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14-letter words containing a, t, i

  • batten disease — a rare hereditary disease in which lipids accumulate in the nervous system, leading to mental deterioration, loss of mobility, and blindness that start in early childhood
  • batting helmet — a rigid plastic cap with a sidepiece extending down over the ear, worn for protection while batting
  • battle cruiser — A battle cruiser is a large fast warship that is lighter than a battleship and moves more easily.
  • battle fatigue — Battle fatigue is a mental condition of anxiety and depression caused by the stress of fighting in a war.
  • battle of wits — If you refer to a situation as a battle of wits, you mean that it involves people with opposing aims who compete with each other using their intelligence, rather than force.
  • battle station — the place or position that one is assigned to for battle or in an emergency.
  • batwing sleeve — a sleeve of a garment with a deep armhole and a tight wrist
  • be in the wars — If someone has been in the wars, they have been injured, for example in a fight or in an accident.
  • be in the wash — If you say that something such as an item of clothing is in the wash, you mean that it is being washed, is waiting to be washed, or has just been washed and should therefore not be worn or used.
  • bead lightning — lightning in which the intensity appears to vary along the path and which thus resembles a string of beads.
  • beard-stroking — deep thought
  • beaten biscuit — a hard, unleavened biscuit, made to rise by pounding and folding the dough.
  • beautification — Making beautiful, beautifying, improving the appearance of something.
  • beggar's-ticks — tick trefoil
  • belaying cleat — a cleat used for belaying
  • belletristical — relating to the fine arts
  • belvoir castle — a castle in Leicestershire, near Grantham (in Lincolnshire): seat of the Dukes of Rutland; rebuilt by James Wyatt in 1816
  • 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.
  • bib and tucker — an outfit of clothes (esp in the phrase best bib and tucker)
  • biblical latin — the form of Latin used in versions of the Bible, esp the form used in the Vulgate
  • bidialectalism — the state of being bidialectal
  • bilious attack — a group of symptoms consisting of headache, abdominal pain, and constipation
  • bill of health — a certificate, issued by a port officer, that attests to the health of a ship's company
  • billiard table — the rectangular table used for playing billiards
  • 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.
  • binding rafter — a timber for supporting rafters between their extremities, as a purlin.
  • binding strake — a very strong, heavy strake of planking, especially one next to a sheer strake.
  • bioaeronautics — the use of aircraft in the discovery, development, and protection of natural and biological resources
  • bioclimatology — the study of the effects of climatic conditions on living organisms
  • 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
  • biomathematics — the study of the application of mathematics to biology
  • bioregionalist — someone who believes in bioregionalism
  • bioremediation — the use of plants to extract heavy metals from contaminated soils and water
  • biostatistical — relating to biostatistics
  • 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
  • bipartisanship — representing, characterized by, or including members from two parties or factions: Government leaders hope to achieve a bipartisan foreign policy.
  • bipolarisation — the act of bipolarising
  • bipolarization — the action of rendering something bipolar
  • bird sanctuary — an area of land in which birds are protected and encouraged to breed
  • birthday party — a party to celebrate someone's birthday
  • birthing chair — a chair constructed to allow a woman in labour to give birth in a sitting position
  • biscuit barrel — an airtight container of circular section equipped with a lid and used for storing biscuits
  • bisphosphonate — any drug of a class that inhibits the resorption of bone; used in treating certain bone disorders, esp osteoporosis
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