10-letter words containing c, o, b, l
- biomedical — Biomedical research examines the effects of drugs and medical techniques on the biological systems of living creatures.
- bionically — utilizing electronic devices and mechanical parts to assist humans in performing difficult, dangerous, or intricate tasks, as by supplementing or duplicating parts of the body: The scientist used a bionic arm to examine the radioactive material.
- bioplastic — plastic suitable for use as a biomaterial.
- biotically — from a biotic point of view
- black bloc — an informal grouping of militant, mainly anarchist, protesters who act together during anti-capitalism, anti-war, etc, protests, often wearing black hoods and black clothing
- black body — a hypothetical body that would be capable of absorbing all the electromagnetic radiation falling on it
- black book — a book containing the names of people to be punished, blacklisted, etc
- black code — any code of law that defined and especially limited the rights of former slaves after the Civil War.
- black gold — petroleum
- black hole — Black holes are areas in space, where gravity is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape from them. Black holes are thought to be formed by collapsed stars.
- black knot — a fungal disease of plums and cherries caused by Dibotryon morbosum, characterized by rough black knotlike swellings on the twigs and branches
- black look — If someone gives you a black look, they look at you in a way that shows that they are very angry about something.
- black mold — any fungus of the family Mucoraceae, especially Rhizopus nigricans, that forms a black, furry coating on foodstuffs.
- black monk — a Benedictine monk
- black opal — any opal of a dark coloration, not necessarily black
- black pope — the head of the Jesuit order (so called from the power he once possessed and from the black habit worn by the order).
- black spot — If you describe a place, time, or part of a situation as a black spot, you mean that it is particularly bad or likely to cause problems.
- blackamoor — a Black African or other person with dark skin
- blackboard — A blackboard is a dark-coloured board that you can write on with chalk. Blackboards are often used by teachers in the classroom.
- 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
- blackthorn — a thorny Eurasian rosaceous shrub, Prunus spinosa, with black twigs, white flowers, and small sour plumlike fruits
- blastocoel — the cavity within a blastula
- blastocyst — the blastula of mammals: a sphere of cells (trophoblast) enclosing an inner mass of cells and a fluid-filled cavity (blastocoel)
- blastodisc — the blastula that forms as a flattened sphere on top of the yolk in the yolk-laden eggs of birds and reptiles.
- blind copy — a copy of a letter or the like, the original of which bears no evidence that the copy was sent to some other person.
- block coal — bituminous coal that breaks into large lumps or cubical blocks.
- block lava — volcanic lava occurring as rough-surfaced jagged blocks
- block line — a rope or cable used in a block and tackle
- block mast — a short mast from the head of which a lateen yard is suspended.
- block vote — A block vote is a large number of votes that are all cast in the same way by one person on behalf of a group of people.
- blockboard — a type of plywood in which soft wood strips are bonded together and sandwiched between two layers of veneer
- blockflote — a recorder.
- blockhouse — (formerly) a wooden fortification with ports or loopholes for defensive fire, observation, etc
- blood cell — any of the cells that circulate in the blood
- blood clot — a clotted mass of blood
- bloodstock — Horses that are bred for racing are referred to as bloodstock.
- blue coral — any coral of the genus Heliopora, having brown polyps and a blue skeleton, found in the Indo-Pacific region.
- blue cross — a nonprofit health insurance organization offering hospitalization and medical benefits to subscribers, esp. to groups of employees and their families
- blues-rock — a blend of rock-'n'-roll and blues.
- bobby calf — an unweaned calf culled for slaughter
- body clock — Your body clock is the internal biological mechanism which causes your body to automatically behave in particular ways at particular times of the day.
- bold-faced — confident or impudent
- bollocking — a severe telling-off; dressing-down
- bomb lance — a harpoon fitted with an explosive head.
- bone black — a fine charcoal made by burning animal bones in closed containers: used as a pigment, in refining sugar, etc.
- boot block — (operating system) A program on a hard disk, floppy disk or other media, which is loaded when the computer is turned on or rebooted and which controls the next phase of loading the actual operating system. The loading and execution of the boot block is usually controlled by firmware in ROM or PROM. It may be at some fixed location possibly or may be pointed to by the master boot record.
- bootlicker — to seek the favor or goodwill of in a servile, degraded way; toady to.
- booty call — a meeting arranged for the purpose of having sex
- botticelli — Sandro (ˈsandro), original name Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi. 1444–1510, Italian (Florentine) painter, illustrator, and engraver, noted for the graceful outlines and delicate details of his mythological and religious paintings
- 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.