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10-letter words containing i, l, e, o

  • bloomfield — Leonard. 1887–1949, US linguist, influential for his strictly scientific and descriptive approach to comparative linguistics; author of Language (1933)
  • blow-dried — dried using hairdryer
  • blue point — a Siamese cat having a light-colored body and darker, bluish-gray points.
  • boiled egg — an egg cooked in its shell in boiling water
  • boiled oil — any of several oils, esp. linseed, that are heated (not boiled) and mixed with driers to form a thick, dark, quick-drying oil
  • boilersuit — a one-piece work garment consisting of overalls and a shirt top usually worn over ordinary clothes to protect them
  • bois brule — métis (def 2).
  • bois-brûlé — a mixed-race person of Canadian Indian and White (usually French Canadian) ancestry; Métis
  • bolsheviks — a member of the more radical majority of the Social Democratic Party, 1903–17, advocating immediate and forceful seizure of power by the proletariat. (after 1918) a member of the Russian Communist Party.
  • bolshevism — Bolshevism is the political system and ideas that Lenin and his supporters introduced in Russia after the Russian Revolution of 1917.
  • bolshevist — a follower or advocate of the doctrines or methods of the Bolsheviks.
  • bolshevize — to bring into line with Communist ideology
  • bolstering — a long, often cylindrical, cushion or pillow for a bed, sofa, etc.
  • bonnevilleLake, a prehistoric lake in Utah, E Nevada, and S Idaho: Great Salt Lake is its remnant. 350 miles (564 km) long.
  • bonnilasse — a pretty girl
  • bookmobile — a vehicle providing lending library facilities
  • bootlicker — to seek the favor or goodwill of in a servile, degraded way; toady to.
  • bordelaise — denoting a brown sauce flavoured with red wine and sometimes mushrooms
  • borderline — The borderline between two different or opposite things is the division between them.
  • boswellize — to write an account of in the detailed manner of Boswell.
  • botticelli — Sandro (ˈsandro), original name Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi. 1444–1510, Italian (Florentine) painter, illustrator, and engraver, noted for the graceful outlines and delicate details of his mythological and religious paintings
  • bottle imp — Cartesian diver.
  • bouillotte — a French card game similar to poker
  • bouldering — rock climbing on large boulders or small outcrops either as practice or as a sport in its own right
  • bowdlerise — to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
  • bowdlerism — to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
  • bowdlerize — To bowdlerize a book or film means to take parts of it out before publishing it or showing it.
  • bowldering — pavement made with small boulders.
  • brockville — a city in SE Ontario, in S Canada.
  • bronchiole — any of the smallest bronchial tubes, usually ending in alveoli
  • brookfield — a city in SE Wisconsin, near Milwaukee.
  • broomfield — a city in N central Colorado.
  • brownfield — Brownfield land is land in a town or city where houses or factories have been built in the past, but which is not being used at the present time.
  • bunker oil — Nautical. oil taken on board a tanker as fuel, as distinguished from the oil carried as cargo.
  • 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
  • calcedonio — a type of Venetian opaque glassware, with veins of colour, intended to imitate chalcedony
  • calceiform — shaped like a shoe or slipper
  • calciferol — a fat-soluble steroid, found esp in fish-liver oils, produced by the action of ultraviolet radiation on ergosterol. It increases the absorption of calcium from the intestine and is used in the treatment of rickets. Formula: C28H43OH
  • calciphobe — calcifuge.
  • caledonian — of or relating to Scotland
  • calliopean — resembling a calliope in sound; piercingly loud: a calliopean voice.
  • calorifier — a water tank fitted with a coil, or coils, that can be heated in order to heat the water
  • cannelloni — Cannelloni is large tube-shaped pieces of pasta that contain a filling of meat, cheese, or vegetables.
  • capitoline — of or relating to the Capitoline or the temple of Jupiter
  • capnophile — (biology) A microorganism that requires or grows best in presence of high concentrations of carbon dioxide.
  • carbolised — phenolate (def 2).
  • carbolized — Simple past tense and past participle of carbolize.
  • cartophile — a cartophilist
  • catabolise — to cause (a nutrient or other substance) to undergo catabolism.
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