15-letter words containing b, e, g, t, i, n
- knight bachelor — bachelor (def 3).
- 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.
- listed building — (in Britain) a building officially recognized as having special historical or architectural interest and therefore protected from demolition or alteration
- magnetic bottle — Physics. a magnetic field so shaped that it can confine a plasma: used in a proposed design for fusion reactors.
- magnetic bubble — a tiny mobile magnetized area within a magnetic material, the basis of one type of solid-state storage medium (magnetic bubble memory)
- malpighian tube — one of a group of long, slender excretory tubules at the anterior end of the hindgut in insects and other terrestrial arthropods.
- might-have-been — that which might have occurred if it were not for other events
- morale-boosting — A morale-boosting action or event makes people feel more confident and cheerful.
- moreton bay fig — a large Australian fig tree, Ficus macrophylla, having glossy leaves and smooth bark
- negative number — a number that is less than 0
- neighbor states — the states or countries next to another state or country
- night blindness — a condition of the eyes in which vision is normal in daylight but abnormally poor at night or in a dim light; nyctalopia.
- obtuse triangle — a triangle with one obtuse angle.
- opening batsman — a player who bats the first ball in cricket
- operating table — table on which surgery is performed
- painted bunting — a brilliantly colored bunting, Passerina ciris, of the southern U.S.
- pattern bombing — aerial bombing in which bombs are dropped on a target in a predetermined pattern.
- perfect binding — a technique for binding books by a machine that cuts off the backs of the sections and glues the leaves to a cloth or paper backing.
- publicity agent — A publicity agent is a person whose job is to make sure that a large number of people know about a person, show, or event so that they are successful.
- quarter binding — a style of bookbinding in which the spine is leather and the sides are cloth or paper.
- recognizability — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- regimental band — a band made up of a military formation varying in size from a battalion to a number of battalions
- registered bond — a bond recorded in the name of the owner.
- roger bannister — Sir Roger (Gilbert) born 1929, English track and field athlete: first to run a mile in less than four minutes.
- 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.
- self-abnegation — self-denial or self-sacrifice.
- self-subsisting — to exist; continue in existence.
- shopping basket — a metal or plastic container with one or two handles, used to carry shopping in a shop
- single-breasted — (of a coat, jacket, etc.) having a front closure directly in the center with only a narrow overlap secured by a single button or row of buttons.
- slab plastering — coarse plastering, as between the studs in a half-timbered wall.
- sleeping beauty — a beautiful princess, the heroine of a popular fairy tale, awakened from a charmed sleep by the kiss of the prince who is her true love.
- sleeping tablet — A sleeping tablet is the same as a sleeping pill.
- smelling bottle — a small bottle or vial for holding smelling salts or perfume.
- snapping beetle — click beetle.
- southern blight — a disease of peanuts, tomatoes, and other plants, caused by a fungus, Sclerotium rolfsii, affecting the roots and resulting in rapid wilting.
- string variable — data on which arithmetical operations will not be performed
- strobe lighting — a high-intensity flashing beam of light produced by rapid electrical discharges in a tube or by a perforated disc rotating in front of an intense light source: used in discotheques, etc
- subintelligence — below average intelligence
- subject heading — a title or heading of a category, esp in a bibliography or index
- subject-raising — a rule that moves the subject of a complement clause into the clause in which it is embedded, as in the derivation of He is likely to be late from It is likely that he will be late
- svedberg (unit) — a unit of time, equal to 10-13 second, used in determining the rate of sedimentation of a macromolecule in an ultracentrifuge
- system building — a method of building in which prefabricated components are used to speed the construction of buildings
- tangible assets — valuable items: cash, property, etc.
- ten-pin bowling — game of skittles
- thimble-rigging — a sleight-of-hand swindling game in which the operator palms a pellet or pea while appearing to cover it with one of three thimblelike cups, and then, moving the cups about, offers to bet that no one can tell under which cup the pellet or pea lies.
- traveling block — (in a hoisting tackle) the block hooked to and moving with the load.
- troubleshooting — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
- tumbling barrel — a rotating drum for subjecting materials or small manufactured objects, loosely placed inside, to a tumbling action, as to mix materials or to polish objects by friction with one another or with an abrasive.
- tunbridge wells — a city in SW Kent, in SE England: mineral springs; resort.