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10-letter words containing o, n

  • bellinzona — a town in SE central Switzerland, capital of Ticino canton. Pop: 16 463 (2000)
  • bellperson — a bellhop.
  • belongings — Your belongings are the things that you own, especially things that are small enough to be carried.
  • ben lomond — a mountain in W central Scotland, on the E side of Loch Lomond. Height: 973 m (3192 ft)
  • ben-gurion — David, original name David Gruen. 1886–1973, Israeli socialist statesman, born in Poland; first prime minister of Israel (1948–53, 1955–63)
  • bench hook — a device with a hooklike part fitting over the front edge of a workbench as a means of preventing an object from slipping toward the rear of the bench.
  • 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 work — work done at a workbench, worktable, etc., as in a factory or laboratory.
  • benefactor — A benefactor is a person who helps a person or organization by giving them money.
  • benevolent — If you describe a person in authority as benevolent, you mean that they are kind and fair.
  • bennington — a town in SW Vermont: the site of a British defeat (1777) in the War of American Independence. Pop: 15 637 (2003 est)
  • bentonitic — relating to bentonite
  • benzocaine — a white crystalline ester used as a local anaesthetic; ethyl para-aminobenzoate. Formula: C9H11NO2
  • benzofuran — a colourless insoluble aromatic liquid obtained from coal tar and used in the manufacture of synthetic resins. Formula: C8H6O
  • benzoylate — to introduce the benzoyl group into (an organic compound).
  • bergsonism — the philosophy of Henri Bergson, which emphasizes duration as the basic element of experience and asserts the existence of a life-giving force that permeates the entire natural order
  • beribboned — adorned with ribbons
  • berlusconi — Silvio (ˈsilvjo). born 1936, Italian politician and media tycoon: prime minister of Italy (1994–95, 2001–06, 2008–11); convicted of tax fraud and expelled from the Italian Senate in 2013
  • bernadotte — Folke (ˈfɔlke), Count. 1895–1948, Swedish diplomat, noted for his work with the Red Cross during World War II and as United Nations mediator in Palestine (1948). He was assassinated by Jewish terrorists
  • bernstorff — Count Johann-Heinrich [yoh-hahn-hahyn-rikh] /ˈyoʊ hɑnˈhaɪn rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1862–1939, German diplomat.
  • bestowment — to present as a gift; give; confer (usually followed by on or upon): The trophy was bestowed upon the winner.
  • betancourt — Rómulo [rom-yuh-loh;; Spanish raw-moo-law] /ˈrɒm yəˌloʊ;; Spanish ˈrɔ muˌlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1908–81, Venezuelan journalist and political leader: president of Venezuela 1945–48 and 1959–64.
  • bete noire — If you refer to someone or something as your bete noire, you mean that you have a particular dislike for them or that they annoy you a great deal.
  • bettendorf — a city in E Iowa.
  • bi-monthly — occurring every two months.
  • bibliogony — the art of producing and publishing books.
  • bicornuate — Botany, Zoology. having two horns or hornlike parts.
  • bidonville — a shanty town
  • big casino — (in the game of casino) the ten of diamonds.
  • bigfooting — a prominent or influential person, especially a journalist or news analyst.
  • bikini top — the part of a bikini worn over the breasts
  • bilocation — the existence of something in two places at the same time
  • binational — involving two nations
  • binghamton — city in SC N.Y., on the Susquehanna River: pop. 47,000
  • bingo card — a prepaid postcard inserted in a magazine by its publisher to enable a reader to order free information about advertised products.
  • bingo hall — a building owned by a commercial company in which bingo is played by large numbers of people
  • binoculars — Binoculars consist of two small telescopes joined together side by side, which you look through in order to look at things that are a long way away.
  • binoxalate — an acid containing the group HC 2 O 4 –, as ammonium binoxalate, C 2 H 5 NO 4 ⋅H 2 O.
  • biobanking — the practice of creating large-scale repositories of human biological material (eg blood, urine, tissue samples, DNA, etc) designed to further medical research
  • biobutanol — butyl alcohol.
  • biocenosis — a community of biologically integrated and interdependent plants and animals
  • biocentric — centered in life; having life as its principal fact.
  • biocontrol — the use of one living thing to control another
  • biodynamic — the branch of biology dealing with energy or the activity of living organisms (opposed to biostatics).
  • bioethanol — a biofuel based on alcohol which may be combined with petrol for use in vehicles
  • biofouling — the degradation of an artificial surface by biological growth
  • biogenesis — the principle that a living organism must originate from a parent organism similar to itself
  • biogenetic — genetic engineering.
  • biomagnify — to undergo biological magnification.
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