18-letter words containing b, e
- a barrel of laughs — If an experience is a barrel of laughs, it is very enjoyable. If someone is a barrel of laughs, they are fun to be with.
- a bird in the hand — A bird in the hand is something that you already have and do not want to risk losing by trying to get something else.
- a good second best — an acceptable alternative
- a plague on sb/sth — You say a plague on a particular person or thing when you are very irritated by them and do not want to bother with them any more.
- a slap on the back — congratulation
- aarp probe packets — (networking) AARP packets sent out on a nonextended AppleTalk network to discover whether a randomly selected node ID is being used by any node. If not, the sending node uses the node ID. If so, it chooses a different ID and sends more AARP probe packets.
- abd-er-rahman khan — 1830?–1901, amir of Afghanistan 1880–1901.
- able-bodied seaman — an ordinary seaman, esp one in the merchant navy, who has been trained in certain skills
- abominable snowman — a large legendary manlike or apelike creature, alleged to inhabit the Himalayan Mountains
- abortion-on-demand — the right of a woman to have an abortion during the first six months of a pregnancy.
- absolute liability — full legal responsibility for damages or for an injury, without the need for proof and regardless of the degree of negligence or fault
- absolute magnitude — the apparent magnitude a given star would have if it were situated at a distance of 10 parsecs (32.6 light years) from the earth
- absolute threshold — the minimum intensity of a stimulus at which it can just be perceived
- absolute viscosity — a full name for viscosity, used to distinguish it from kinematic viscosity and specific viscosity
- abstract data type — (programming) (ADT) A kind of data abstraction where a type's internal form is hidden behind a set of access functions. Values of the type are created and inspected only by calls to the access functions. This allows the implementation of the type to be changed without requiring any changes outside the module in which it is defined. A classic example of an ADT is a stack data type for which functions might be provided to create an empty stack, to push values onto a stack and to pop values from a stack.
- account receivable — a current asset account showing amounts payable to a firm by customers who have made purchases of goods and services on credit
- acquired behaviour — the behaviour of an organism resulting from the effects of the environment
- adjournment debate — (in the UK) a short debate, held immediately before the end of each day's business in the House of Commons, in which backbench MPs raise matters relating to their constituencies
- adjustable spanner — a tool with adjustable jaws used for turning bolts, etc
- admirable crichton — a comedy (1902) by Sir James M. Barrie.
- adobe type manager — (text, tool, product) (ATM) Software that produces PostScript outline fonts on screen and paper. There are versions that run under Microsoft Windows and on the Macintosh. ATM can do hinting, multiple master and anti-aliasing.
- agammaglobulinemia — a condition of the blood, either congenital or acquired, in which there is near or complete absence of gamma globulin and a failure of the body to form antibodies, resulting in a frequent occurrence of infectious disease.
- aggravated robbery — a robbery made more serious by its violent circumstances
- albert bruce sabin — Albert Bruce, 1906–93, U.S. physician, born in Poland: developed Sabin vaccine.
- albrecht waldstein — Albrecht von [German ahl-brekht fuh n] /German ˈɑl brɛxt fən/ (Show IPA), Wallenstein, Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von.
- algebraic equation — an equation in the form of a polynomial having a finite number of terms and equated to zero, as 2 x 3 + 4 x 2 − x + 7 = 0.
- algebraic function — any function which can be constructed in a finite number of steps from the elementary operations and the inverses of any function already constructed
- algebraic geometry — the study of sets that are defined by algebraic equations.
- algebraic notation — the standard method of denoting the squares on the chessboard, by allotting a letter, a, b, c, up to h, to each of the files running up the board from White's side, starting from the left, and a number to each of the ranks across the board, starting with White's first rank
- algebraic topology — the branch of mathematics that deals with the application of algebraic methods to topology, especially the study of homology and homotopy.
- all the better for — improved as a result of
- allegheny barberry — a shrub, Berberis canadensis, of North America, resembling the common barberry of Europe, but having leaves with grayish undersides.
- almoner's cupboard — a cupboard with pierced doors, formerly used as a storage place for food.
- american brooklime — any of various speedwells found along brooks, in marshes, etc., as Veronica americana (American brooklime) a creeping plant having leafy stems and loose clusters of small blue flowers.
- american cranberry — See under cranberry (def 1).
- ammonium carbamate — a white soluble crystalline compound produced by reaction between dry ammonia and carbon dioxide and used as a nitrogen fertilizer. Formula: (NH4)CO2NH2
- ammonium carbonate — an unstable pungent soluble white powder that is a double salt of ammonium bicarbonate and ammonium carbamate: used in the manufacture of baking powder, smelling salts, and ammonium compounds. Formula: (NH4)HCO3.(NH4)CO2NH2
- analytical balance — a precision balance having a sensitivity of 0.1 milligram.
- anti-establishment — opposed to established authority
- apartment building — An apartment building or apartment house is a tall building which contains different apartments on different floors.
- apprentice plumber — a trainee plumber
- arbiter elegantiae — Gaius [gey-uh s] /ˈgeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), (Gaius Petronius Arbiter"Arbiter Elegantiae") died a.d. 66? Roman satirist.
- arbitration clause — a clause in a contract laying down that disputes between the parties should be settled by arbitration
- as clear as a bell — If something is as clear as a bell, it is very clear indeed.
- as far as possible — to the greatest possible extent
- as sound as a bell — If something is as sound as a bell it is healthy and not damaged in any way.
- as the case may be — according to the circumstances
- asbestos longjohns — (humour) Notional garments donned by Usenet posters just before emitting a remark they expect will elicit flamage. This is the most common of the asbestos coinages. Also "asbestos underwear", "asbestos overcoat", etc.
- asciibetical order — (jargon, programming) /as'kee-be'-t*-kl or'dr/ Used to indicate that data is sorted in ASCII collated order rather than alphabetical order. The main difference is that, in ASCII, all the upper case letters come before any of the lower case letters so, e.g., "Z" comes before "a".
- asiatic black bear — a bear, Selenarctos thibetanus, of central and E Asia, whose coat is black with a pale V-shaped mark on the chest
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