10-Letter Words Containing: B,A,L,A,S

• a common scrubby deciduous tree of central and southeastern United States having dark bark and broad three-lobed (club-shaped) leaves; tends to form dense thickets

• a piece of metal covered by leather with a flexible handle; used for hitting people

• a flag usually bearing a white skull and crossbones on a black background; indicates a pirate ship

• a gambling game using cards; the object is to hold cards having a higher count than those dealt to the banker up to but not exceeding 21

• exert pressure on someone through threats

• To break up into small, mutually hostile units, especially on a political basis.

• a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story

• an unexpected but vivid recurrence of a past experience (especially a recurrence of the effects of an hallucinogenic drug taken much earlier)

• an infestation with or a resulting infection caused by a parasite of the genus Schistosoma; common in the tropics and Far East; symptoms depend on the part of the body infected

• spicy Creole dish of rice and ham, sausage, chicken, or shellfish with tomatoes, peppers, onions, and celery

• A kind of cargo steamship with a hull that continuously curved above the waterline from vertical to horizontal

• A land form (typically a sand dune) having the form of the back of a whale

• an escape from jail

• the removal of security locks from an electronic device

• A loose-fitting, ankle-length hooded robe worn by men in North Africa.