10-letter words containing c
- bath chair — a wheelchair for invalids, often with a hood
- bathyscaph — a submersible vessel having a flotation compartment with an observation capsule underneath, capable of reaching ocean depths of over 10 000 metres (about 5000 fathoms)
- batrachian — any amphibian, esp a frog or toad
- battercake — pancake (def 1).
- batticaloa — a seaport in E Sri Lanka.
- battle cry — A battle cry is a phrase that is used to encourage people to support a particular cause or campaign.
- bcs theory — Physics. a general quantum theory of superconductivity that describes many properties of superconducting materials.
- be excused — to go to the lavatory
- be in luck — You can say someone is in luck when they are in a situation where they can have what they want or need.
- beach babe — an attractive girl seen on beaches
- beach ball — A beach ball is a large, light ball filled with air, which people play with, especially on the beach.
- beach berm — berm (def 3).
- beach crab — any of various crabs that live on beaches, as the ghost crab.
- beach face — the seaward section of a beach exposed to and shaped by the action of waves.
- beach flea — sand hopper
- 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.
- beachballs — Plural form of beachball.
- beachfront — A beachfront house, café, shop, or hotel is situated on or by a beach.
- beachgoers — Plural form of beachgoer.
- beachheads — Plural form of beachhead.
- beachscape — a section or expanse of beach and shore scenery.
- 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.
- bean caper — a shrub, Zygophyllum fabago, of E Mediterranean regions, whose flower buds are eaten as a substitute for capers: family Zygophyllaceae
- beast epic — a long verse narrative in which the misadventures of animals satirize human foibles and follies.
- beatifical — Beatific.
- beautician — A beautician is a person whose job is giving people beauty treatments such as doing their nails, treating their skin, and putting on their make-up.
- because of — If an event or situation occurs because of something, that thing is the reason or cause.
- beclouding — Present participle of becloud.
- become due — to become payable as previously arranged
- becomingly — that suits or gives a pleasing effect or attractive appearance, as to a person or thing: a becoming dress; a becoming hairdo.
- becquerels — Plural form of becquerel.
- bed jacket — a woman's short upper garment worn over a nightgown when sitting up in bed
- bedchamber — A bedchamber is a bedroom.
- bedclothes — Bedclothes are the sheets and covers which you put over yourself when you get into bed.
- bee orchid — a European orchid, Ophrys apifera, whose flower resembles a bumble bee in shape and colour
- beech fern — a fern, Thelypteris phegopteris, that grows in damp N temperate woods and hills: family Polypodiaceae
- beech mast — the edible nuts of the beech, especially when lying on the ground.
- beechdrops — a North American flowering plant, Epifagus virginiana, which is parasitic on beech trees
- bell crank — a lever with two arms having a common fulcrum at their junction
- bell curve — a curve resembling the outline of a flared bell, usually representing a normal distribution
- bell punch — a machine that issues or stamps a ticket, etc, ringing a bell as it does so
- bell-curve — bell-shaped curve.
- bellacoola — a member of a riverine tribe of North American Indians inhabiting an area near the central coast of British Columbia.
- belly pack — fanny pack.
- bellyaches — Informal. a pain in the abdomen or bowels.
- belowdecks — below a ship's deck
- 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.
- benacerraf — Baruj. 1920–2011, Venezuelan-born US immunologist: shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (1980) for his work on histocompatibility antigens