10-letter words containing c, o, a, e
- blackstone — Sir William. 1723–80, English jurist noted particularly for his Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765–69), which had a profound influence on jurisprudence in the US
- blastocoel — the cavity within a blastula
- blue coral — any coral of the genus Heliopora, having brown polyps and a blue skeleton, found in the Indo-Pacific region.
- bold-faced — confident or impudent
- bomb lance — a harpoon fitted with an explosive head.
- bomb scare — an alarm arising from the fear that a bomb may have been left in a place
- bon marche — a bargain.
- bone black — a fine charcoal made by burning animal bones in closed containers: used as a pigment, in refining sugar, etc.
- bone china — Bone china is a kind of thin china that contains powdered bone.
- boniface i — Saint, died a.d. 422, pope 418–422.
- boniface v — died a.d. 625, pope 619–625.
- boot-faced — wearing a stern, disapproving expression
- bottle cap — a device for closing or sealing a bottle, especially a metal cover with a cork gasket fitting tightly over the mouth of a glass or plastic bottle, held in place by crimping the edge of the cap over the lip or flange of the bottle.
- bounceable — to spring back from a surface in a lively manner: The ball bounced off the wall.
- bounceback — the act or an instance of bouncing back, recovering, or recuperating: Fall sales have experienced a tremendous bounceback.
- box camera — a simple box-shaped camera having an elementary lens, shutter, and viewfinder
- brace root — prop root.
- brachydome — a dome whose face is parallel to the brachydiagonal axis in a crystal
- broadfaced — having a broad, wide face.
- broadpiece — an English coin replaced by the guinea in 1663
- broadscale — on a broad scale; extensive; spread over a wide area
- brocatelle — a heavy brocade with the design in deep relief, used chiefly in upholstery
- bulbaceous — bulbous
- byssaceous — consisting of fine threads
- cable buoy — a buoy marking or supporting part of a submerged cable.
- cablephoto — a photographic image transmitted via cable, especially for use by newspapers or in police work.
- cabo verde — a republic in the Atlantic off the coast of West Africa, consisting of a group of ten islands and five islets: an overseas territory of Portugal until 1975, when the islands became independent. Official language: Portuguese. Religion: Christian (Roman Catholic) majority; animist minority. Currency: Cape Verdean escudo. Capital: Praia. Pop: 531 046 (2013 est). Area: 4033 sq km (1557 sq miles)
- cabriolets — Plural form of cabriolet.
- cacao bean — a seed of the cacao tree.
- cacciatore — prepared with tomatoes, mushrooms, herbs, and other seasonings
- cacodaemon — Wicked or malevolent spirit as opposed to agathodemon (a good spirit).
- cacodemons — Plural form of cacodemon.
- cacodylate — a salt of cacodylic acid.
- cacogenics — dysgenics.
- cacomistle — a catlike omnivorous mammal, Bassariscus astutus, of S North America, related to but smaller than the raccoons: family Procyonidae, order Carnivora (carnivores). It has yellowish-grey fur and a long bushy tail banded in black and white
- cactaceous — belonging to the Cactaceae, the cactus family of plants.
- cadaverous — If you describe someone as cadaverous, you mean they are extremely thin and pale.
- caecostomy — (surgery) An operation involving bringing the caecum through the abdominal wall, most often by a tube, and opening it for drainage or decompression, usually to treat an obstruction of the colon.
- caecotroph — (biology) In certain mammals, especially rabbits and some rodents, a cake or pellet of food which is produced by means of digestion and expulsion through the anus.
- caen stone — a cream-colored limestone quarried near Caen, France, for use in building.
- caernarfon — a port and resort in NW Wales, in Gwynedd on the Menai Strait: 13th-century castle. Pop: 9726 (2001)
- caernarvon — a seaport in W Gwynedd, in NW Wales, on Menai Strait: 13th-century castle of Edward II.
- caespitose — growing in dense tufts
- cafetorium — a room, usually in a school or other educational institution, which serves both as a cafeteria and an auditorium
- cajolement — The act of cajoling or the state of being cajoled.
- cake flour — finely ground wheat flour.
- calabooses — Plural form of calaboose.
- calcaneous — Misspelling of calcaneus.
- calcareous — of, containing, or resembling calcium carbonate; chalky
- calcedonio — a type of Venetian opaque glassware, with veins of colour, intended to imitate chalcedony