10-letter words containing c, s, t
- bitchiness — characteristic of a bitch; spiteful; malicious.
- black list — a list of persons under suspicion, disfavor, censure, etc.: His record as an anarchist put him on the government's blacklist.
- black rust — a stage in any of several diseases of cereals and grasses caused by rust fungi in which black masses of spores appear on the stems or leaves
- black site — a secret facility used by a country's military as a prison and interrogation centre, whose existence is denied by the government
- 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.
- black stem — a disease of plants, characterized by blackened stems and defoliation, caused by any of several fungi, as Ascochyta imperfecta or Mycosphaerella lethalis.
- blackshirt — (in Europe) a member of a fascist organization, esp a member of the Italian Fascist party before and during World War II
- blacksmith — A blacksmith is a person whose job is making things by hand out of metal that has been heated to a high temperature.
- 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
- blackstrap — a kind of port wine
- blast cell — any undifferentiated or immature cell.
- 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.
- block mast — a short mast from the head of which a lateen yard is suspended.
- bloodstock — Horses that are bred for racing are referred to as bloodstock.
- bovaristic — an exaggerated, especially glamorized, estimate of oneself; conceit.
- boy scouts — the worldwide movement founded by Lord Baden-Powell in 1908, now called the Scout Association in the UK and the Boys Scouts of America in the USA, which pursues a programme of activities for boys with the aim of developing character and responsibility
- breadstick — bread baked in a long thin crisp stick
- bronchitis — Bronchitis is an illness like a very bad cough, in which your bronchial tubes become sore and infected.
- broomstick — A broomstick is an old-fashioned broom which has a bunch of small sticks at the end.
- bruschetta — Bruschetta is a slice of toasted bread which is brushed with olive oil and usually covered with chopped tomatoes.
- bucky bits — /buh'kee bits/ 1. Obsolete. The bits produced by the CONTROL and META shift keys on a SAIL keyboard (octal 200 and 400 respectively), resulting in a 9-bit keyboard character set. The MIT AI TV (Knight) keyboards extended this with TOP and separate left and right CONTROL and META keys, resulting in a 12-bit character set; later, LISP Machines added such keys as SUPER, HYPER, and GREEK (see space-cadet keyboard). 2. By extension, bits associated with "extra" shift keys on any keyboard, e.g. the ALT on an IBM PC or command and option keys on a Macintosh. It has long been rumored that "bucky bits" were named after Buckminster Fuller during a period when he was consulting at Stanford. Actually, bucky bits were invented by Niklaus Wirth when *he* was at Stanford in 1964--65; he first suggested the idea of an EDIT key to set the 8th bit of an otherwise 7 bit ASCII character. It seems that, unknown to Wirth, certain Stanford hackers had privately nicknamed him "Bucky" after a prominent portion of his dental anatomy, and this nickname transferred to the bit. Bucky-bit commands were used in a number of editors written at Stanford, including most notably TV-EDIT and NLS. The term spread to MIT and CMU early and is now in general use. Ironically, Wirth himself remained unaware of its derivation for nearly 30 years, until GLS dug up this history in early 1993! See double bucky, quadruple bucky.
- buff stick — a small stick covered with leather or the like, used in polishing.
- bust chops — Usually, chops. the jaw.
- c terminus — the carboxyl end of a protein molecule.
- cabalistic — of or relating to the cabala.
- cablecasts — Plural form of cablecast.
- cabriolets — Plural form of cabriolet.
- 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.
- cad system — A CAD system is a computer system for designing parts or products before they are manufactured.
- 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.
- caen stone — a cream-colored limestone quarried near Caen, France, for use in building.
- caespitose — growing in dense tufts
- cafeterias — Plural form of cafeteria.
- cagliostro — Count Alessandro di (alesˈsandro di), original name Giuseppe Balsamo. 1743–95, Italian adventurer and magician, who was imprisoned for life by the Inquisition for his association with freemasonry
- cake stand — a plate on a pedestal used for displaying cakes in a shop or café, or for special cakes such as wedding cakes
- calamities — a great misfortune or disaster, as a flood or serious injury.
- calamitous — If you describe an event or situation as calamitous, you mean it is very unfortunate or serious.
- calcsinter — travertine.
- calculates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of calculate.
- calibrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of calibrate.
- caliphates — Plural form of caliphate.
- calixtus i — Saint, a.d. c160–222, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 218–222.
- calotypist — a person who produces photographs using the calotype process
- cameltoe's — the outline of a vulva as sometimes seen when a woman is wearing tight pants.
- cameralist — any of the mercantilist economists or public servants in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries who held that the economic power of a nation can be enhanced by increasing its monetary wealth, as by the accumulation of bullion.
- camorrista — a member of a camorra
- camp shirt — a short-sleeved shirt or blouse with a notched collar and usually two breast pockets.