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10-letter words containing l, a, c, t

  • birthplace — Your birthplace is the place where you were born.
  • bitch-slap — to strike (someone) with one's open hand
  • black belt — A black belt is worn by someone who has reached a very high standard in a sport such as judo or karate.
  • black diet — deprivation of all food and water as a punishment, often leading to death.
  • black gnat — a type of artificial fly, used chiefly for trout and salmon.
  • black heat — heat emitted by an electric element made from low-resistance thick wire that does not glow red
  • black kite — a bird of prey, Milvus migrans, found in much of Eurasia
  • black knot — a fungal disease of plums and cherries caused by Dibotryon morbosum, characterized by rough black knotlike swellings on the twigs and branches
  • 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.
  • black taxi — a minibus used to transport workers from the townships to the city centres
  • black tern — a small tern with a black head and body, Chlidonias niger, found on all continents except Australasia
  • black titi — See under titi2 .
  • blackheart — an abnormal darkening of the woody stems of some plants, thought to be caused by extreme cold
  • blackheath — a residential district in SE London, mainly in the boroughs of Lewisham and Greenwich: a large heath formerly notorious for highwaymen
  • blackpatch — a disease of red and white clover, caused by an unidentified fungus and characterized by brown or blackish lesions on the plant.
  • blackplate — cold-rolled sheet steel before pickling or cleaning.
  • 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
  • blackthorn — a thorny Eurasian rosaceous shrub, Prunus spinosa, with black twigs, white flowers, and small sour plumlike fruits
  • blackwater — a stream stained dark with peat
  • 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.
  • bluejacket — a sailor in the Navy
  • booty call — a meeting arranged for the purpose of having sex
  • bottle cap — a device for closing or sealing a bottle, especially a metal cover with a cork gasket fitting tightly over the mouth of a glass or plastic bottle, held in place by crimping the edge of the cap over the lip or flange of the bottle.
  • boucicault — Dion (ˈdaɪɒn), real name Dionysius Lardner Boursiquot. 1822–90, Irish dramatist and actor. His plays include London Assurance (1841), The Octoroon (1859), and The Shaughran (1874)
  • bradytelic — of or relating to evolution at a rate slower than the standard for a given group of plants or animals.
  • broadcloth — fabric woven on a wide loom
  • brocatelle — a heavy brocade with the design in deep relief, used chiefly in upholstery
  • cabalistic — of or relating to the cabala.
  • cable-knit — knitted using the cable stitch
  • cablecasts — Plural form of cablecast.
  • cablephoto — a photographic image transmitted via cable, especially for use by newspapers or in police work.
  • cabriolets — Plural form of cabriolet.
  • cacodylate — a salt of cacodylic acid.
  • 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
  • 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
  • cajolement — The act of cajoling or the state of being cajoled.
  • 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.
  • calaverite — a metallic pale yellow mineral consisting of a telluride of gold in the form of elongated striated crystals. It is a source of gold in Australia and North America. Formula: AuTe2
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