15-letter words containing b, a, t, h, e, i
- knight banneret — banneret1 (def 2).
- label switching — (networking) A routing technique that uses information from existing IP routing protocols to identify IP datagrams with labels and forwards them to a modified switch or router, which then uses the labels to switch the datagrams through the network. Label switching combines the best attributes of data link layer (layer two) switching (as in ATM and Frame Relay) with the best attributes of network layer (layer three) routing (as in IP). Prior to the formation of the MPLS Working Group in 1997, a number of vendors had announced and/or implemented proprietary label switching.
- lithium battery — A lithium battery is a type of battery used for low-power, high-reliability, long-life applications, such as clocks, cameras and calculators.
- low earth orbit — (communications) (LEO) The kind of orbit used by communications satellites that will offer high bandwidth for video on demand, television, and Internet communications. A satellite in LEO, in contrast to one in a geostationary orbit, is not in a fixed position relative to the Earth's surface so several satellites are required to provide continuous service.
- make a habit of — If you make a habit of doing something, you do it regularly or often.
- malpighian tube — one of a group of long, slender excretory tubules at the anterior end of the hindgut in insects and other terrestrial arthropods.
- megalithic tomb — a burial chamber constructed of large stones, either underground or covered by a mound and usually consisting of long transepted corridors (gallery graves) or of a distinct chamber and passage (passage graves). The tombs may date from the 4th millennium bc
- merchantability — The state of being merchantable.
- methylcobalamin — A cobalamin used to treat neuropathies.
- might-have-been — that which might have occurred if it were not for other events
- nathaniel bacon — Francis (Baron Verulam, Viscount St. Albans) 1561–1626, English essayist, philosopher, and statesman.
- neighbor states — the states or countries next to another state or country
- non-exhaustible — to drain of strength or energy, wear out, or fatigue greatly, as a person: I have exhausted myself working.
- old-established — established for a long time
- orthopaedic bed — a specially firm bed designed to help correct or ameliorate the discomfort of disorders of the spine and joints
- pick up the tab — If you pick up the tab, you pay a bill on behalf of a group of people or provide the money that is needed for something.
- pitch blackness — extreme darkness; lack of light
- pre-elizabethan — (of English culture, history, traditions, etc.) before the reign of Queen Elizabeth I; before the second half of the 16th century.
- pre-established — to establish beforehand.
- probationership — the position of a probationer
- pulmobranchiate — possessing a pulmobranch
- rechargeability — (of a storage battery) capable of being charged repeatedly. Compare cordless (def 2).
- rightabout-face — a turning directly about so as to face in the opposite direction
- rough breathing — the symbol (ʿ) used in the writing of Greek to indicate aspiration of the initial vowel or of the ρ (rho) over which it is placed.
- saint elisabeth — the wife of Zacharias, mother of John the Baptist, and kinswoman of the Virgin Mary. Feast day: Nov 5 or 8
- saint elizabeth — the wife of Zacharias, mother of John the Baptist, and kinswoman of the Virgin Mary. Feast day: Nov 5 or 8
- self-banishment — to expel from or relegate to a country or place by authoritative decree; condemn to exile: He was banished to Devil's Island.
- shopping basket — a metal or plastic container with one or two handles, used to carry shopping in a shop
- spanish bayonet — any of certain plants belonging to the genus Yucca, of the agave family, having narrow, spine-tipped leaves and a cluster of white flowers.
- spill the beans — the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- straight-backed — having a straight, usually high, back: a straight-backed chair.
- strawberry dish — a shallow, circular fruit dish with a fluted or pierced border.
- strephosymbolia — a condition of perceiving objects as their mirror image and, specifically, having difficulty in distinguishing letters in words
- subject heading — a title or heading of a category, esp in a bibliography or index
- subtrochanteric — Anatomy. either of two knobs at the top of the femur, the greater on the outside and the lesser on the inside, serving for the attachment of muscles between the thigh and pelvis.
- tectibranchiate — denoting or relating to the suborder of molluscs Tectibranchia
- tetrabranchiate — belonging or pertaining to the Nautiloidea (Tetrabranchiata), a subclass or order of cephalopods with four gills, including the pearly nautilus and numerous fossil forms.
- the gift of gab — If someone has the gift of gab, they are able to speak easily and confidently, and to persuade people.
- the job in hand — The job or problem in hand is the job or problem that you are dealing with at the moment.
- the precambrian — the Precambrian era
- the public weal — the public good; the good of society
- the-arbitration — a comedy (c300 b.c.) by Menander, extant only as a fragment.
- thermal barrier — the high temperatures produced by the friction between a supersonic object and the earth's atmosphere that limit the speed of an airplane or rocket.
- thiobarbiturate — a barbiturate in which a sulphur atom has replaced one oxygen atom
- thiocarbanilide — a gray powder, C 13 H 12 N 2 S, used as an intermediate in dyes and as an accelerator in vulcanization.
- tidal benchmark — a benchmark used as a reference for tidal observations.
- timber merchant — a merchant that deals in wood for use as a building material
- touch base with — the bottom support of anything; that on which a thing stands or rests: a metal base for the table.
- tribromoethanol — a white, crystalline powder, C 2 H 3 Br 3 O, used as a basal anesthetic.
- uncopyrightable — not able to be copyrighted