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14-letter words containing a, n, o, t, i

  • back-formation — the analogical creation of one word from another word that appears to be a derived or inflected form of the first by dropping the apparent affix or by modification.
  • backside-front — backend-to.
  • ball indicator — a flight instrument that measures the angle of roll about an aircraft's horizontal axis, thereby indicating whether or not the aircraft is skidding or slipping.
  • ballot rigging — Ballot rigging is the act of illegally changing the result of an election by producing a false record of the number of votes.
  • balto-slavonic — a hypothetical subfamily of Indo-European languages consisting of Baltic and Slavonic. It is now generally believed that similarities between them result from geographical proximity rather than any special relationship
  • bamboo curtain — (esp in the 1950s and 1960s) the political and military barrier to communications around the People's Republic of China
  • bamboo turning — turning of spindles and framing members to simulate the jointing of bamboo.
  • bancroft prize — one of a group of annual awards for literary achievement in American history and biography: administered by Columbia University.
  • bang to rights — caught red-handed
  • baptismal font — a large bowl for baptismal water, usually mounted on a pedestal
  • base community — (especially in South America) a group of people taking part in religious devotions and Bible study, who seek to apply this in their socioeconomic and political situation.
  • basso continuo — continuo.
  • bastard indigo — a bushy shrub, Amorpha fruticosa, of the legume family, native to North America, having elongated clusters of dull purplish or bluish flowers.
  • bastardisation — Alternative form of bastardization.
  • bastardization — the act of bastardizing
  • battle station — the place or position that one is assigned to for battle or in an emergency.
  • beard-stroking — deep thought
  • beautification — Making beautiful, beautifying, improving the appearance of something.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • bioinformatics — the branch of information science concerned with large databases of biochemical or pharmaceutical information
  • bioregionalist — someone who believes in bioregionalism
  • bioremediation — the use of plants to extract heavy metals from contaminated soils and water
  • bipolarisation — the act of bipolarising
  • bipolarization — the action of rendering something bipolar
  • bisphosphonate — any drug of a class that inhibits the resorption of bone; used in treating certain bone disorders, esp osteoporosis
  • blaxploitation — a genre of films featuring Black stereotypes
  • block faulting — the process by which tensional forces in the earth's crust cause large bodies of rock to founder.
  • block mountain — a mountain produced by faulting and the uplifting of large blocks of rock
  • 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.
  • blue mountains — a mountain range in the US, in NE Oregon and SE Washington. Highest peak: Rock Creek Butte, 2773 m (9097 ft)
  • boarding party — group of officers or sailors who board a ship
  • boatswain bird — tropic bird.
  • body snatching — the act or practice of robbing a grave to obtain a cadaver for dissection.
  • bony labyrinth — an intricate combination of paths or passages in which it is difficult to find one's way or to reach the exit. Synonyms: maze, network, web.
  • borrowing rate — the interest rate at which money may be borrowed, esp an official rate set by a central bank
  • botanic garden — a place in which plants are grown, studied, and exhibited
  • bottle gentian — closed gentian.
  • bottling plant — a factory where drinks are bottled
  • branchiostegal — of or relating to the operculum covering the gill slits of fish
  • breaking point — If something or someone has reached breaking point, they have so many problems or difficulties that they can no longer cope with them, and may soon collapse or be unable to continue.
  • bring onstream — To bring onstream a plant, mine, oilfield, etc. is to start production there.
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