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15-letter words containing b, i, s, n

  • body mass index — A person's body mass index is a measurement that represents the relationship between their weight and their height.
  • bohemian forest — a mountain range between the SW Czech Republic and SE Germany. Highest peak: Arber, 1457 m (4780 ft)
  • boiled dressing — a cooked salad dressing thickened with egg yolks and often containing mustard.
  • bombing mission — a major bomb attack on a specific target or series of targets
  • booster cushion — an extra seat or cushion placed on an existing seat for a child to sit on in a car
  • borderline case — a person or thing that is not clearly classifiable as something
  • borough-english — (until 1925) a custom in certain English boroughs whereby the youngest son inherited land to the exclusion of his older brothers
  • boston marriage — (especially in 19th-century New England) an intimate friendship between two women often maintaining a household together.
  • bourbon biscuit — a rich chocolate-flavoured biscuit with a chocolate-cream filling
  • boustrophedonic — of or relating to lines written in opposite directions
  • bowstring truss — a structural truss consisting of a curved top chord meeting a bottom chord at each end.
  • boys' night out — an evening spent outside of the home by a group of men
  • brachistochrone — the curve between two points through which a body moves under the force of gravity in a shorter time than for any other curve; the path of quickest descent
  • bragging rights — notional privileges that are gained by defeating a close rival
  • branching rules — rules that are used to break down a complex problem into several smaller problems
  • branchiostegous — branchiostegal.
  • brand extension — the practice of using a well-known brand name to promote new products or services in unrelated fields
  • breaking strain — the amount of strain that, if applied to a particular material, will cause it to break
  • breathing space — A breathing space is a short period of time between two activities in which you can recover from the first activity and prepare for the second one.
  • breeding season — the time of year during which animals breed
  • brillat-savarin — Anthelme (ɑ̃tɛlm). 1755–1826, French lawyer and gourmet; author of Physiologie du Goût (1825)
  • bristol channel — an inlet of the Atlantic, between S Wales and SW England, merging into the Severn estuary. Length: about 137 km (85 miles)
  • bristol fashion — clean and neat, with newly painted and scrubbed surfaces, brass polished, etc
  • british council — an organization founded (1934) to extend the influence of British culture and education throughout the world
  • british english — the English language as spoken and written in England and as distinguished esp. from American English
  • bronchial tubes — the bronchi or their smaller divisions
  • bronze diabetes — hemochromatosis.
  • brother-in-arms — a fellow soldier or comrade in a shared struggle
  • brownfield site — a disused site envisaged for redevelopment
  • buckinghamshire — a county in SE central England, containing the Vale of Aylesbury and parts of the Chiltern Hills: the geographic and ceremonial county includes Milton Keynes, which became an independent unitary authority in 1997. Administrative centre: Aylesbury. Pop (excluding Milton Keynes): 478 000 (2003 est). Area (excluding Milton Keynes): 1568 sq km (605 sq miles)
  • buffer solution — a solution to which a salt of a weak acid or base has been added
  • building trades — the trades and professions concerned with the creation and finishing of buildings, such as carpenters, plasterers, masons, electricians, etc.
  • bulimia nervosa — a disorder characterized by compulsive overeating followed by vomiting: sometimes associated with anxiety about gaining weight
  • bureau of mines — a division of the Department of the Interior, created in 1910, that studies the nation's mineral resources and inspects mines.
  • burt l standishBurt L. pseudonym of Gilbert Patten.
  • business casual — a style of casual clothing worn by businesspeople at work instead of more formal attire
  • business center — A business center is a room in a hotel with facilities such as computers and a fax machine, that allows guests to work while they are staying at the hotel.
  • business centre — a place providing office facilities and services
  • business double — a double made to increase the penalty points earned when a player believes the opponents cannot make their bid.
  • business ethics — moral constraints on trading practices
  • business office — the office where the financial transactions, bookkeeping, etc. for a firm or institution are carried on
  • business person — Business people are people who work in business.
  • business school — A business school is a school or college which teaches business subjects such as economics and management.
  • cabinet scraper — a scraper used in preparing a wood surface for sanding.
  • cannibalisation — Alternative form of cannibalization.
  • cartesian doubt — willful suspension of all interpretations of experience that are not absolutely certain: used as a method of deriving, by elimination of such uncertainties, axioms upon which to base theories.
  • cartier-bresson — Henri (ɑ̃ri). 1908–2004, French photographer
  • chestnut blight — a disease of chestnut trees, caused by a fungus (Endothia parasitica), that has virtually destroyed the American chestnut
  • chicken lobster — a young lobster weighing 1 pound (0.4 kg) or less.
  • chief constable — A Chief Constable is the officer who is in charge of the police force in a particular county or area in Britain.
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