10-letter words containing l, o, b, t
- 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.
- bottle imp — Cartesian diver.
- bottle out — If you bottle out, you lose your courage at the last moment and do not do something you intended to do.
- bottle-top — a cap on the top of a bottle
- bottlehead — bottlenose (def 2).
- bottleneck — A bottleneck is a place where a road becomes narrow or where it meets another road so that the traffic slows down or stops, often causing traffic jams.
- bottlenose — a kind of whale or dolphin
- bottletree — any of a genus (Brachychiton) of trees of the sterculia family, native to Australia, some of which have a swollen, bottle-shaped trunk
- bottomhole — The bottomhole is the lowest or deepest part of a well.
- bottomland — a lowland alluvial area near a river
- bottomless — If you describe a supply of something as bottomless, you mean that it seems so large that it will never run out.
- 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)
- bouillotte — a French card game similar to poker
- bowler hat — A bowler hat is a round, hard, black hat with a narrow brim which is worn by men, especially British businessmen. Bowler hats are no longer very common.
- box staple — a socket for holding the end of a lock bolt when the door is closed.
- box turtle — any of several North American terrapins (genus Terrapene) with a hinged shell that can be completely closed: usually found on land
- breastplow — a cultivator moved forward by a person pressing the chest against a crossbar.
- broadcloth — fabric woven on a wide loom
- brocatelle — a heavy brocade with the design in deep relief, used chiefly in upholstery
- broken lot — an irregular quantity or lot of securities that is smaller than the amount normally traded
- brown belt — a level of expertise just below that of black belt
- bubble-top — a bulletproof, transparent dome, as over the rear section of an automobile
- build into — to make (something) a definite part of (a contract, agreement, etc)
- bull float — a machine for giving the final surfacing to an area of concrete, as on a road.
- bull trout — any large trout, esp the salmon trout
- bulletwood — the wood of a tropical American sapotaceous tree, Manilkara bidentata, widely used for construction due to its durability and toughness
- bullionist — a purveyor of bullion
- bumblefoot — a swelling, sometimes purulent, of the ball of the foot in fowl.
- burlington — a city in S Canada on Lake Ontario, northeast of Hamilton. Pop: 150 836 (2001)
- bush pilot — a pilot who flies small aircraft over rugged terrain or unsettled regions to serve remote areas inaccessible to or off the route of larger planes: Bush pilots brought supplies to the Alaskan village once a week.
- buttonball — a North American plane tree, Platanus occidentalis
- buttonhold — to buttonhole a person
- buttonhole — A buttonhole is a hole that you push a button through in order to fasten a shirt, coat, or other piece of clothing.
- buttonless — having no button or buttons.
- buttonmold — a small disk of wood, metal, etc., which is covered as with cloth or leather to form a button
- butylation — the introduction of butyl into a compound
- buy-to-let — of or relating to the practice of buying a property to let to tenants rather than to live in onself
- cablephoto — a photographic image transmitted via cable, especially for use by newspapers or in police work.
- cabriolets — Plural form of cabriolet.
- calibrator — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- canal boat — A canal boat is a long, narrow boat used for travelling on canals.
- cancelbots — Plural form of cancelbot.
- canteloube — (Marie) Joseph (French ʒozɛf). 1879–1957, French composer, best known for his Chants d'Auvergne (1923–30)
- carbolated — containing carbolic acid
- catabolise — to cause (a nutrient or other substance) to undergo catabolism.
- catabolism — a metabolic process in which complex molecules are broken down into simple ones with the release of energy; destructive metabolism
- catabolite — a substance produced as a result of catabolism
- catabolize — to subject to catabolism
- celebrator — to observe (a day) or commemorate (an event) with ceremonies or festivities: to celebrate Christmas; to celebrate the success of a new play.
- clofibrate — a medication used in the treatment of heart disease