10-letter words containing s, e, c, r
- barcaroles — Plural form of barcarole.
- barricades — Plural form of barricade.
- base price — a price quoted as a base without including additional charges.
- basic rate — the standard or lowest level on a scale of money payable, esp in taxation
- bcs theory — Physics. a general quantum theory of superconductivity that describes many properties of superconducting materials.
- beachgoers — Plural form of beachgoer.
- becquerels — Plural form of becquerel.
- beechdrops — a North American flowering plant, Epifagus virginiana, which is parasitic on beech trees
- beltcourse — a horizontal band or course, as of stone, projecting beyond or flush with the face of a building, often molded and sometimes richly carved.
- bergamasca — a fast dance similar to the tarantella.
- 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
- bescreened — screen (def 17).
- bescribble — to cover with scribbles
- besmirched — to soil; tarnish; discolor.
- big screen — When people talk about the big screen, they are referring to films that are made for cinema rather than for television.
- biometrics — that branch of biology which deals with its data statistically and by mathematical analysis
- bioprocess — a method or operation of preparing a biological material, especially a product of genetic engineering, for commercial use.
- biospheric — relating to the biosphere
- blue cross — a nonprofit health insurance organization offering hospitalization and medical benefits to subscribers, esp. to groups of employees and their families
- blue-curls — any of a genus (Trichostema) of plants of the mint family, with downy, narrow leaves and blue flowers
- blues-rock — a blend of rock-'n'-roll and blues.
- bomb scare — an alarm arising from the fear that a bomb may have been left in a place
- brake disc — a metal disc that revolves with the wheel in a disc brake
- brass neck — effrontery; nerve
- breadstick — bread baked in a long thin crisp stick
- breechless — having no breeches or trousers; bare-bottomed
- brix scale — a scale for calibrating hydrometers used for measuring the concentration and density of sugar solutions at a given temperature
- broadscale — on a broad scale; extensive; spread over a wide area
- brockhouse — Bertram Neville, 1918–2003, Canadian physicist: Nobel Prize 1994.
- bruschetta — Bruschetta is a slice of toasted bread which is brushed with olive oil and usually covered with chopped tomatoes.
- buckpasser — a person who avoids responsibility by shifting it to another, especially unjustly or improperly.
- c terminus — the carboxyl end of a protein molecule.
- cablegrams — Plural form of cablegram.
- cabriolets — Plural form of cabriolet.
- cadaverous — If you describe someone as cadaverous, you mean they are extremely thin and pale.
- caesareans — Plural form of caesarean, an alternative capitalization of 'Caesarean'.
- cafeterias — Plural form of cafeteria.
- calcareous — of, containing, or resembling calcium carbonate; chalky
- calcsinter — travertine.
- calibrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of calibrate.
- camcorders — Plural form of camcorder.
- camelshair — (attributive) The hair of a camel, used for paintbrushes etc.
- camera-shy — Someone who is camera-shy is nervous and uncomfortable about being filmed or about having their photograph taken.
- cameralism — any of the mercantilist economists or public servants in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries who held that the economic power of a nation can be enhanced by increasing its monetary wealth, as by the accumulation of bullion.
- cameralist — any of the mercantilist economists or public servants in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries who held that the economic power of a nation can be enhanced by increasing its monetary wealth, as by the accumulation of bullion.
- campership — financial aid given to a needy youngster to attend summer camp.
- campestral — of or relating to open fields or country
- cane grass — any of several tall perennial hard-stemmed grasses, esp Eragrostis australasica, of inland swamps
- cane sugar — the sucrose obtained from sugar cane, which is identical to that obtained from sugar beet
- canebrakes — Plural form of canebrake.