14-letter words containing b, i, o, n, d
- bound moisture — Bound moisture is liquid in a solid, which exerts a vapor pressure that is less than the pure liquid would do at the same temperature.
- bound variable — (in the functional calculus) a variable occurring in a quantifier and in a sentential function within the scope of the quantifier.
- boundary rider — an employee on a sheep or cattle station whose job is to maintain fences in good repair and to prevent stock from straying
- brachydiagonal — the shorter lateral axis of a rhombic prism
- brachypinakoid — the side parallel to the shorter horizontal axis in a crystal
- brazing solder — an alloy of copper and zinc for joining two metal surfaces by melting the alloy so that it forms a thin layer between the surfaces
- breech-loading — (of a firearm) loaded at the breech
- breeding stock — animals specifically kept to breed from
- brobdingnagian — gigantic; huge; immense
- bronchodilator — any drug or other agent that causes dilation of the bronchial tubes by relaxing bronchial muscle: used, esp in the form of aerosol sprays, for the relief of asthma
- brownie guider — the adult leader of a pack of Brownie Guides
- buffalo indian — a member of any of the American Indian tribes, as those of the Algonquian, Athabascan, Caddoan, Kiowa, Siouan, or Uto-Aztecan linguistic families, that formerly inhabited the Great Plains. All were more or less nomadic, following the buffalo, and were often in touch with one another so that the development among them of common culture traits is noticeable.
- builder's knot — clove hitch
- building block — If you describe something as a building block of something, you mean it is one of the separate parts that combine to make that thing.
- building works — construction projects
- bulletin board — A bulletin board is a board which is usually attached to a wall in order to display notices giving information about something.
- burn-in period — 1. (testing) A factory soak test intended to increase the chance that components that fail early due to infant mortality will fail before the system leaves the factory. 2. (jargon) When one is so intensely involved in a new project that one forgets basic needs such as food, drink and sleep. Excessive burn-in can lead to burn-out. See hack mode, larval stage.
- burying ground — a burial ground.
- cadmium bronze — an alloy of copper with about 1 percent cadmium.
- canadian bacon — cured, smoked pork taken from the loin in a boneless strip and having a hamlike flavor
- carbon dioxide — Carbon dioxide is a gas. It is produced by animals and people breathing out, and by chemical reactions.
- carbon trading — Carbon trading is the practice of buying and selling the right to produce carbon dioxide emissions, so that people, countries or companies who use a lot of fuel and electricity can buy rights from those that do not use so much.
- chopping board — A chopping board is a wooden or plastic board that you chop meat and vegetables on.
- ciudad obregon — a city in W Mexico.
- colombian gold — a potent marijuana grown in South America.
- colorblindness — inability to distinguish one or several chromatic colors, independent of the capacity for distinguishing light and shade.
- combined ratio — The combined ratio of an insurer or a reinsurer is the combination of its loss ratio and expense ratio.
- comprehendible — comprehensible
- conductibility — personal behavior; way of acting; bearing or deportment.
- containerboard — a form of paperboard, either corrugated or solid, that is used to make containers
- contrabandists — Plural form of contrabandist.
- contradictable — Capable of being contradicted.
- cross bridging — bridging composed of crisscross pieces of wood.
- cross-breeding — the process of causing animals to mate with another species, or of causing plants to reproduce with another species
- custodian bank — A custodian bank is a bank that holds customer assets in safety.
- cyberchondriac — A hypochondriac who researches his/her potential medical condition on the Internet.
- cyclobutadiene — (organic compound) The unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbon, C4H4 that is the smallest annulene.
- cylinder block — the metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling channels or fins of a reciprocating internal-combustion engine
- debugging tool — debugger
- decision table — a table within a computer program that specifies the actions to be taken when certain conditions arise
- defibrillation — the application of an electric current to the heart to restore normal rhythmic contractions after the onset of atrial or ventricular fibrillation
- dehabilitation — (sociology) The process of social estrangement and progressive loosening of social bonds between an individual and his family and society as a result of long-term residence in an institution.
- demobilisation — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of demobilization.
- demobilization — to disband (troops, an army, etc.).
- deurbanization — to divest (a city or locality) of urban characteristics.
- diabolicalness — The state or quality of being diabolical.
- diagnosability — the quality of being diagnosable
- diagonalisable — (of a square matrix or linear map) able to be diagonalised
- diagonalizable — (of a square matrix or linear map) able to be diagonalized
- dinitrobenzene — any of three isomeric benzene derivatives having the formula C 6 H 4 NO 2 , made by nitration of benzene or nitrobenzene, the most important of which is the meta form: used chiefly in the manufacture of dyes.