10-letter words containing et
- barquettes — a small, boat-shaped pastry shell filled with a savory or sweet mixture and served as an hors d'oeuvre or dessert.
- base metal — A base metal is a metal such as copper, zinc, tin, or lead that is not a precious metal.
- basketball — Basketball is a game in which two teams of five players each try to score goals by throwing a large ball through a circular net fixed to a metal ring at each end of the court.
- basketcase — Alternative form of basket case.
- basketlike — resembling a basket
- basketwork — work that is interlaced or woven like a basket; wickerwork
- basseterre — a port in the Caribbean, on St Kitts in the Leeward Islands: the capital of St Kitts-Nevis. Pop: 13 220 (2001)
- bassinette — Alternative spelling of bassinet.
- bath sheet — a large bath towel
- bathinette — a portable folding bathtub for babies, made of rubberized cloth, etc.
- bathometer — an instrument for measuring the depth of water
- bathymeter — An instrument used to measure the depth of water in oceans, seas, or lakes.
- bathymetry — measurement of the depth of an ocean or other large body of water
- bay street — the financial centre of Toronto, in which Canada's largest stock exchange is situated
- bayoneting — (US) present participle of bayonet.
- bayonetted — (British) Simple past tense and past participle of bayonet.
- beaverette — rabbit fur dyed to resemble beaver.
- bed jacket — a woman's short upper garment worn over a nightgown when sitting up in bed
- bed settee — a settee which can be converted into a bed
- bedwetting — Bedwetting means urinating in bed, usually by small children.
- bee beetle — a European beetle, Trichodes apiarius, that is often parasitic in beehives: family Cleridae
- beet sugar — the sucrose obtained from sugar beet, identical in composition to cane sugar
- beetlebung — sour gum.
- beetlehead — a person of low intelligence
- beetleweed — galax.
- beetmaster — a help in need
- beetmister — a help in need
- beforetime — formerly
- bell metal — an alloy of copper and tin, with some zinc and lead, used in casting bells
- belletrist — a writer of belles-lettres
- bellwether — If you describe something as a bellwether, you mean that it is an indication of the way a situation is changing.
- bernadette — a feminine name
- beta brass — an alloy consisting of nearly equal proportions of copper and zinc.
- beta decay — the radioactive transformation of an atomic nucleus accompanying the emission of an electron. It involves unit change of atomic number but none in mass number
- beta fiber — a nonflammable glass fiber made into fabrics, insulation, etc.
- beta sheet — a secondary structure occurring in many proteins, consisting of several polypeptide chains running in parallel or alternating directions and joined by intermolecular hydrogen bonds, creating a flexible, strong arrangement.
- beta stock — any of the second rank of active securities on the Stock Exchange, of which there are about 500. Continuous display of prices by market makers is required but not immediate publication of transactions
- beta waves — a pattern of high-frequency brain waves (beta waves) observed in normal persons upon sensory stimulation, especially with light, or when they are engaging in purposeful mental activity.
- betacyanin — any one of a group of red nitrogenous pigments found in certain plants, such as beetroot
- betancourt — Rómulo [rom-yuh-loh;; Spanish raw-moo-law] /ˈrɒm yəˌloʊ;; Spanish ˈrɔ muˌlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1908–81, Venezuelan journalist and political leader: president of Venezuela 1945–48 and 1959–64.
- bete noire — If you refer to someone or something as your bete noire, you mean that you have a particular dislike for them or that they annoy you a great deal.
- betel palm — a tropical Asian feather palm, Areca catechu, with scarlet or orange fruits
- betelgeuse — a very remote luminous red supergiant, Alpha Orionis: the second brightest star in the constellation Orion. It is a variable star
- beth-phage — a place in ancient Israel, at the foot of the Mount of Olives: starting point of Jesus' ride into Jerusalem. Matt. 21:1; Mark 11:1; Luke 19:29.
- betrothals — the act or state of being betrothed; engagement.
- bettelheim — Bruno, 1903–90, U.S. psychologist, educator, and writer, born in Austria.
- bettendorf — a city in E Iowa.
- better off — in more favourable circumstances, esp financially
- better-off — being in better circumstances, especially economically: Only the better-off nations can afford to send probes into space.
- betterment — The betterment of something is the act or process of improving its standard or status.