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14-letter words containing a, b, e, o

  • beta geminorum — Pollux
  • beta reduction — [lambda-calculus] The application of a lambda abstraction to an argument expression. A copy of the body of the lambda abstraction is made and occurrences of the bound variable being replaced by the argument. E.g. (\ x . x+1) 4 --> 4+1 Beta reduction is the only kind of reduction in the pure lambda-calculus. The opposite of beta reduction is beta abstraction. These are the two kinds of beta conversion. See also name capture.
  • beta-endorphin — a potent endorphin released by the anterior pituitary gland in response to pain, trauma, exercise, or other forms of stress.
  • beta-oxidation — a process by which fatty acids are degraded, involving oxidation of the beta carbons and removal of successive two-carbon fragments from the fatty acid.
  • betake oneself — to go; move
  • betray oneself — to reveal one's true character, intentions, etc
  • beyond a doubt — to be uncertain about; consider questionable or unlikely; hesitate to believe.
  • beyond compare — If you describe something as beyond compare, you mean that it is extremely good or extremely great.
  • beyond measure — If you say that something has changed or that it has affected you beyond measure, you are emphasizing that it has done this to a great extent.
  • bildungsromane — a type of novel concerned with the education, development, and maturing of a young protagonist.
  • bill of health — a certificate, issued by a port officer, that attests to the health of a ship's company
  • billy no-mates — a person with no friends
  • binary counter — (electronics, hardware)   A digital circuit which has a clock input and a number of count outputs which give the number of clock cycles. The output may change either on rising or falling clock edges. The circuit may also have a reset input which sets all outputs to zero when asserted. The counter may be either a synchronous counter or a ripple counter.
  • bioaeronautics — the use of aircraft in the discovery, development, and protection of natural and biological resources
  • bioarchaeology — the branch of archaeology that deals with the remains of living things
  • biocontainment — the confinement, as by sealed-off chambers, of materials that are harmful or potentially harmful to life.
  • biodegradation — to decay and become absorbed by the environment: toys that will biodegrade when they're discarded.
  • bioequivalence — the equality of strength, bioavailability, and dosage of various drug products
  • biogeochemical — of or relating to biogeochemistry
  • biomathematics — the study of the application of mathematics to biology
  • bioregionalism — the conviction that environmental and social policies should be determined by the bioregion rather than economics or politics
  • bioregionalist — someone who believes in bioregionalism
  • bioremediation — the use of plants to extract heavy metals from contaminated soils and water
  • biosystematics — the study of the variation and evolution of a population of organisms in relation to their taxonomic classification
  • biosystematist — someone who studies or works professionally in the field of biosystematics
  • birdcage clock — lantern clock.
  • bisphosphonate — any drug of a class that inhibits the resorption of bone; used in treating certain bone disorders, esp osteoporosis
  • bit error rate — A bit error rate is the measure of the number of incorrect bits that can be expected in a specified number of bits in a serial stream.
  • blanket-flower — any composite plant of the genus Gaillardia, having showy heads of yellow or red flowers.
  • bleat on about — If you say that someone is bleating on about something, you mean that they are talking about it a great deal in a way which makes them sound weak and irritating.
  • blepharoplasty — cosmetic surgery performed on the eyelid
  • block calendar — a calendar in the form of a block of sheets each printed with the date of one day
  • blood platelet — any of the minute, disklike, colorless elements of the blood that are essential for normal clotting
  • blood relation — A blood relation or blood relative is someone who is related to you by birth rather than by marriage.
  • blotting paper — Blotting paper is thick soft paper that you use for soaking up and drying ink on a piece of paper.
  • blow off steam — water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
  • blue dandelion — chicory (def 1).
  • blue mountains — a mountain range in the US, in NE Oregon and SE Washington. Highest peak: Rock Creek Butte, 2773 m (9097 ft)
  • board of trade — (in the United Kingdom) a ministry within the Department of Trade: responsible for the supervision of commerce and the promotion of export trade
  • boarding house — A boarding house is a house which people pay to stay in for a short time.
  • bob-a-job week — a week during which boy scouts and cubs formerly raised money for their organizations by doing jobs
  • body beautiful — a beautiful body
  • body corporate — a group of persons incorporated to carry out a specific enterprise
  • body mechanics — body exercises that are intended to improve one's posture, stamina, poise, etc.
  • bokhara clover — white melilot.
  • bolshoi ballet — a ballet company founded in Moscow in 1776.
  • bomber command — a former unit of the Royal Air Force dedicated to tactical and strategic bombing, esp during WWII
  • bone porcelain — bone china.
  • boolean search — (information science)   (Or "Boolean query") A query using the Boolean operators, AND, OR, and NOT, and parentheses to construct a complex condition from simpler criteria. A typical example is searching for combinatons of keywords on a web search engine. Examples: car or automobile "New York" and not "New York state" The term is sometimes stretched to include searches using other operators, e.g. "near". Not to be confused with binary search. See also: weighted search.
  • booster cables — jumper cables
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