10-letter words starting with b
- backslider — A recidivist; one who backslides, especially in a religious sense; an apostate.
- backspaced — Simple past tense and past participle of backspace.
- backspaces — Plural form of backspace.
- backsplash — any tiled area by, for example, a sink, cooker or bath to prevent damage to a wall by food or water splashes
- backsplice — a knot for finishing a rope end neatly, beginning with a crown and proceeding in a series of tucks, each strand over the first adjoining strand and under the next, the strands being split in half at each tuck.
- backstairs — a secondary staircase in a house, esp one originally for the use of servants
- backstitch — a strong sewing stitch made by starting the next stitch at the middle or beginning of the preceding one
- backstreet — a street in a town remote from the main roads
- backstroke — Backstroke is a swimming stroke that you do lying on your back.
- backswings — Plural form of backswing.
- backswords — Plural form of backsword.
- backtalker — One who backtalks.
- backtracks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backtrack.
- backvelder — a person who lives in a backveld
- backwardly — In a backward direction.
- backwasher — (textiles) A machine used for washing wool after carding to remove the impurities.
- backwaters — Plural form of backwater.
- backwinded — Simple past tense and past participle of backwind.
- backwoodsy — like or of the nature of backwoods
- bacon rind — the outer edge of a slice of bacon, corresponding to the skin of the pig
- bacteremia — the presence of bacteria in the bloodstream
- bacteremic — Of, pertaining to or having bacteremia.
- bacteriol. — bacteriological
- baculiform — shaped like a rod
- bad breath — halitosis.
- bad cheque — A bad cheque is a bank cheque that will not be paid because there is a mistake on it, or because there is not enough money in the account of the person who wrote the cheque.
- bad mester — a term for the devil, used when speaking to children
- badakhshan — a former province in NE Afghanistan.
- badmouthed — Simple past tense and past participle of badmouth.
- baffin bay — part of the Northwest Passage, situated between Baffin Island and Greenland
- bafflement — Bafflement is the state of being baffled.
- bafflingly — to confuse, bewilder, or perplex: He was baffled by the technical language of the instructions.
- bagassosis — an allergic response to the dust of bagasse, causing breathlessness and fever
- bagatelles — Plural form of bagatelle.
- baggageman — (US) a railway employee who was in charge of the baggage car, storing and retrieving passenger's baggage and sometimes handling mail.
- baggataway — a form of lacrosse as played originally by the Ojibwa Indians.
- baha'ullah — title of Mirza Hosein Ali. 1817–92, Persian religious leader: originally a Shiite Muslim, later a disciple of the Bab; founder of the Baha'í Faith
- bahawalpur — an industrial city in Pakistan: cotton, soap. Pop: 563 000 (2005 est)
- bahuvrihis — Plural form of bahuvrihi.
- bailieship — the office or district of a bailie
- bailiwicks — Plural form of bailiwick.
- bain-marie — a vessel for holding hot water, in which sauces and other dishes are gently cooked or kept warm
- bainbridge — Beryl.1934–2010, British novelist and playwright. Novels include The Dressmaker (1973), Injury Time (1977), Master Georgie (1998), and According to Queeney (2001)
- bajillions — Plural form of bajillion.
- bake blind — to bake (the empty crust of a pie, pastry, etc) by half filling with dried peas, crusts of bread, etc, to keep it in shape
- bake-wares — heat-resistant dishes, as of glass or pottery, in which food may be baked; ovenware.
- bakeapples — Plural form of bakeapple.
- bakehouses — Plural form of bakehouse.
- baker lake — a lake in the Northwest Territories, in N Canada. 975 sq. mi. (2525 sq. km).
- bakersheet — dripping pan.