15-letter words containing b, e, g, r
- 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.
- adygei republic — a constituent republic of SW Russia, bordering on the Caucasus Mountains: chiefly agricultural but with some mineral resources. Capital: Maikop. Pop: 447 000 (2002). Area: 7600 sq km (2934 sq miles)
- aerobic dancing — a system of exercises combining aerobics with dance steps and usually done to music.
- agribusinessman — a person who engages in agribusiness
- albany congress — a meeting of delegates from seven American colonies, held in 1754 at Albany, New York, at which Benjamin Franklin proposed a plan (Albany Plan of Union) for unifying the colonies.
- albertus magnus — Saint. original name Albert, Count von Böllstadt. ?1193–1280, German scholastic philosopher; teacher of Thomas Aquinas and commentator on Aristotle. Feast day: Nov 15
- algebra of sets — a nonempty collection of sets having the property that the union of two sets of the collection is a set of the collection and the complement of each set of the collection is a set in the collection.
- american blight — any plant louse of the family Aphididae, characterized by a waxy secretion that appears like a jumbled mass of fine, curly, white cottony or woolly threads, as Eriosoma lanigerum (woolly apple aphid or American blight) and Prociphilus tessellatus (woolly alder aphid)
- anthony burgess — Anthony, 1917–93, English novelist and critic.
- anti-globalizer — a political activist who challenges the concept of globalization and promotes practices that do not cause environmental damage
- argyll and bute — a council area in W Scotland on the Atlantic Ocean: in 1975 the historical counties of Argyllshire and Bute became part of Strathclyde region; in 1996 they were reinstated as a single unitary authority. Argyll and Bute is mountainous and includes the islands of Bute, Mull, Islay, and Jura. Administrative centre: Lochgilphead. Pop: 91 300 (2003 est). Area: 6930 sq km (2676 sq miles)
- autobiographers — Plural form of autobiographer.
- autobiographies — Plural form of autobiography.
- back plastering — the introduction of partitions of lath and plaster between the inner and outer surfaces of a stud wall in order to improve the insulating properties of the wall.
- bacterial ghost — a bacterial cell that is emptied and filled artificially with another substance
- bacteriological — Of or relating to bacteriology or bacteria.
- bacteriophagous — Pertaining to the predation and consumption of bacterium.
- baggage handler — a person who moves baggage onto and off planes at an airport
- baggage reclaim — the process of passengers' getting back the baggage that they have checked in for a flight
- balloon barrage — a series of moored balloons, usually strung together and hung with cables, for impeding a low-level attack by enemy aircraft.
- ballpark figure — approximate number
- bangtail muster — a roundup of cattle to be counted, each one having the hairs on its tail docked as it is counted
- bargain counter — a store counter on which goods are displayed for sale at reduced prices
- barothermograph — an automatic instrument for recording pressure and temperature.
- barrage balloon — Barrage balloons are large balloons which are fixed to the ground by strong steel cables. They are used in wartime, when the cables are intended to destroy low-flying enemy aircraft.
- bathythermogram — a record made by a bathythermograph.
- battery charger — a device that can restore the charge to a battery, usually by means of electricity
- battery farming — the activity of using batteries for raising poultry
- batting average — in baseball, a figure expressing the average batting efficiency of a player or team, figured by dividing the number of base hits by the number of official at-bats
- battleship gray — a subdued bluish gray.
- be raring to go — If you say that you are raring to go, you mean that you are very eager to start doing something.
- be spoiling for — to have an aggressive desire for (a fight, etc)
- beach goldenrod — a composite plant, Solidago sempervirens, of eastern and southern North America, having a thick stem and large, branched, one-sided terminal clusters of yellow flowers, flourishing on sea beaches or salt marshes.
- beat generation — members of the generation that came to maturity in the 1950s, whose rejection of the social and political systems of the West was expressed through contempt for regular work, possessions, traditional dress, etc, and espousal of anarchism, communal living, drugs, etc
- bedford heights — a town in N Ohio.
- bedtime reading — a book, magazine etc read at bedtime
- beef stroganoff — a dish of thin strips of beef cooked with onions, mushrooms, and seasonings, served in a sour-cream sauce
- beginner's luck — the initial good fortune or success commonly supposed to come to a person who has recently taken up a new pursuit, as a sport or game: Catching a large trout the first time you go fishing is simply beginner's luck.
- beginning rhyme — the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words; alliteration, as in The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew.
- belgian griffon — one of a variety of the Brussels griffon having a black or reddish-brown and black coat.
- bergamot orange — a small Asian spiny rutaceous tree, Citrus bergamia, having sour pear-shaped fruit
- bergius process — a method of hydrogenation formerly used with coal to produce an oil similar to petroleum.
- beta-adrenergic — pertaining to or involving beta receptors
- bicycle touring — the activity of touring on a bicycle
- big bang theory — In astronomy the big bang theory is a theory that suggests that the universe was created as a result of an extremely large explosion.
- big black river — a river in N central Mississippi, flowing SW to the Mississippi River near Vicksburg. 330 miles (531 km) long.
- big muddy river — a river in SW Illinois, flowing SW into the Mississippi. About 120 miles (195 km) long.
- big sandy creek — a river in central Colorado, flowing NE and SE to the Arkansas River near Lamar: site of the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre. 200 miles (322 km) long.
- biogeochemistry — the science of biological, chemical, and geological aspects of the environment
- bipartite graph — complete graph
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