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15-letter words containing b, e, d, t, i

  • ab urbe condita — from the founding of the city (Rome, about 753 b.c.). Abbreviation: A.U.C.
  • above-mentioned — used in a text to refer back to a person or thing that has already been mentioned
  • absent-mindedly — so lost in thought that one does not realize what one is doing, what is happening, etc.; preoccupied to the extent of being unaware of one's immediate surroundings.
  • absorption edge — a discontinuity in the graph of the absorption coefficient of a substance plotted against the wavelength of x-rays being absorbed, representing the minimum energy necessary to free electrons from particular shells of the atoms of the substance.
  • ascribed status — the social position assigned to a person on the basis of kinship, ethnic group, sex, etc.
  • audubon society — a North American organization devoted to the conservancy of birds
  • backseat driver — If you refer to a passenger in a car as a backseat driver, they annoy you because they constantly give you advice about how to drive.
  • baconian method — induction (def 4a).
  • bag on the side — An extension to an established hack that is supposed to add some functionality to the original. Usually derogatory, implying that the original was being overextended and should have been thrown away, and the new product is ugly, inelegant, or bloated. Also "to hang a bag on the side [of]". "C++? That's just a bag on the side of C." "They want me to hang a bag on the side of the accounting system."
  • balanced ticket — a slate of candidates chosen to appeal to a wide range of voters, especially by including members of large regional, ethnic, or religious groups.
  • bandpass filter — A bandpass filter is a filter designed to pass all frequencies within a band of frequencies.
  • bandstop filter — A bandstop filter is a filter designed to eliminate all frequencies within a band of frequencies.
  • basic autocoder — Early system on IBM 7070. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
  • basic education — (in India) education in which all teaching is correlated with the learning of a craft
  • basidiomycetous — belonging or pertaining to the basidiomycetes.
  • be of two minds — to be undecided or irresolute
  • be on the skids — to be on the decline or downgrade; meet with failure
  • bedford heights — a town in N Ohio.
  • bedtime reading — a book, magazine etc read at bedtime
  • before the wind — with the wind coming from astern
  • belted sandfish — a sea bass, Serranus subligarius, inhabiting warm, shallow waters of the western Atlantic Ocean.
  • benedict arnoldBenedict, 1741–1801, American general in the Revolutionary War who became a traitor.
  • benefit in kind — a nonpecuniary benefit, such as a company car or medical insurance, given to an employee
  • beside the mark — not striking the point aimed at
  • beta-adrenergic — pertaining to or involving beta receptors
  • beyond question — a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
  • bide one's time — to wait patiently for an opportunity
  • bidirectionally — in a bidirectional manner
  • bilateral trade — a system of trading between two countries in which each country attempts to balance its trade with that of the other
  • billings method — a natural method of birth control that involves examining the colour and viscosity of the cervical mucus to discover when ovulation is occurring
  • biodestructible — biodegradable
  • birch partridge — ruffed grouse
  • bit on the side — an extramarital affair
  • bit-mapped font — a computer font whose characters are held in memory as series of dots.
  • bitmapped image — a computer image that is held in memory as a series of colored dots in a grid, each dot represented by one or more bits.
  • bits and pieces — You can use bits and pieces or bits and bobs to refer to a collection of different things.
  • bits per second — (communications, unit)   (bps, b/s) The unit in which data rate is measured. For example, a modem's data rate is usually measured in kilobits per second. In 1996, the maximum modem speed for use on the PSTN was 33.6 kbps, rising to 56 kbps in 1997. Note that kilo- (k), mega- (M), etc. in data rates denote powers of 1000, not 1024.
  • black and white — In a black and white photograph or film, everything is shown in black, white, and grey.
  • black-and-white — displaying only black and white tones; without color, as a picture or chart: a black-and-white photograph.
  • blank cartridge — a cartridge containing powder but no bullet: used in battle practice or as a signal
  • blasting powder — a form of gunpowder made with sodium nitrate instead of saltpeter, used chiefly for blasting rock, ore, etc.
  • blending center — A blending center is a place for mixing fluids, gases, and powders.
  • blessed trinity — Trinity (def 1).
  • bloodguiltiness — guilty of murder or bloodshed.
  • bo diddley beat — a type of syncopated Black rhythm, frequently used in rock music
  • board-certified — A doctor who is board-certified has passed tests and meets the standards of a board of specialists in their area of medicine.
  • boiled potatoes — potatoes, usually peeled, cooked in boiling water
  • bone conduction — the transmission of sound vibrations to the internal ear through the cranial bones (opposed to air conduction).
  • border incident — an incident, usually fighting, on a border between countries
  • bottled in bond — stored in bonded warehouses for a stated length of time before being bottled, as some whiskey

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