10-letter words containing t, o, a, l
- back-cloth — backdrop (def 1).
- backcloths — Plural form of backcloth.
- bacteriol. — bacteriological
- balconette — a lightly padded bra that is designed to lift and enhance the appearance of a woman's bust
- ball joint — a mechanical ball-and-socket joint, esp. one used in the steering linkage of certain automotive vehicles to connect the tie rod to either of the wheels that turn
- balloonist — A balloonist is a person who flies a hot-air balloon.
- ballot box — A ballot box is the box into which ballot papers are put after people have voted.
- ballottine — a kind of galantine made of meat, poultry, or fish that is stuffed and rolled and usually served hot.
- ballpoints — Plural form of ballpoint.
- balneation — the act of bathing
- balopticon — a type of stereopticon for projecting images of objects by reflected light.
- bardolater — someone who practises bardolatry
- bardolator — (usually, pejorative) One who loves or worships the works of William Shakespeare.
- bardolatry — idolatry or excessive admiration of William Shakespeare
- bark cloth — a papery fabric made from the fibrous inner bark of various trees, esp of the moraceous genus Ficus and the leguminous genus Brachystegia
- bartolozzi — Francesco [frahn-ches-kaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1725?–1815? Italian engraver.
- basutoland — Lesotho
- batfowling — A method of catching birds at night, by holding a torch or other light, and beating the bush or perch where they roost so that the birds fly towards the light.
- bath towel — A bath towel is a very large towel used for drying your body after you have had a bath.
- batholiths — Plural form of batholith.
- batologist — someone who practises batology
- battailous — ready for battle; pugnacious
- battalions — Plural form of battalion.
- battallion — Archaic form of battalion.
- batticaloa — a seaport in E Sri Lanka.
- battledore — an ancient racket game
- battlesome — argumentative; quarrelsome.
- be able to — If you are able to do something, you have skills or qualities which make it possible for you to do it.
- benzoylate — to introduce the benzoyl group into (an organic compound).
- betrothals — the act or state of being betrothed; engagement.
- betula oil — methyl salicylate.
- bible oath — an oath sworn with one's hand on the Christian Bible
- bibliotaph — a person who caches or hoards books.
- biblioteca — a library.
- billy goat — A billy goat is a male goat.
- bilocation — the existence of something in two places at the same time
- bimodality — the state of being bimodal
- binational — involving two nations
- binoxalate — an acid containing the group HC 2 O 4 –, as ammonium binoxalate, C 2 H 5 NO 4 ⋅H 2 O.
- biobutanol — butyl alcohol.
- biocellate — (of animals and plants) marked with two eyelike spots or ocelli
- bioclastic — (of deposits, esp limestones) derived from shell fragments or similar organic remains
- bioethanol — a biofuel based on alcohol which may be combined with petrol for use in vehicles
- bioplastic — plastic suitable for use as a biomaterial.
- biotically — from a biotic point of view
- bipetalous — having two petals
- bipolarity — having two poles, as the earth.
- bitonality — the quality of two musical keys being played simultaneously
- black knot — a fungal disease of plums and cherries caused by Dibotryon morbosum, characterized by rough black knotlike swellings on the twigs and branches
- black spot — If you describe a place, time, or part of a situation as a black spot, you mean that it is particularly bad or likely to cause problems.