10-letter words containing m, a, c, e
- barmecidal — giving only the illusion of plenty; illusory: a Barmecidal banquet.
- barometric — Barometric pressure is the atmospheric pressure that is shown by a barometer.
- batch mode — computer processing in which commands are input from a batch file, not interactively
- batchmates — Plural form of batchmate.
- beach berm — berm (def 3).
- beach plum — a rosaceous shrub, Prunus maritima, of coastal regions of E North America
- beach-berm — Also, berme. Fortification. a horizontal surface between the exterior slope of a rampart and the moat.
- beam brick — a face brick for bonding to a concrete lintel poured in place, having a section like a right triangle.
- beam reach — an act or instance of reaching: to make a reach for a gun.
- bedchamber — A bedchamber is a bedroom.
- beech mast — the edible nuts of the beech, especially when lying on the ground.
- bench mark — a surveyor's mark made on a permanent landmark of known position and altitude: it is used as a reference point in determining other altitudes
- bench-made — (of articles made of leather, wood, etc.) individually produced and finished, as on a carpenter's bench; custom-made.
- bergamasca — a fast dance similar to the tarantella.
- bichromate — dichromate
- bimaculate — marked with two spots.
- bimetallic — consisting of two metals
- biomedical — Biomedical research examines the effects of drugs and medical techniques on the biological systems of living creatures.
- black stem — a disease of plants, characterized by blackened stems and defoliation, caused by any of several fungi, as Ascochyta imperfecta or Mycosphaerella lethalis.
- blancmange — Blancmange is a cold dessert that is made from milk, sugar, cornflour or corn starch, and flavouring, and looks rather like jelly.
- bomb lance — a harpoon fitted with an explosive head.
- bomb scare — an alarm arising from the fear that a bomb may have been left in a place
- bon marche — a bargain.
- box camera — a simple box-shaped camera having an elementary lens, shutter, and viewfinder
- brachydome — a dome whose face is parallel to the brachydiagonal axis in a crystal
- breadcrumb — Breadcrumbs are tiny pieces of dry bread. They are used in cooking.
- break camp — to pack up equipment and leave a camp
- brickmaker — a person who makes bricks
- bumper car — A bumper car is a small electric car with a wide rubber bumper all round. People drive bumper cars around a special enclosure at a fairground.
- cablegrams — Plural form of cablegram.
- cache miss — (storage) A request to read from memory which cannot be satisfied from the cache, for which the main memory has to be consulted. Opposite: cache hit.
- cacodaemon — Wicked or malevolent spirit as opposed to agathodemon (a good spirit).
- cacodemons — Plural form of cacodemon.
- 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
- cad system — A CAD system is a computer system for designing parts or products before they are manufactured.
- caecostomy — (surgery) An operation involving bringing the caecum through the abdominal wall, most often by a tube, and opening it for drainage or decompression, usually to treat an obstruction of the colon.
- cafe creme — coffee with cream.
- cafetorium — a room, usually in a school or other educational institution, which serves both as a cafeteria and an auditorium
- caffeinism — caffeism
- cajolement — The act of cajoling or the state of being cajoled.
- calamander — the hard black-and-brown striped wood of several trees of the genus Diospyros, esp D. quaesita of India and Sri Lanka, used in making furniture: family Ebenaceae
- calamities — a great misfortune or disaster, as a flood or serious injury.
- calceiform — shaped like a shoe or slipper
- calcimined — Simple past tense and past participle of calcimine.
- calciminer — A person who calcimines.
- calcimines — Plural form of calcimine.
- call money — money loaned by banks and recallable on demand
- call names — to speak of or to in an abusive manner
- calumniate — to slander
- camberwell — a former residential borough of Greater London, England, now part of Southwark.