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15-letter words containing a, n, e, p

  • audio equipment — electrical devices used to play or record sound
  • australian pine — casuarina
  • back plastering — the introduction of partitions of lath and plaster between the inner and outer surfaces of a stud wall in order to improve the insulating properties of the wall.
  • back projection — a method of projecting pictures onto a translucent screen so that they are viewed from the opposite side, used esp in films to create the illusion that the actors in the foreground are moving
  • balloon payment — a large payment that concludes a series of smaller payments, for example in order to repay a loan
  • ballpeen hammer — a hammer that has one end of its head shaped in a hemisphere for beating metal, etc
  • ballpoint (pen) — a pen having, instead of a point, a small ball bearing that picks up its ink by rolling against an interior ink reservoir
  • banana republic — Small, poor countries that are politically unstable are sometimes referred to as banana republics.
  • bandpass filter — A bandpass filter is a filter designed to pass all frequencies within a band of frequencies.
  • bandstop filter — A bandstop filter is a filter designed to eliminate all frequencies within a band of frequencies.
  • bank acceptance — a bill of exchange or draft drawn on and endorsed by a bank
  • basses-pyrenees — former name of Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
  • bear comparison — to be sufficiently similar in class or range to be compared with (something else), esp favourably
  • beat oneself up — to reproach oneself
  • beefsteak plant — an Asian plant, Perilla frutescens crispa, with aromatic red or green leaves which are used in cooking: family Lamiaceae
  • ben day process — a method of adding texture, shading, or detail to line drawings by overlaying a transparent sheet of dots or any other pattern during platemaking
  • benefit payment — a payment of money by the government to people who are ill, unemployed, poor or who have children
  • beyond the pale — If you think that someone's actions or behaviour are not acceptable, you can say that they are beyond the pale.
  • bit-mapped font — a computer font whose characters are held in memory as series of dots.
  • bits and pieces — You can use bits and pieces or bits and bobs to refer to a collection of different things.
  • black operation — a covert and undocumented military operation
  • bladder campion — a European caryophyllaceous plant, Silene vulgaris, having white flowers with an inflated calyx
  • blasphemousness — the quality of being blasphemous
  • blasting powder — a form of gunpowder made with sodium nitrate instead of saltpeter, used chiefly for blasting rock, ore, etc.
  • blenheim palace — a palace in Woodstock in Oxfordshire: built (1705–22) by Sir John Vanbrugh for the 1st Duke of Marlborough as a reward from the nation for his victory at Blenheim; gardens laid out by Henry Wise and Capability Brown; birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill (1874)
  • bowel complaint — bowel disease or condition
  • braille printer — (printer)   (Or "(Braille) embosser") A printer, necessarily an impact printer, that renders text as Braille. Blind users call other printers ink printers.
  • brazilian plume — a tropical American plant, Justicia carnea, of the acanthus family, having hairy, prominently veined leaves and a short, dense cluster of purple or pink flowers, grown in greenhouses or outdoors in warm regions.
  • break-in period — a period during which certain restrictions or moderation in operating should be followed, as the avoidance of high speed, rapid acceleration, or severe braking for a new automobile.
  • breakeven point — a point at which the total revenue and total cost are equal
  • breaking plough — a plough with a long shallow mouldboard for turning virgin land or sod land
  • breathing space — A breathing space is a short period of time between two activities in which you can recover from the first activity and prepare for the second one.
  • brompheniramine — a substance, C 16 H 19 BrN 2 , used as an antihistamine in the management of various allergies, as hay fever.
  • butler's pantry — a pantry in a large house where crockery, glassware, cutlery, etc is kept
  • cabinet picture — a small easel painting, usually under 3 feet (0.9 meters) in width and formerly exhibited in a cabinet or special room.
  • cabinet pudding — a steamed suet pudding containing dried fruit
  • cabinet scraper — a scraper used in preparing a wood surface for sanding.
  • calliper splint — a splint consisting of two metal rods with straps attached, for supporting or exerting tension on the leg
  • camp counsellor — an adult supervisor assigned to a group of campers at a summer camp
  • campaign worker — a person who carries out duties for a political candidate or party, esp before an election
  • cancel a policy — If you cancel a policy, you terminate a contract of insurance.
  • cannot help but — to be unable to do anything else except
  • cape chelyuskin — a cape in N central Russia, in N Siberia at the end of the Taimyr Peninsula: the northernmost point of Asia
  • cape finisterre — a headland in NW Spain: the westernmost point of the Spanish mainland
  • cape horn fever — illness feigned by malingerers.
  • capital expense — A capital expense is the cost of acquiring or making improvements to fixed assets.
  • capital gearing — the ratio of a company's debt capital to its equity capital
  • capital offence — a crime for which the death penalty is used
  • car transporter — a vehicle for carrying automobiles
  • cardinal spider — a large house spider, Tegenaria parietina
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