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11-letter words containing a, n, t, b

  • betting man — a person who is in the habit of placing bets
  • betting tax — a tax on gambling
  • bi-bivalent — separating into two bivalent ions
  • bi-partisan — representing, characterized by, or including members from two parties or factions: Government leaders hope to achieve a bipartisan foreign policy.
  • bicarbonate — a salt of carbonic acid containing the ion HCO3–; an acid carbonate
  • bicentenary — A bicentenary is a year in which you celebrate something important that happened exactly two hundred years earlier.
  • bifurcation — the act or fact of bifurcating
  • binary data — binary file
  • binary star — a double star system comprising two stars orbiting around their common centre of mass. A visual binary can be seen through a telescope. A spectroscopic binary can only be observed by the spectroscopic Doppler shift as each star moves towards or away from the earth
  • binary tree — (btree) A tree in which each node has at most two successors or child nodes. In Haskell this could be represented as
  • binge-watch — to watch a large number of television programmes (especially all the shows from one series) in succession
  • binucleated — having two nuclei
  • bioaeration — the oxidative treatment of raw sewage by aeration
  • bipartition — divided into or consisting of two parts.
  • bipectinate — having both margins toothed like a comb, as the antennae of certain moths.
  • birth canal — the passageway down which the fetus passes during birth
  • birthparent — a person's parent related biologically rather than by adoption
  • bisectional — relating to division into two equal parts
  • bisociation — the association of one idea with two different contexts
  • bit bashing — (Also "bit diddling" or bit twiddling). Any of several kinds of low-level programming characterised by manipulation of bit, flag, nibble, and other smaller-than-character-sized pieces of data. These include low-level device control, encryption algorithms, checksum and error-correcting codes, hash functions, some flavours of graphics programming (see bitblt), and assembler/compiler code generation. May connote either tedium or a real technical challenge (more usually the former). "The command decoding for the new tape driver looks pretty solid but the bit-bashing for the control registers still has bugs." See also bit bang, mode bit.
  • bit pattern — (data)   A sequence of bits, in a memory, a communications channel or some other device. The term is used to contrast this with some higher level interpretation of the bits such as an integer or an image. A bit string is similar but suggests an arbitrary, as opposed to predetermined, length.
  • bitmap font — a font format in which letters and symbols are stored as a pattern of dots
  • blacktongue — canine pellagra.
  • blank slate — tabula rasa.
  • blanket bog — a very acid peat bog, low in nutrients, extending widely over a flat terrain, found in cold wet climates
  • blanketlike — resembling a blanket
  • blanketweed — a type of filamentous pond algae
  • blind-stamp — to emboss or impress (the cover or spine of a book) without using ink or foil.
  • bloatedness — the state of being swollen, as with a liquid, air, or wind
  • block grant — (in Britain) an annual grant made by the government to a local authority to help to pay for the public services it provides, such as health, education, and housing
  • blue mantle — one of the four pursuivants of the British College of Arms
  • boat anchor — 1. Like doorstop but more severe; implies that the offending hardware is irreversibly dead or useless. "That was a working motherboard once. One lightning strike later, instant boat anchor!" 2. A person who just takes up space. 3. Obsolete but still working hardware, especially when used of an old S100-bus hobbyist system; originally a term of annoyance, but became more and more affectionate as the hardware became more and more obsolete.
  • boatmanship — boatsmanship.
  • bolt-action — (of a rifle) equipped with a manually operated sliding bolt.
  • bombardment — A bombardment is a strong and continuous attack of gunfire or bombing.
  • bombilation — a humming or buzzing sound, for example that of a bee
  • bombination — to make a humming or buzzing noise.
  • bon appetit — enjoy your meal
  • bonapartism — a political system resembling the rules of the Bonapartes, esp Napoleon I and Napoleon III: centralized government by a military dictator, who enjoys popular support given expression in plebiscites
  • bonapartist — an adherent of the Bonapartes or their policies.
  • bonaventura — Saint, called the Seraphic Doctor. 1221–74, Italian Franciscan monk, mystic, theologian, and philosopher; author of a Life of St Francis and Journey of the Soul to God. Feast day: July 14
  • bonaventure — Saint ("the Seraphic Doctor") 1221–74, Italian scholastic theologian.
  • bond market — the market in which bonds are traded
  • bondability — something that binds, fastens, confines, or holds together.
  • bondservant — a serf or slave
  • boston crab — a wrestling hold in which a wrestler seizes both or one of his opponent's legs, turns him face downwards, and exerts pressure over his back
  • botanically — Also, botanic. of, pertaining to, made from, or containing plants: botanical survey; botanical drugs.
  • botanomancy — a form of divination in which tree branches or leaves are burnt
  • botany wool — a fine wool from the merino sheep
  • botheration — bother
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