10-letter words containing c, h
- back bench — any of the rows of seats occupied by the backbenchers.
- back light — light falling on a photographic or television subject from the rear
- back shaft — a spindle carrying back gears.
- back shift — a group of workers who work a shift from late afternoon to midnight in an industry or occupation where a day shift or a night shift is also worked
- back tooth — a tooth in the back of your jaw
- back-check — to skate back toward one's defensive zone obstructing or impeding the movement or progress of one or more opponents on attack. Compare check1 (def 15), fore-check.
- back-cloth — backdrop (def 1).
- backcloths — Plural form of backcloth.
- backhanded — A backhanded compliment is a remark which seems to be an insult but could also be understood as a compliment. A backhanded compliment is also a remark which seems to be a compliment but could also be understood as an insult.
- backhander — A backhander is an amount of money that is illegally paid to someone in a position of authority in order to encourage them to do something.
- backlashed — a sudden, forceful backward movement; recoil.
- backlasher — something or someone who produces a backlash
- backlashes — Plural form of backlash.
- backlights — Plural form of backlight.
- backsheesh — Alternative spelling of baksheesh.
- backsights — Plural form of backsight.
- backsplash — any tiled area by, for example, a sink, cooker or bath to prevent damage to a wall by food or water splashes
- backstitch — a strong sewing stitch made by starting the next stitch at the middle or beginning of the preceding one
- backwasher — (textiles) A machine used for washing wool after carding to remove the impurities.
- bad cheque — A bad cheque is a bank cheque that will not be paid because there is a mistake on it, or because there is not enough money in the account of the person who wrote the cheque.
- balanchine — George. 1904–83, US choreographer, born in Russia
- baldacchin — A rich, embroidered brocade used for clothing in the Middle Ages, the web being gold and the woof silk.
- baldachins — Plural form of baldachin.
- banda aceh — a city in N Indonesia, in N Sumatra; the capital of Aceh region; suffered badly in the Indian Ocean tsunami of December 2004. Pop: 154 767 (2000)
- bank check — A bank check is a check that you can buy from a bank in order to pay someone who is not willing to accept a personal check.
- baphometic — relating to the worship of the idol Baphomet, whom the Knights Templar were accused of worshipping during the Crusades
- bar kochba — Simeon. died 135 ad, Jewish leader who led an unsuccessful revolt against the Romans in Palestine
- 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
- barophilic — (of living organisms) growing best in conditions of high atmospheric pressure
- baroswitch — a switch actuated by barometric pressure.
- basophilic — having an affinity for basic stains.
- bat chayil — (in some congregations) a ceremony of confirmation for a girl of at least Bat Mitzvah age
- batch file — a computer file with sequential commands to be executed when the file is read
- batch mode — computer processing in which commands are input from a batch file, not interactively
- batchmates — Plural form of batchmate.
- bath brick — a brick-shaped piece of calcareous earth, used for cleaning polished metal
- bath chair — a wheelchair for invalids, often with a hood
- 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)
- batrachian — any amphibian, esp a frog or toad
- bcs theory — Physics. a general quantum theory of superconductivity that describes many properties of superconducting materials.
- beach babe — an attractive girl seen on beaches
- beach ball — A beach ball is a large, light ball filled with air, which people play with, especially on the beach.
- beach berm — berm (def 3).
- beach crab — any of various crabs that live on beaches, as the ghost crab.
- beach face — the seaward section of a beach exposed to and shaped by the action of waves.
- beach flea — sand hopper
- beach plum — a rosaceous shrub, Prunus maritima, of coastal regions of E North America
- beach-berm — Also, berme. Fortification. a horizontal surface between the exterior slope of a rampart and the moat.
- beachballs — Plural form of beachball.
- beachfront — A beachfront house, café, shop, or hotel is situated on or by a beach.