10-letter words containing e, s
- bed-sitter — a combination bedroom and sitting room.
- bedclothes — Bedclothes are the sheets and covers which you put over yourself when you get into bed.
- bedeswoman — beadswoman
- bedfellows — Plural form of bedfellow.
- bedpresser — an overweight, idle person, who exerts a great deal of pressure on their bed
- bedsitting — as in bedsitting room
- bedspreads — Plural form of bedspread.
- bedsprings — Plural form of bedspring.
- bedwarmers — Plural form of bedwarmer.
- beech mast — the edible nuts of the beech, especially when lying on the ground.
- beechdrops — a North American flowering plant, Epifagus virginiana, which is parasitic on beech trees
- beefeaters — Plural form of beefeater.
- beefmaster — one of a breed of fast-growing beef cattle of the western U.S., tolerant of humidity, heat, and insects, developed by crossbreeding Brahman, Hereford, and Shorthorn stock.
- beekeepers — Plural form of beekeeper.
- beer glass — a glass of a standard size (in Britain holding one pint, or half a pint) with straight sides, or with a handle, to drink beer from
- beet sugar — the sucrose obtained from sugar beet, identical in composition to cane sugar
- beetmaster — a help in need
- beetmister — a help in need
- beginnings — the early stages; the first signs
- behaviours — manner of behaving or acting.
- bel esprit — a witty or clever person
- bel-esprit — a person of great wit or intellect.
- beliefless — having no faith or belief
- belisarius — ?505–565 ad, Byzantine general under Justinian I. He recovered North Africa from the Vandals and Italy from the Ostrogoths and led forces against the Persians
- bell glass — a bell-shaped glass jar or cover for protecting delicate instruments, bric-a-brac, or the like, or for containing gases or a vacuum in chemical experiments.
- bell sheep — a sheep that a shearer is just starting to shear (and which he is allowed to finish) as the bell rings for the end of a work period
- belle isle — an island in the Atlantic, at the N entrance to the Strait of Belle Isle, between Labrador and Newfoundland. Area: about 39 sq km (15 sq miles)
- belletrist — a writer of belles-lettres
- bellperson — a bellhop.
- belly-bust — belly-flop.
- belly-slam — belly-flop.
- belly-wash — any barely drinkable liquid or beverage, as inferior soda, beer, coffee, or soup.
- bellyaches — Informal. a pain in the abdomen or bowels.
- belongings — Your belongings are the things that you own, especially things that are small enough to be carried.
- belorussia — historical region in central Europe corresponding to present-day Belarus
- belowdecks — below a ship's deck
- belshazzar — 6th century bc, the son of Nabonidus, coregent of Babylon with his father for eight years: referred to as king and son of Nebuchadnezzar in the Old Testament (Daniel 5:1, 17; 8:1); described as having received a divine message of doom written on a wall at a banquet (Belshazzar's Feast)
- beltcourse — a horizontal band or course, as of stone, projecting beyond or flush with the face of a building, often molded and sometimes richly carved.
- beltsville — a town in central Maryland, near Washington, D.C.
- bemusement — Bemusement is the feeling that you have when you are puzzled or confused by something.
- bench seat — a seat for more than one person
- bench show — an exhibition of small animals, esp. dogs, or cats, displayed on benches and competing for awards on the basis of how closely they conform to ideal standards for the breed
- bench stop — a metal device set flush with the top of a workbench and having a portion able to be raised to stop longitudinal movement of an object placed against it.
- bench test — the critical evaluation of a new or repaired component, device, apparatus, etc, prior to installation to ensure that it is in perfect condition
- benedictus — a short canticle beginning Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini in Latin and Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord in English
- benefiters — something that is advantageous or good; an advantage: He explained the benefits of public ownership of the postal system.
- beni hasan — a village in central Egypt, on the Nile, with cliff-cut tombs dating from 2000 bc
- bent grass — any grass of the genus Agrostis, especially the redtop.
- benthamism — the philosophy of utilitarianism as first expounded by Jeremy Bentham in terms of an action being good that has a greater tendency to augment the happiness of the community than to diminish it
- bergamasca — a fast dance similar to the tarantella.