10-letter words containing c
- big casino — (in the game of casino) the ten of diamonds.
- big cheese — Someone who has a very important job or position can be referred to as a big cheese.
- big screen — When people talk about the big screen, they are referring to films that are made for cinema rather than for television.
- big ticket — costing a great deal; expensive: fur coats and other big-ticket items.
- big-ticket — If you describe something as a big-ticket item, you mean that it costs a lot of money.
- bikini cut — a horizontal surgical incision in the lower abdomen, often used for a hysterectomy or a Cesarean delivery, so called because it leaves a less noticeable scar than does a vertical incision.
- bile ducts — a large duct that transports bile from the liver to the duodenum, having in humans and many other vertebrates a side branch to a gallbladder for bile storage.
- billy club — billy (def 1).
- billy-club — billy (def 1).
- bilocation — the existence of something in two places at the same time
- bimaculate — marked with two spots.
- bimetallic — consisting of two metals
- bingo card — a prepaid postcard inserted in a magazine by its publisher to enable a reader to order free information about advertised products.
- 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.
- binucleate — having two nuclei
- biocellate — (of animals and plants) marked with two eyelike spots or ocelli
- biocenosis — a community of biologically integrated and interdependent plants and animals
- biocentric — centered in life; having life as its principal fact.
- biochemist — A biochemist is a scientist or student who studies biochemistry.
- bioclastic — (of deposits, esp limestones) derived from shell fragments or similar organic remains
- 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).
- bioecology — the science that deals with the interrelations of communities of animals and plants with their environment
- biogenetic — genetic engineering.
- biographic — of or relating to a person's life: He's gathering biographical data for his book on Milton.
- biological — Biological is used to describe processes and states that occur in the bodies and cells of living things.
- biomedical — Biomedical research examines the effects of drugs and medical techniques on the biological systems of living creatures.
- biometrics — that branch of biology which deals with its data statistically and by mathematical analysis
- biomimetic — (of a human-made product) imitating nature or a natural process
- biomimicry — the mimicking of life using imitation biological systems
- biomorphic — having the form of a living organism
- bionically — utilizing electronic devices and mechanical parts to assist humans in performing difficult, dangerous, or intricate tasks, as by supplementing or duplicating parts of the body: The scientist used a bionic arm to examine the radioactive material.
- bioorganic — pertaining to the composition and biological activity of carbon-based compounds, especially those of laboratory rather than biogenic origin (contrasted with bioinorganic).
- biophysics — the physics of biological processes and the application of methods used in physics to biology
- bioplastic — plastic suitable for use as a biomaterial.
- bioprivacy — the state of freedom from others having unauthorized access to biometric data about oneself
- bioprocess — a method or operation of preparing a biological material, especially a product of genetic engineering, for commercial use.
- biopsychic — of, relating to, or comprising psychological and biological phenomena.
- bioreactor — a machine for growing organisms
- bioscience — the life sciences collectively
- biospheric — relating to the biosphere
- biostatics — the branch of biology that deals with the structure of organisms in relation to their function
- biotically — from a biotic point of view
- birch beer — a carbonated or fermented drink containing an extract from the bark of the birch tree.
- bird-watch — to identify wild birds and observe their actions and habits in their natural habitat as a recreation.
- birthplace — Your birthplace is the place where you were born.
- bit bucket — (jargon) 1. (Or "write-only memory", "WOM") The universal data sink (originally, the mythical receptacle used to catch bits when they fall off the end of a register during a shift instruction). Discarded, lost, or destroyed data is said to have "gone to the bit bucket". On Unix, often used for /dev/null. Sometimes amplified as "the Great Bit Bucket in the Sky". 2. The place where all lost mail and news messages eventually go. The selection is performed according to Finagle's Law; important mail is much more likely to end up in the bit bucket than junk mail, which has an almost 100% probability of getting delivered. Routing to the bit bucket is automatically performed by mail-transfer agents, news systems, and the lower layers of the network. 3. The ideal location for all unwanted mail responses: "Flames about this article to the bit bucket." Such a request is guaranteed to overflow one's mailbox with flames. 4. Excuse for all mail that has not been sent. "I mailed you those figures last week; they must have landed in the bit bucket." Compare black hole. This term is used purely in jest. It is based on the fanciful notion that bits are objects that are not destroyed but only misplaced. This appears to have been a mutation of an earlier term "bit box", about which the same legend was current; old-time hackers also report that trainees used to be told that when the CPU stored bits into memory it was actually pulling them "out of the bit box". Another variant of this legend has it that, as a consequence of the "parity preservation law", the number of 1 bits that go to the bit bucket must equal the number of 0 bits. Any imbalance results in bits filling up the bit bucket. A qualified computer technician can empty a full bit bucket as part of scheduled maintenance. In contrast, a "chad box" is a real container used to catch chad. This may be related to the origin of the term "bit bucket" [Comments ?].
- bitch-slap — to strike (someone) with one's open hand
- bitchiness — characteristic of a bitch; spiteful; malicious.
- bivouacked — a military encampment made with tents or improvised shelters, usually without shelter or protection from enemy fire.