- bomb scare — an alarm arising from the fear that a bomb may have been left in a place
- bon marche — a bargain.
- 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.
- box camera — a simple box-shaped camera having an elementary lens, shutter, and viewfinder
- brace jack — a triangular piece of wood used for propping up scenery from behind.