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15-letter words containing b, i, c, h

  • debathification — The process of removing former members of the ruling Bath party of Iraq from the military and civil office following the ousting of w Saddam Hussein.
  • decipherability — to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note.
  • deerfield beach — a town in S Florida.
  • dichlorobenzene — any of a group of three insoluble isomeric chemical compounds used in solvents, insecticides, and dyes
  • dithiocarbamate — any salt or ester of dithiocarbamic acid, commonly used as fungicides
  • dithyrambically — In dithyrambic fashion.
  • dorsibranchiate — having branchiae or gills along the back
  • duchesse brisee — See under duchesse.
  • dysmorphophobic — relating to or affected with dysmorphophobia
  • eight-bit clean — (software)   A term which describes a system that deals correctly with extended character sets which (unlike ASCII) use all eight bits of a byte. Many programs and communications systems assume that all characters have codes in the range 0 to 127. This leaves the top bit of each byte free for use as a parity bit or some kind of flag bit. These assumptions break down when the program is used in some non-english-speaking countries with larger alphabets. If a binary file is transmitted via a communications link which is not eight-bit clean, it will be corrupted. To combat this you can encode it with uuencode which uses only ASCII characters. There are some links however which are not even "seven-bit clean" and cause problems even for uuencoded data.
  • eleutherophobic — afraid of freedom
  • eustachian tube — part of the ear
  • exchangeability — The condition of being exchangeable.
  • exhibitionistic — Having a tendency toward exhibitionism.
  • fine-tooth comb — a comb having narrow, closely set teeth.
  • fourth republic — the republic established in France in 1945 and replaced by the Fifth Republic in 1958.
  • francis bushman — Francis X(avier) 1883–1966, U.S. film actor.
  • globe artichoke — artichoke (defs 1, 2).
  • haemoglobinuric — relating to the presence of haemoglobin in the urine
  • hendecasyllabic — having 11 syllables.
  • herbal medicine — the use of herbs to treat illness
  • hibernicization — the process or act of making Irish
  • hillbilly music — folk music combined with elements of popular music in which the banjo, fiddle, and guitar are principal instruments: a type of music that originated in mountain regions of the southern U.S.
  • hobson's choice — the choice of taking either that which is offered or nothing; the absence of a real alternative.
  • honeycomb tripe — a part of the inner lining of the stomach of the steer, calf, hog, or sheep, resembling a honeycomb in appearance and considered a table delicacy.
  • hoosier cabinet — a tall kitchen cabinet mass-produced during the early part of the 20th century, usually of oak, featuring an enameled work surface, storage bins, a flour sifter, etc.
  • humpback bridge — arched bridge
  • hybrid computer — a computer system containing both analog and digital hardware.
  • hydraulic brake — a brake operated by fluid pressures in cylinders and connecting tubular lines.
  • hydrobiological — of or relating to hydrobiology
  • hyperbolic sine — one of a group of functions of an angle expressed as a relationship between the distances of a point on a hyperbola to the origin and to the coordinate axes; sinh
  • hypercatabolism — an abnormally high metabolic breakdown of a substance or tissue which leads to weight loss and physical deterioration
  • in the abstract — When you talk or think about something in the abstract, you talk or think about it in a general way, rather than considering particular things or events.
  • ingush republic — a constituent republic of S Russia: part of the Checheno-Ingush Autonomous Republic from 1936 until 1992. Capital: Magas (formerly at Nazran). Pop: 468 900 (2002). Area: 3600 sq km (1390 sq miles)
  • interchangeable — (of two things) capable of being put or used in the place of each other: interchangeable symbols.
  • interchangeably — (of two things) capable of being put or used in the place of each other: interchangeable symbols.
  • jack-in-the-box — a toy consisting of a box from which an enclosed figure springs up when the lid is opened.
  • judicial branch — the branch of government charged with the interpretation of laws and the administration of justice; the judiciary.
  • kick the bucket — a deep, cylindrical vessel, usually of metal, plastic, or wood, with a flat bottom and a semicircular bail, for collecting, carrying, or holding water, sand, fruit, etc.; pail.
  • kitchen cabinet — a cupboard built into a kitchen or a chest of drawers for kitchen use, as for dishes and silverware.
  • knight bachelor — bachelor (def 3).
  • 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.
  • mechanical bank — a toy bank in which a coin is deposited by a mechanical process that is usually activated by pushing a lever.
  • megalithic tomb — a burial chamber constructed of large stones, either underground or covered by a mound and usually consisting of long transepted corridors (gallery graves) or of a distinct chamber and passage (passage graves). The tombs may date from the 4th millennium bc
  • membership pack — a collection of documents, information leaflets, cards, etc, that is given to members, especially new ones
  • merchantability — The state of being merchantable.
  • methylcobalamin — A cobalamin used to treat neuropathies.
  • micropublishing — the publishing of material in microfilm
  • mishnaic hebrew — the Hebrew language as used from about a.d. 70 to 500.
  • mount suribachi — a volcanic hill in the Volcano Islands, on Iwo Jima: site of a US victory (1945) over the Japanese in World War II
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