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13-letter words containing b, i, e, n

  • ascertainable — to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine: to ascertain the facts.
  • ascertainably — In a way that can be ascertained.
  • assembly line — An assembly line is an arrangement of workers and machines in a factory, where each worker deals with only one part of a product. The product passes from one worker to another until it is finished.
  • atomic number — the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom of an element
  • availableness — Competent power; validity; efficacy; as, the availableness of a title.
  • azerbaijanian — a native or inhabitant of Azerbaijan.
  • back emission — the secondary emission of electrons from an anode
  • back-breaking — Back-breaking work involves a lot of hard physical effort.
  • backbone site — A key Usenet, electronic mail and/or Internet site; one that processes a large amount of third-party traffic, especially if it is the home site of any of the regional coordinators for the Usenet maps. Notable backbone sites as of early 1993 include uunet and the mail machines at Rutgers University, UC Berkeley, DEC's Western Research Laboratories, Ohio State University and the University of Texas. Compare rib site, leaf site.
  • backing store — a computer storage device, usually a disk, that provides additional storage space for information so that it can be accessed and referred to when required and may be copied into the processor if needed
  • backpedalling — to retard the forward motion by pressing backward on the pedal, especially of a bicycle with coaster brakes.
  • bacteriogenic — Caused by bacteria.
  • bacteriolysin — an antibody which, when it combines with bacterial cells, causes lysis of those cells, thus destroying them
  • bacteriotoxin — any toxin that kills bacteria
  • bacterization — subjection to bacterial action
  • baggage train — a train of wagons carrying the equipment needed by an army on the march
  • baking powder — Baking powder is an ingredient used in cake making. It causes cakes to rise when they are in the oven.
  • balanced diet — a diet consisting of the proper quantities and proportions of foods needed to maintain health or growth.
  • balanced line — a transmission line in which the oppositely directed components are symmetrical with respect to each other and to the ground.
  • banana spider — a large, yellowish, tropical crab spider (Heteropoda venatoria) occasionally found in bunches of bananas shipped to the Temperate Zones
  • banderilleros — Plural form of banderillero.
  • bandspreading — an additional tuning control in some radio receivers whereby a selected narrow band of frequencies can be spread over a wider frequency band, in order to give finer control of tuning
  • banister back — a back of a chair or the like, usually having semicircular spindles between the top rail and the cross rail or seat.
  • bank examiner — a public official appointed under U.S. state or federal laws to inspect and audit the operations and accounts of banks in the examiner's jurisdiction.
  • bank of issue — a bank, as a Federal Reserve Bank, empowered by a government to issue currency.
  • banker's bill — a banknote
  • banking house — a more formal term for a bank
  • bantamweights — Plural form of bantamweight.
  • bargain offer — something for sale at a low price
  • bargain price — a low price
  • baritone clef — an F clef locating F below middle C on the third line of the staff.
  • barnsbreaking — noisy and exuberant activity; boisterous mischief-making
  • barrel engine — an engine having cylinders arranged around and parallel to a shaft, which they rotate by means of the contact of their piston rods with a swash plate or cam on the shaft.
  • barrier-nurse — to tend (infectious patients) in isolation, to prevent the spread of infection
  • baseline cost — the projected cost for an undertaking at the time it is budgeted
  • basic english — a simplified form of English, proposed by C. K. Ogden and I. A. Richards, containing a vocabulary of approximately 850 of the commonest English words, intended as an international language
  • basket dinner — a group social gathering, as of church members, to which participants contribute casseroles or other dishes to share.
  • bass clarinet — a clarinet with the lowest range, in the octave below the B-flat clarinet
  • bass-baritone — a singer or voice in the bass range with baritone qualities
  • bassenthwaite — a lake in NW England, in Cumbria near Keswick. Length: 6 km (4 miles)
  • bastard eigne — the first-born illegitimate son of parents whose second son was legitimate.
  • bathylimnetic — (of an organism) living in the depths of lakes and marshes
  • baton twirler — someone who twirls a baton, esp a drum major or majorette
  • battering ram — A battering ram is a long heavy piece of wood that is used to knock down the locked doors of buildings.
  • battering-ram — an ancient military device with a heavy horizontal ram for battering down walls, gates, etc.
  • batting order — the sequence in which hitters will bat in a given game, determined in advance by the team manager.
  • bazillionaire — (humorous) An incredibly rich person.
  • bcg (vaccine) — a vaccine prepared from an attenuated strain of the tubercle bacillus, used for immunization against tuberculosis
  • be hard going — If you say that something is hard going, you mean it is difficult and requires a lot of effort.
  • be nothing to — not to concern or be significant to (someone)
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