10-Letter Words Starting: BLA

• 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

• common Indian antelope with a dark back and spiral horns

• male black grouse

• a smith who forges and shapes iron with a hammer and anvil

• large sweet black or very dark purple edible aggregate fruit of any of various bushes of the genus Rubus

• bramble with sweet edible black or dark purple berries that usually do not separate from the receptacle

• pick or gather blackberries

• the atmosphere in a mine following an explosion; high in carbon dioxide and incapable of supporting life

• the makeup (usually burnt cork) used by a performer in order to imitate a Negro

• large harmless shiny black North American snake

• blackish racer of the eastern United States that grows to six feet

• a black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skin