10-letter words containing eb
- cokebottle — (character, humour) /kohk'bot-l/ Any unusual character, particularly one you can't type because it isn't on your keyboard. MIT people used to complain about the "control-meta-cokebottle" commands at SAIL, and SAIL people complained about the "altmode-altmode-cokebottle" commands at MIT. After the demise of the space-cadet keyboard, "cokebottle" was used less, but was often used to describe weird or non-intuitive keystrokes. The OSF/Motif window manager, "mwm" keystroke for switching to the default keybindings and behaviour is control-meta-bang. Since exclamation mark might be thought to look like a Coke bottle, Motif hackers referred to this keystroke as "cokebottle". See also quadruple bucky.
- comebacker — (baseball) A pop fly that falls behind home plate, typically caught by the catcher for an out.
- cosmic web — a network of filaments of dark matter, believed by many astronomers to form the basis of the universe
- coulterneb — The puffin.
- coursebook — a book studied on an educational course
- crakeberry — The crowberry.
- curveballs — Plural form of curveball.
- cuttlebone — the internal calcareous shell of the cuttlefish, used as a mineral supplement to the diet of cage-birds and as a polishing agent
- debasement — Debasement is the action of reducing the value or quality of something.
- debasingly — In a debasing manner.
- debateable — Archaic spelling of debatable.
- debatement — the act of deliberating or arguing about something
- debatingly — in an argumentative manner
- debauchees — Plural form of debauchee.
- debauchery — You use debauchery to refer to the drinking of alcohol or to sexual activity if you disapprove of it or regard it as excessive.
- debauching — Present participle of debauch.
- debentures — Plural form of debenture.
- debilitate — If you are debilitated by something such as an illness, it causes your body or mind to become gradually weaker.
- debilities — Plural form of debility.
- debit card — A debit card is a bank card that you can use to pay for things. When you use it the money is taken out of your bank account immediately.
- debit side — The debit side of an account is the left-hand side.
- deblocking — Present participle of deblock.
- debonairly — In a debonair manner.
- debonnaire — courteous, gracious, and having a sophisticated charm: a debonair gentleman.
- debouching — Present participle of debouche.
- debriefing — A debriefing is a meeting where someone such as a soldier, diplomat, or astronaut is asked to give a report on an operation or task that they have just completed.
- debris bug — a bug of the family Cimicidae found where vegetable debris accumulates and feeding on small arthropods like springtails: related to the bedbugs
- debt issue — a fixed corporate obligation, as a bond or debenture.
- debt limit — (in public finance) the legal maximum debt permitted a municipal, state, or national government.
- debt-laden — having large debts
- debtholder — (finance) An owner of a financial obligation of another party.
- debutantes — Plural form of debutante.
- doodlebugs — Plural form of doodlebug.
- douchebags — Plural form of douchebag.
- ebbinghaus — Hermann (ˈhɛrman). 1850–1909, German experimental psychologist who undertook the first systematic and large-scale studies of memory and devised tests using nonsense syllables
- ebionitism — The system or doctrine of the Ebionites.
- eboulement — a collapse; cave-in.
- ebracteate — having no bracts.
- ebullience — high spirits; exhilaration; exuberance.
- ebulliency — Ebullience.
- ebullition — a seething or overflowing, as of passion or feeling; outburst.
- eburnation — an abnormal condition in which bone becomes hard and dense like ivory.
- endamoebic — relating to endamebae
- enfeebling — Present participle of enfeeble.
- erzgebirge — a mountain range on the border between Germany and the Czech Republic: formerly rich in mineral resources. Highest peak: Mount Klínovec (Keilberg), 1244 m (4081 ft)
- eyeballing — Present participle of eyeball.
- facebooker — A person using the social networking website Facebook.
- farebeater — a person who illegally avoids paying a fare, as by entering a public bus through the exit door.
- febrifugal — of or acting as a febrifuge.
- febrifuges — Plural form of febrifuge.