10-letter words containing c, o, n
- bioorganic — pertaining to the composition and biological activity of carbon-based compounds, especially those of laboratory rather than biogenic origin (contrasted with bioinorganic).
- bioscience — the life sciences collectively
- 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 monk — a Benedictine monk
- 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
- 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 line — a rope or cable used in a block and tackle
- boca raton — city in SE Fla., near Fort Lauderdale: pop. 75,000
- boccherini — Luigi (luˈidʒi). 1743–1805, Italian composer and cellist
- bocconcini — small bite-sized pieces of mozzarella cheese
- body count — the number of people killed
- body punch — a blow to the body of an opponent
- bollocking — a severe telling-off; dressing-down
- bomb lance — a harpoon fitted with an explosive head.
- 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.
- bonus pack — anything sold with a product and marketed as a useful and free extra
- boondocker — combat boot.
- bottleneck — A bottleneck is a place where a road becomes narrow or where it meets another road so that the traffic slows down or stops, often causing traffic jams.
- 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.
- bouncedown — an occasion of restarting play by the umpire bouncing the ball
- bouncingly — in a bouncing manner
- box canyon — a canyon with vertical or almost vertical walls
- box column — a hollow wooden column, as for a porch, usually having a rectangular cross section.
- box wrench — a wrench with a completely enclosed head, used to hold and turn nuts and bolts
- branch off — A road or path that branches off from another one starts from it and goes in a slightly different direction. If you branch off somewhere, you change the direction in which you are going.
- branch out — If a person or an organization branches out, they do something that is different from their normal activities or work.
- brno chair — an armchair designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in 1930, having a cantilevered frame of chromium-plated or stainless steel composed of two interlocking parts, one forming the legs and arms and the other the seat and back frame, with the back and seat lightly upholstered and usually covered with leather.
- broccolini — a cultivated variety of cabbage, Brassica B. oleracea, which resembles broccoli and is eaten as a green vegetable
- broken ice — sea ice that covers from 50 to 80 percent of the surface of water in any particular area.
- bronchiole — any of the smallest bronchial tubes, usually ending in alveoli
- bronchitic — acute or chronic inflammation of the membrane lining of the bronchial tubes, caused by respiratory infection or exposure to bronchial irritants, as cigarette smoke.
- bronchitis — Bronchitis is an illness like a very bad cough, in which your bronchial tubes become sore and infected.
- brown coal — a low-quality coal intermediate in grade between peat and lignite
- brown coat — arriccio.
- brown rice — unpolished rice, in which the grains retain the outer yellowish-brown layer (bran)
- bubonocele — an incomplete hernia in the groin; partial inguinal hernia
- buccinator — a thin muscle that compresses the cheeks and holds them against the teeth during chewing, etc
- bunny chow — a dish consisting of a hollowed-out loaf of bread filled with curry
- buononcini — Bononcini.
- cabin hook — a hook and eye for fastening a cabinet door or the like.
- cacao bean — a seed of the cacao tree.
- cacodaemon — Wicked or malevolent spirit as opposed to agathodemon (a good spirit).
- cacodemons — Plural form of cacodemon.
- cacogenics — dysgenics.