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

  • bastardization — the act of bastardizing
  • battered woman — See under battered woman syndrome.
  • battered-women — the array of physical and psychological injuries exhibited by women (battered women or battered wives) who have been beaten repeatedly or otherwise abused by their partners or spouses.
  • bayonet charge — a charge by riflemen with fixed bayonets
  • beard-stroking — deep thought
  • 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.
  • betray oneself — to reveal one's true character, intentions, etc
  • 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
  • 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
  • blanket-flower — any composite plant of the genus Gaillardia, having showy heads of yellow or red flowers.
  • 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.
  • boarding party — group of officers or sailors who board a ship
  • boatswain bird — tropic bird.
  • 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.
  • born yesterday — brought forth by birth.
  • bornyl acetate — a colorless liquid, C 12 H 20 O 2 , having a piny, camphorlike odor, used chiefly as a scent in the manufacture of perfume, and as a plasticizer.
  • bornyl formate — a liquid, C 11 H 18 O 2 , having a piny odor, used chiefly as a scent in the manufacture of soaps and disinfectants.
  • 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
  • boundary-stone — a stone marking a boundary, sometimes giving information such as the initials of the local authority in whose jurisdiction the boundary is
  • 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.
  • britannia coin — any of four British gold coins introduced in 1987 for investment purposes; their denominations are £100, £50, £25, and £10
  • broken-hearted — Someone who is broken-hearted is very sad and upset because they have had a serious disappointment.
  • bronchial tube — Your bronchial tubes are the two tubes which connect your windpipe to your lungs.
  • bronchiectasis — chronic dilation of the bronchi or bronchial tubes, which often become infected
  • bronchodilator — any drug or other agent that causes dilation of the bronchial tubes by relaxing bronchial muscle: used, esp in the form of aerosol sprays, for the relief of asthma
  • bronchospastic — of or relating to bronchospasms
  • brother-in-law — Someone's brother-in-law is the brother of their husband or wife, or the man who is married to their sister.
  • brown thrasher — a common large songbird, Toxostoma rufum, of the eastern U.S., having reddish-brown plumage.
  • browntail moth — kind of moth
  • bulk transport — the transport of large quantities of goods or commodities in lorries, ships, or by rail
  • bulletin board — A bulletin board is a board which is usually attached to a wall in order to display notices giving information about something.
  • cairngormstone — (mineral, rare) A yellow or smoky brown variety of rock crystal, found especially in the mountains of w Cairngorm in Scotland.
  • calendar month — A calendar month is one of the twelve months of the year.
  • call of nature — Some people talk about a call of nature when referring politely to the need to go to the toilet.
  • calorification — the production of heat
  • cantankerously — In a cantankerous manner.
  • captain cooker — a wild pig
  • caramelisation — (chiefly British) alternative spelling of caramelization.
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