10-letter words containing c, b, r
- bar kochba — Simeon. died 135 ad, Jewish leader who led an unsuccessful revolt against the Romans in Palestine
- bar-le-duc — Dutch Maas. a river in W Europe, flowing from NE France through E Belgium and S Netherlands into the North Sea. 575 miles (925 km) long.
- barbecuing — Present participle of barbecue.
- barbituric — of or derived from barbituric acid
- barcaroles — Plural form of barcarole.
- barcarolle — a boating song of the Venetian gondoliers.
- bardacious — bodacious.
- bare-faced — You use bare-faced to describe someone's behaviour when you want to emphasize that they do not care that they are behaving wrongly.
- barebacker — (slang) A person who engages in barebacking.
- barenecked — Having the neck bare.
- bariatrics — the study of obesity and its treatment
- bark cloth — a papery fabric made from the fibrous inner bark of various trees, esp of the moraceous genus Ficus and the leguminous genus Brachystegia
- barleycorn — a grain of barley, or barley itself
- barmecidal — giving only the illusion of plenty; illusory: a Barmecidal banquet.
- barn dance — A barn dance is a social event people go to for country dancing.
- baroceptor — Baroreceptor.
- baroclinic — of, relating to, or having the property of baroclinity.
- barometric — Barometric pressure is the atmospheric pressure that is shown by a barometer.
- barophilic — (of living organisms) growing best in conditions of high atmospheric pressure
- baroscopic — Relating to, or determined by, the baroscope.
- baroswitch — a switch actuated by barometric pressure.
- barotropic — having a density that is a function only of pressure.
- barracking — Present participle of barrack.
- barracoota — Alt form barracouta.
- barracouta — a large predatory Pacific fish, Thyrsites atun, with a protruding lower jaw and strong teeth: family Gempylidae
- barracudas — Plural form of barracuda.
- barricaded — a defensive barrier hastily constructed, as in a street, to stop an enemy.
- barricades — Plural form of barricade.
- barycenter — (physics) The center of a mass; often specifically, the point at which the gravitational forces exerted by two objects are equal.
- barycentre — a centre of mass, esp of the earth-moon system or the solar system
- 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
- bath brick — a brick-shaped piece of calcareous earth, used for cleaning polished metal
- bath chair — a wheelchair for invalids, often with a hood
- batrachian — any amphibian, esp a frog or toad
- battercake — pancake (def 1).
- battle cry — A battle cry is a phrase that is used to encourage people to support a particular cause or campaign.
- bcs theory — Physics. a general quantum theory of superconductivity that describes many properties of superconducting materials.
- beach berm — berm (def 3).
- beach crab — any of various crabs that live on beaches, as the ghost crab.
- beach-berm — Also, berme. Fortification. a horizontal surface between the exterior slope of a rampart and the moat.
- beachfront — A beachfront house, café, shop, or hotel is situated on or by a beach.
- beachgoers — Plural form of beachgoer.
- beam brick — a face brick for bonding to a concrete lintel poured in place, having a section like a right triangle.
- beam reach — an act or instance of reaching: to make a reach for a gun.
- bean caper — a shrub, Zygophyllum fabago, of E Mediterranean regions, whose flower buds are eaten as a substitute for capers: family Zygophyllaceae
- becquerels — Plural form of becquerel.
- bedchamber — A bedchamber is a bedroom.
- bee orchid — a European orchid, Ophrys apifera, whose flower resembles a bumble bee in shape and colour
- beech fern — a fern, Thelypteris phegopteris, that grows in damp N temperate woods and hills: family Polypodiaceae