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13-letter words containing b, e, t, o, n

  • constructible — to build or form by putting together parts; frame; devise.
  • contabescence — (of an anther) the condition of being unable to produce pollen
  • contributable — to give (money, time, knowledge, assistance, etc.) to a common supply, fund, etc., as for charitable purposes.
  • contribute to — to have a share in bringing about (a result); be partly responsible for
  • controllables — to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command: The car is difficult to control at high speeds. That zone is controlled by enemy troops.
  • conveyor belt — A conveyor belt or a conveyor is a continuously-moving strip of rubber or metal which is used in factories for moving objects along so that they can be dealt with as quickly as possible.
  • cost a bundle — If you say that something costs a bundle, or costs someone a bundle, you are emphasizing that it is expensive.
  • counter table — a medieval English table having a top divided into appropriately marked spaces for various denominations of money.
  • counterbidder — a person or organization that makes a bid in opposition to another bid
  • counterblasts — Plural form of counterblast.
  • counterboring — a tool for enlarging a drilled hole for a portion of its length, as to permit sinking a screw head.
  • counterphobic — seeking out a situation that one fears in an attempt to overcome the fear.
  • country blues — acoustic folk blues with a guitar accompaniment
  • covalent bond — a type of chemical bond involving the sharing of electrons between atoms in a molecule, esp the sharing of a pair of electrons by two adjacent atoms
  • coventry bell — a perennial garden plant, Campanula trachelium, of Eurasia, having coarsely toothed leaves and bluish-purple flowers.
  • cremorne bolt — (on a French window or the like) a pair of rods, moved by a knob mechanism, sliding into sockets in the head and sill of the opening to provide a secure fastening.
  • currant borer — the larva of a clearwing moth, Ramosia tipuliformis, that bores into the stems of currants.
  • cyanobacteria — a group of photosynthetic bacteria (phylum Cyanobacteria) containing a blue photosynthetic pigment
  • daytona beach — a city in NE Florida, on the Atlantic: a resort with a beach of hard white sand, used since 1903 for motor speed trials. Pop: 64 581 (2003 est)
  • deattribution — a switch in the attribution of a work of art to another artist, usually a lesser one.
  • debit account — a bank account which allows you to buy goods or services with money that you have put into the account
  • debt covenant — A debt covenant is a number of restrictions that a borrower agrees to that are set by the lending institution.
  • debt of honor — a gambling debt: not legally enforceable
  • decarbonating — Present participle of decarbonate.
  • decarbonation — to remove carbon dioxide from.
  • decarbonylate — to remove the carbonyl group from (an organic compound).
  • deception bed — any of various kinds of concealed or disguised beds designed in the 18th century.
  • decerebration — Surgery. to remove the cerebrum.
  • defibrination — the act or process of defibrinating
  • deliberations — formal discussion and debate, as of a committee, jury, etc
  • demothballing — to remove (naval or military equipment) from storage or reserve, usually for active duty; reactivate.
  • desobligeante — a type of carriage seating only one person
  • desublimation — (physics) deposition (transformation of gas into solid without an intermediate liquid phase).
  • disembodiment — to divest (a soul, spirit, etc.) of a body.
  • disobediently — In a disobedient manner.
  • disobligement — disobligation
  • double batten — two wooden battens screwed together for holding the edge of a drop between them.
  • double-acting — (of a reciprocating engine, pump, etc.) having pistons accomplishing work in both directions, fluid being admitted alternately to opposite ends of the cylinders. Compare single-acting.
  • double-action — (of a firearm) requiring only one pull of the trigger to cock and fire it.
  • double-tongue — to interrupt the wind flow by moving the tongue as if pronouncing t and k alternately, especially in playing rapid passages or staccato notes on a brass instrument.
  • doubtlessness — The property of being doubtless.
  • down the tube — a hollow, usually cylindrical body of metal, glass, rubber, or other material, used especially for conveying or containing liquids or gases.
  • east by north — a point on the compass 11°15′ north of east. Abbreviation: EbN.
  • easter bonnet — an especially pretty or fancy hat designed for a woman to wear to church on Easter Sunday or, especially, in an Easter parade
  • ectosymbionts — Plural form of ectosymbiont.
  • electron beam — a beam or stream of electrons emitted by a single source that move in the same direction and at the same speed
  • electron tube — (electronics)   (Or tube, vacuum tube, UK: valve, electron valve, thermionic valve, firebottle, glassfet) An electronic component consisting of a space exhausted of gas to such an extent that electrons may move about freely, and two or more electrodes with external connections. Nearly all tubes are of the thermionic type where one electrode, called the cathode, is heated, and electrons are emitted from its surface with a small energy (typically a Volt or less). A second electrode, called the anode (plate) will attract the electrons when it is positive with respect to the cathode, allowing current in one direction but not the other. In types which are used for amplification of signals, additional electrodes, called grids, beam-forming electrodes, focussing electrodes and so on according to their purpose, are introduced between cathode and plate and modify the flow of electrons by electrostatic attraction or (usually) repulsion. A voltage change on a grid can control a substantially greater change in that between cathode and anode. Unlike semiconductors, except perhaps for FETs, the movement of electrons is simply a function of electrostatic field within the active region of the tube, and as a consequence of the very low mass of the electron, the currents can be changed quickly. Moreover, there is no limit to the current density in the space, and the electrodes which do dissapate power are usually metal and can be cooled with forced air, water, or other refrigerants. Today these features cause tubes to be the active device of choice when the signals to be amplified are a power levels of more than about 500 watts. The first electronic digital computers used hundreds of vacuum tubes as their active components which, given the reliability of these devices, meant the computers needed frequent repairs to keep them operating. The chief causes of unreliability are the heater used to heat the cathode and the connector into which the tube was plugged. Vacuum tube manufacturers in the US are nearly a thing of the past, with the exception of the special purpose types used in broadcast and image sensing and displays. Eimac, GE, RCA, and the like would probably refer to specific types such as "Beam Power Tetrode" and the like, and rarely use the generic terms. The cathode ray tube is a special purpose type based on these principles which is used for the visual display in television and computers. X-ray tubes are diodes (two element tubes) used at high voltage; a tungsten anode emits the energetic photons when the energetic electrons hit it. Magnetrons use magnetic fields to constrain the electrons; they provide very simple, high power, ultra-high frequency signals for radar, microwave ovens, and the like. Klystrons amplify signals at high power and microwave frequencies.
  • embryogenetic — embryogenic
  • endosymbiotic — Of or pertaining to endosymbiosis.
  • equilibration — The formation, or maintenance, of an equilibrium.
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