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13-letter words containing b, a, l, t, i, c

  • optical fiber — optical fibre
  • optical fibre — (communications)   (fibre optics, FO, US "fiber", light pipe) A plastic or glass (silicon dioxide) fibre no thicker than a human hair used to transmit information using infra-red or even visible light as the carrier (usually a laser). The light beam is an electromagnetic signal with a frequency in the range of 10^14 to 10^15 Hertz. Optical fibre is less susceptible to external noise than other transmission media, and is cheaper to make than copper wire, but it is much more difficult to connect. Optical fibres are difficult to tamper with (to monitor or inject data in the middle of a connection), making them appropriate for secure communications. The light beams do not escape from the medium because the material used provides total internal reflection. See also FDDI, Optical Carrier n, SONET.
  • overexcitable — Excessively excitable.
  • particle beam — Physics. a concentrated stream of particles, as electrons, neutrons, or protons, generated for studying particle interactions, nuclear structure, crystal structure, etc.
  • particleboard — a boardlike building material made by compressing sawdust or wood particles with a resin binder
  • pentasyllabic — a word or line of verse of five syllables.
  • photocopiable — able or legally permitted to be photocopied
  • placentia bay — a bay of the Atlantic Ocean on the SE coast of Newfoundland, Canada, W of the Avalon Peninsula. About 100 miles (160 km) long and 80 miles (129 km) wide.
  • plebification — the act of making popular or vulgar
  • prebasic molt — the molt by which most birds replace all of their feathers, usually occurring annually after the breeding season.
  • prince albert — Carl (Bert) 1908–2000, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1971–77.
  • probabilistic — Statistics. of or relating to probability: probabilistic forecasting.
  • problematical — of the nature of a problem; doubtful; uncertain; questionable.
  • public health — health services to improve and protect community health, especially sanitation, immunization, and preventive medicine.
  • quodlibetical — a subtle or elaborate argument or point of debate, usually on a theological or scholastic subject.
  • recalibration — the act or process of recalibrating something
  • recallability — the quality of being recallable
  • receivability — the fact or condition of being receivable
  • recyclability — to treat or process (used or waste materials) so as to make suitable for reuse: recycling paper to save trees.
  • relubrication — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
  • replicability — the quality or state of being replicable
  • republication — publication anew.
  • resectability — the state of being resectable
  • saint columba — Padraic [paw-drik] /ˈpɔ drɪk/ (Show IPA), 1881–1972, Irish poet and dramatist, in the U.S. from 1914.
  • san cristobal — a city in SW Venezuela.
  • scythian lamb — a fern, Cibotium barometz, of southeastern Asia, having stalks covered with shaggy, brownish hair and large, feathery leaves, formerly believed to be a source of vegetable wool.
  • selectability — to choose in preference to another or others; pick out.
  • single combat — combat between two persons.
  • sketchability — the suitability for being sketched
  • strobilaceous — resembling a strobilus; conelike.
  • sub-political — of, relating to, or concerned with politics: political writers.
  • suballocation — an allocation made from a previous allocation
  • subcollegiate — of, relating to, or characteristic of subcollege students or a subcollege
  • subspecialist — a person who devotes himself or herself to one subject or to one particular branch of a subject or pursuit.
  • subspeciality — a particular area of expertise within a specialism
  • subtriplicate — designating or involving the ratio of the cube roots of two terms
  • subtropically — in the subtropics
  • surgical boot — a specially designed boot or shoe that compensates for deformities of the foot or leg
  • syllabication — to syllabify.
  • symbiotically — living in symbiosis, or having an interdependent relationship: Many people feel the relationship between humans and dogs is symbiotic.
  • table dancing — Table dancing is a type of entertainment in a bar or club in which a woman who is wearing very few clothes dances in a sexy way close to a customer or group of customers.
  • table licence — a licence authorizing the sale of alcoholic drinks with meals only
  • tautosyllabic — occurring within the same syllable: The (s) and (t) are tautosyllabic in the word disturb, but not in distaste.
  • the backfield — the quarterback and running backs in a team
  • thromboclasis — thrombolysis.
  • tobaccanalian — a smoker
  • touchline ban — an official prohibition of a manager or coach from being present on or near the field during a match
  • tramping club — an organization of people who walk for recreation, esp in the bush
  • trial balance — a statement of all the open debit and credit items, made preliminary to balancing a double-entry ledger.
  • tricarboxylic — pertaining to a molecule that contains three carboxyl groups.
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