10-letter words containing t, b
- blastoderm — the layer of cells that surrounds the blastocoel of a blastula
- blastodisc — the blastula that forms as a flattened sphere on top of the yolk in the yolk-laden eggs of birds and reptiles.
- blastodisk — germinal disk
- blastomere — any of the cells formed by cleavage of a fertilized egg
- blastopore — the opening of the archenteron in the gastrula that develops into the anus of some animals
- blathering — foolish, voluble talk: His speech was full of the most amazing blather.
- blind date — A blind date is an arrangement made for you to spend a romantic evening with someone you have never met before.
- blind spot — If you say that someone has a blind spot about something, you mean that they seem to be unable to understand it or to see how important it is.
- blind test — a test in which the participants cannot identify the products that they are testing
- blind-spot — Also called blind spot. an area in which radio or cell phone signals are weak and their reception poor.
- blindsight — the ability to respond to visual stimuli without having any conscious visual experience; it can occur after some forms of brain damage
- blindstory — a windowless story
- blistering — Blistering heat is very great heat.
- blitheness — joyous, merry, or happy in disposition; glad; cheerful: Everyone loved her for her blithe spirit.
- blithering — talking foolishly; jabbering
- blithesome — cheery; merry
- blitzkrieg — A blitzkrieg is a fast and intense military attack that takes the enemy by surprise and is intended to achieve a very quick victory.
- blitzstein — Marc, 1905–64, U.S. composer.
- block mast — a short mast from the head of which a lateen yard is suspended.
- block vote — A block vote is a large number of votes that are all cast in the same way by one person on behalf of a group of people.
- blockflote — a recorder.
- bloggerati — those considered to be important or influential in the world of blogging
- blogstream — the publication on the internet of content from weblogs rather than from mainstream media sources
- blood bath — a killing of many people; massacre
- blood clot — a clotted mass of blood
- blood heat — Blood heat is a temperature of 37°C, which is about the same as the normal temperature of the human body.
- blood knot — barrel knot.
- blood lust — If you say that someone is driven by a blood lust, you mean that they are acting in an extremely violent way because their emotions have been aroused by the events around them.
- blood test — A blood test is a medical examination of a small amount of your blood.
- blood type — Someone's blood type is the same as their blood group.
- bloodguilt — guilt of murder or shedding blood
- bloodstain — A bloodstain is a mark on a surface caused by blood.
- bloodstock — Horses that are bred for racing are referred to as bloodstock.
- bloodstone — a dark-green variety of chalcedony with red spots: used as a gemstone
- blottesque — (of a painting) crudely executed, often characterized by blots and smears
- bloviation — a lengthy but insubstantial speech
- blue alert — (in military or civilian defense) an alert following the first, or yellow, alert, in which air attack seems probable.
- blue beret — an informal name for a soldier of a United Nations peacekeeping force
- blue giant — any of the large, bright stars having surface temperatures of about 20,000 K and diameters that are often ten times that of the sun.
- blue lotus — either of two Egyptian water lilies of the genus Nymphaea, as N. caerulea (blue lotus) having light blue flowers, or N. lotus (white lotus) having white flowers.
- blue peter — a signal flag of blue with a white square at the centre, displayed by a vessel about to leave port
- blue plate — a plate, often decorated with a blue willow pattern, divided by ridges into sections for holding apart several kinds of food.
- blue point — a Siamese cat having a light-colored body and darker, bluish-gray points.
- blue shift — a shift toward shorter wavelengths of the spectral lines of a celestial object, caused by the motion of the object toward the observer.
- blue stain — a bluish discoloration of sapwood caused by growth of fungi
- blue state — a state of the U.S. that usually votes Democratic.
- blue-plate — a plate, often decorated with a blue willow pattern, divided by ridges into sections for holding apart several kinds of food.
- blue-water — designed to operate on and range over the open sea; oceangoing: a bluewater navy that can be dispatched throughout the world, far from its home base.
- bluebonnet — a broad, flat cap of blue woolen cloth, formerly worn in Scotland
- bluebottle — A bluebottle is a large fly with a shiny dark-blue body.