11-letter words containing b, e, n, y
- binary cell — an electronic element that can assume either of two stable states and is capable of storing a binary digit.
- binary code — Binary code is a computer code that uses the binary number system.
- binary file — (file format) Any file format for digital data that does not consist of a sequence of printable characters (text). The term is often used for executable machine code. All digital data, including characters, is actually binary data (unless it uses some (rare) system with more than two discrete levels) but the distinction between binary and text is well established. On modern operating systems a text file is simply a binary file that happens to contain only printable characters, but some older systems distinguish the two file types, requiring programs to handle them differently. A common class of binary files is programs in machine language ("executable files") ready to load into memory and execute. Binary files may also be used to store data output by a program, and intended to be read by that or another program but not by humans. Binary files are more efficient for this purpose because the data (e.g. numerical data) does not need to be converted between the binary form used by the CPU and a printable (ASCII) representation. The disadvantage is that it is usually necessary to write special purpose programs to manipulate such files since most general purpose utilities operate on text files. There is also a problem sharing binary numerical data between processors with different endianness. Some communications protocols handle only text files, e.g. most electronic mail systems before MIME became widespread in about 1995. The FTP utility must be put into "binary" mode in order to copy a binary file since in its default "ascii" mode translates between the different newline characters used on the sending and receiving computers. Confusingly, some word processor files, and rich text files, are actually binary files because they contain non-printable characters and require special programs to view, edit and print them.
- binary tree — (btree) A tree in which each node has at most two successors or child nodes. In Haskell this could be represented as
- bing cherry — a dark-red variety of sweet cherry
- biocenology — the branch of biology dealing with the study of biological communities and the interactions among their members.
- black money — that part of a nation's income that relates to its black economy
- blind alley — If you describe a situation as a blind alley, you mean that progress is not possible or that the situation can have no useful results.
- blindstorey — a storey without windows, such as a gallery in a Gothic church
- blood money — If someone makes a payment of blood money to the family of someone who has been killed, they pay that person's family a sum of money as compensation.
- blue monday — a Monday regarded as a depressing workday in contrast to the pleasant relaxation of the weekend.
- bookbindery — a place in which books are bound
- boysenberry — a type of bramble: a hybrid of the loganberry and various blackberries and raspberries
- broken play — an improvised offensive play that results when the originally planned play has failed to be executed properly.
- brooklynese — the speech, especially the pronunciation, thought to be characteristic of a person coming from New York City, especially Brooklyn.
- brown betty — a baked apple pudding made with butter, spices, sugar, and bread crumbs
- brown hyena — a hyena, Hyaena brunnea, of southern Africa, having a blackish-gray coat: its dwindling population is now protected.
- bunny slope — (in skiing) a nursery slope
- bunyanesque — of immense size or stature, as ascribed to Paul Bunyan or to the other characters, exploits, etc., in the legends about him.
- buoyantness — the property of being buoyant
- by means of — If you do something by means of a particular method, instrument, or process, you do it using that method, instrument, or process.
- by no means — on no account; in no way
- by the neck — (of a bottle of beer) served unpoured
- by-election — A by-election is an election that is held to choose a new member of parliament when a member has resigned or died.
- cancelbunny — Cancelpoodle
- candleberry — bayberry (sense 1)
- carbonylate — to introduce the carbonyl group into (a compound) through chemical reaction
- carbylamine — any of a group of organic cyanides containing the radical NC
- chelyabinsk — an industrial city in SW Russia; in 2013 a large meteor exploded in an airburst over the city's surrounding district. Pop: 1 067 000 (2005 est)
- combed yarn — cotton or worsted yarn of fibers laid parallel, superior in smoothness to carded yarn.
- commendably — worthy of praise: She did a commendable job of informing all the interested parties.
- conceivably — capable of being conceived; imaginable.
- convertibly — In a convertible manner.
- crown derby — a type of porcelain manufactured at Derby from 1784–1848
- cyberfriend — A friend with whom one communicates only through the Internet or cyberspace.
- cybernation — the use of computers to control and carry out operations, as in manufacturing
- cybernetics — Cybernetics is science which involves studying the way electronic machines and human brains work, and developing machines that do things or think like people.
- cyclobutane — (uncountable, organic compound) A simple alicyclic hydrocarbon, C4H8; a light inflammable gas.
- dangleberry — a blue huckleberry (Gaylussacia frondosa), native to E North America
- deniability — the condition of being deniable
- denumerably — In a denumerable manner.
- dingleberry — Slang. a small clot of dung, as clinging to the hindquarters of an animal.
- discernably — capable of being discerned; distinguishable.
- discernibly — capable of being discerned; distinguishable.
- dispensably — in a dispensable manner
- ebulliently — overflowing with fervor, enthusiasm, or excitement; high-spirited: The award winner was in an ebullient mood at the dinner in her honor.
- embracingly — In an embracing manner.
- embryonated — Containing an embryo.
- energy band — a range of energies associated with the quantum states of electrons in a crystalline solid. In a semiconductor or an insulator there is a valence band containing many states, most of which are occupied. Above this is a forbidden band with only a few isolated states caused by impurities. Above this is a conduction band containing many states most of which are empty. In a metal there is a continuous valence-conduction band
- enviability — The state or condition of being enviable.