10-letter words containing c, l, i
- aztec lily — a bulbous plant, Sprekelia formosissima, of the amaryllis family, native to Mexico, bearing a large, bright-red flower.
- b particle — B meson.
- bacillemia — the presence of bacilli in the blood.
- bacilluria — the presence of bacilli in the urine
- back light — light falling on a photographic or television subject from the rear
- back-trail — to backtrack.
- backfilled — Simple past tense and past participle of backfill.
- backlights — Plural form of backlight.
- backlisted — Simple past tense and past participle of backlist.
- backslider — A recidivist; one who backslides, especially in a religious sense; an apostate.
- backsplice — a knot for finishing a rope end neatly, beginning with a crown and proceeding in a series of tucks, each strand over the first adjoining strand and under the next, the strands being split in half at each tuck.
- bacteriol. — bacteriological
- baculiform — shaped like a rod
- bailiwicks — Plural form of bailiwick.
- 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.
- bale cubic — the space available in a ship's hold for the stowage of general cargo, measured in cubic feet.
- balenciaga — Cristobal (krisˈtoβal). 1895–1972, Spanish couturier
- 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.
- balopticon — a type of stereopticon for projecting images of objects by reflected light.
- 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
- barmecidal — giving only the illusion of plenty; illusory: a Barmecidal banquet.
- baroclinic — of, relating to, or having the property of baroclinity.
- barophilic — (of living organisms) growing best in conditions of high atmospheric pressure
- 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
- 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)
- 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
- batticaloa — a seaport in E Sri Lanka.
- be in luck — You can say someone is in luck when they are in a situation where they can have what they want or need.
- beatifical — Beatific.
- beclouding — Present participle of becloud.
- becomingly — that suits or gives a pleasing effect or attractive appearance, as to a person or thing: a becoming dress; a becoming hairdo.
- beneficial — Something that is beneficial helps people or improves their lives.
- berlusconi — Silvio (ˈsilvjo). born 1936, Italian politician and media tycoon: prime minister of Italy (1994–95, 2001–06, 2008–11); convicted of tax fraud and expelled from the Italian Senate in 2013
- bertolucci — Bernardo (berˈnardo). born 1940, Italian film director: his films include The Spider's Stratagem (1970), The Conformist (1970), 1900 (1976), The Last Emperor (1987), The Sheltering Sky (1990), and The Dreamers (2003)
- bescribble — to cover with scribbles
- biblically — of or in the Bible: a Biblical name.
- biblioteca — a library.
- bibliotics — the scientific study of handwriting, or written documents, for investigative purposes
- bicapsular — (of plants) having two capsules or one capsule with two chambers
- bichloride — a binary compound containing two atoms of chlorine for each atom of another element; dichloride
- bicorporal — having two bodies, main divisions, symbols, etc.
- bicultural — having two cultures
- bifacially — from a bifacial point of view