10-letter words containing e, s
- backlisted — Simple past tense and past participle of backlist.
- backpedals — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backpedal.
- backplanes — Plural form of backplane.
- backplates — Plural form of backplate.
- backseater — A navigator who accompanies the pilot of an aircraft.
- backsheesh — Alternative spelling of baksheesh.
- backslider — A recidivist; one who backslides, especially in a religious sense; an apostate.
- backspaced — Simple past tense and past participle of backspace.
- backspaces — Plural form of backspace.
- backsplice — a knot for finishing a rope end neatly, beginning with a crown and proceeding in a series of tucks, each strand over the first adjoining strand and under the next, the strands being split in half at each tuck.
- backstreet — a street in a town remote from the main roads
- backstroke — Backstroke is a swimming stroke that you do lying on your back.
- backwasher — (textiles) A machine used for washing wool after carding to remove the impurities.
- backwaters — Plural form of backwater.
- bad mester — a term for the devil, used when speaking to children
- bagatelles — Plural form of bagatelle.
- bailieship — the office or district of a bailie
- bake-wares — heat-resistant dishes, as of glass or pottery, in which food may be baked; ovenware.
- bakeapples — Plural form of bakeapple.
- bakehouses — Plural form of bakehouse.
- bakersheet — dripping pan.
- balaustine — of or relating to the pomegranate.
- balderdash — If you say that something that has been said or written is balderdash, you think it is completely untrue or very stupid.
- balladeers — Plural form of balladeer.
- ballbuster — Ball-breaker.
- ballerinas — Plural form of ballerina.
- ballistite — a smokeless rocket propellant composed of roughly equal proportions of the explosives nitrocellulose and nitroglycerine
- ballsiness — daring; courage
- baltic sea — a sea in N Europe, connected with the North Sea by the Skagerrak, Kattegat, and Öresund; shallow, with low salinity and small tides
- balustrade — A balustrade is a railing or wall on a balcony or staircase.
- bamboozles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bamboozle.
- banalities — the condition or quality of being banal, or devoid of freshness or originality: the banality of everyday life.
- band shell — an outdoor platform for concerts, having a concave, nearly hemispherical back serving as a sounding board
- banderoles — Plural form of banderole.
- bandmaster — the conductor of a band
- bandoleers — Plural form of bandoleer.
- bandoleros — Plural form of bandolero.
- bandoliers — Plural form of bandolier.
- bandoneons — Plural form of bandoneon.
- banffshire — (until 1975) a county of NE Scotland: formerly (1975–96) part of Grampian region, now part of Aberdeenshire
- bangladesh — a republic in S Asia: formerly the Eastern Province of Pakistan; became independent in 1971 after civil war and the defeat of Pakistan by India; consists of the plains and vast deltas of the Ganges and Brahmaputra Rivers; prone to flooding: economy based on jute and jute products (over 70 per cent of world production); a member of the Commonwealth. Language: Bengali. Religion: Muslim. Currency: taka. Capital: Dhaka. Pop: 163 654 860 (2013 est). Area: 142 797 sq km (55 126 sq miles)
- banishment — Banishment is the act of banishing someone or the state of being banished.
- banistered — Simple past tense and past participle of banister.
- bannisters — a baluster.
- banqueters — Plural form of banqueter.
- banquettes — Plural form of banquette.
- baptistery — a place, esp. a part of a church, used for baptizing
- barberries — Plural form of barberry.
- barbershop — Barbershop is a style of singing where a small group of people, usually men, sing in close harmony and without any musical instruments accompanying them.
- barcaroles — Plural form of barcarole.