6-letter words containing c
- bianco — Mon·te [mawn-te] /ˈmɔn tɛ/ (Show IPA). Italian name of Mont Blanc.
- bicarb — Bicarb is an abbreviation for bicarbonate of soda.
- biceps — Your biceps are the large muscles at the front of the upper part of your arms.
- bichat — Marie François Xavier [ma-ree frahn-swa gza-vyey] /maˈri frɑ̃ˈswa gzaˈvyeɪ/ (Show IPA), 1771–1802, French physician.
- bichir — an African freshwater fish with an elongated body
- bicker — When people bicker, they argue or quarrel about unimportant things.
- bicmos — (hardware) A manufacturing process for semiconductor devices that combines bipolar and CMOS to give the best balance between available output current and power consumption.
- bicone — an object shaped like two cones with their bases together.
- bicorn — having two horns or hornlike parts
- bicron — a billionth part of a metre
- bierce — Ambrose (Gwinett). 1842–?1914, US journalist and author of humorous sketches, horror stories, and tales of the supernatural: he disappeared during a mission in Mexico (1913)
- biface — a prehistoric stone tool with two faces
- binchy — Maeve (meɪˈɪv). 1940–2012, Irish novelist and journalist; her bestselling novels include Circle of Friends (1990) and Quentins (2002)
- binocs — binoculars
- bionic — In science fiction books or films, a bionic person is someone who has special powers, such as being exceptionally strong or having exceptionally good sight, because parts of their body have been replaced by electronic machinery.
- biopic — A biopic is a film that tells the story of someone's life.
- biotic — of or relating to living organisms
- bipack — an obsolete filming process
- biscay — Bay ofpart of the Atlantic, on the N coast of Spain & the W coast of France
- bisect — If something long and thin bisects an area or line, it divides the area or line in half.
- bisync — Binary Synchronous Transmission
- bitchy — If someone is being bitchy or is making bitchy remarks, they are saying unkind things about someone.
- blacky — a contemptuous term used to refer to a black person.
- blanch — If you blanch, you suddenly become very pale.
- blanco — Serge (sɛrʒ). born 1958, French Rugby Union footballer; won 93 caps (1980–91) and scored 38 tries in internationals (a French record)
- bleach — If you bleach something, you use a chemical to make it white or pale in colour.
- blench — to shy away, as in fear; quail
- blocks — a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more flat or approximately flat faces.
- blocky — like a block, esp in shape and solidity
- blotch — A blotch is a small unpleasant-looking area of colour, for example on someone's skin.
- bobcat — A bobcat is an animal in the cat family which has reddish-brown fur with dark spots or stripes and a short tail. Bobcats live in North America.
- bocage — the wooded countryside characteristic of northern France, with small irregular-shaped fields and many hedges and copses
- boccie — an Italian version of bowls played on a lawn smaller than a bowling green
- bochum — an industrial city in NW Germany, in W North Rhine-Westphalia: university (1965). Pop: 387 283 (2003 est)
- bodach — an old man
- bodice — The bodice of a dress is the part above the waist.
- bohica — (humour) /bo-hee-ka/ Bend Over, Here It Comes Again.
- bomarc — a winged, surface-to-air interceptor missile.
- bonaci — a name for the black grouper fish (Mycteroperca bonaci), also used for various similar species
- bonduc — either of two species of leguminous shrub (Caesalpinia bonduc and Caesalpinia major) which produce hard, shiny seeds commonly known as nickernuts
- bontoc — Bontok.
- borsch — any of various eastern European soups made with beets, cabbage, potatoes, or other vegetables and served hot or chilled, often with sour cream.
- borsic — a strong light composite material of boron fibre and silicon carbide used in aviation
- botchy — clumsily done or made
- bouche — the notch cut in the top corner of a shield to support a lance
- boucle — looped yarn giving a knobbly effect
- bounce — When an object such as a ball bounces or when you bounce it, it moves upwards from a surface or away from it immediately after hitting it.
- bouncy — Someone or something that is bouncy is very lively.
- boxcar — A boxcar is a railway carriage, often without windows, which is used to carry luggage, goods, or mail.
- braced — something that holds parts together or in place, as a clasp or clamp.