14-letter words containing b, i, t, e
- tabes dorsalis — syphilis of the spinal cord and its appendages, characterized by shooting pains and other sensory disturbances, and, in the later stages, by paralysis.
- table mountain — a mountain in the Republic of South Africa, near Cape Town. 3550 feet (1080 meters).
- tableau vivant — tableau (def 3).
- tablet coating — A tablet coating is a covering over a tablet, used to mask the taste, make it easier to swallow, or protect the active medication inside.
- take liberties — If you take liberties or take a liberty with someone or something, you act in a way that is too free and does not show enough respect.
- take sb's life — If someone takes another person's life, they kill them. If someone takes their own life, they kill themselves.
- tandem bicycle — a bicycle for two or more persons, having seats and corresponding sets of pedals arranged in tandem, especially popular in the 19th century.
- tatar republic — a constituent republic of W Russia, around the confluence of the Volga and Kama Rivers. Capital: Kazan. Pop: 3 779 800 (2002). Area: 68 000 sq km (26 250 sq miles)
- tax-deductible — noting an item the value or cost of which is deductible from the gross amount on which a tax is calculated.
- tenpin bowling — Tenpin bowling is a game in which you roll a heavy ball down a narrow track toward a group of wooden objects and try to knock down as many of them as possible.
- terbium metals — a series of closely related rare-earth elements, including terbium, gadolinium, europium, and, sometimes, dysprosium
- terebinthinate — of, relating to, or resembling turpentine.
- terminal bonus — a bonus paid on a life insurance policy when the holder reaches a certain age or dies
- test-tube skin — skin that has been grown in the laboratory from a patch of a person's skin, used for autografting, especially in the treatment of extensive burns.
- the beatitudes — the pronouncements in the Sermon on the Mount, which begin “Blessed are the poor in spirit”: Matt. 5:3-12
- the betting is — If you say the betting is that something will happen or is true, you are suggesting that it is very likely to happen or to be true.
- the bible belt — those states of the S US where Protestant fundamentalism is dominant
- the black isle — a peninsula in NE Scotland, in Highland council area, between the Cromarty and Moray Firths
- the ice blacks — the international ice hockey team of New Zealand
- the inevitable — something that is unavoidable
- the mabinogion — a collection of Welsh tales based on old Celtic legends and mythology in which magic and the supernatural play a large part
- the public eye — If someone is in the public eye, many people know who they are, because they are famous or because they are often mentioned on television or in the newspapers.
- the-bostonians — a novel (1886) by Henry James.
- the-mabinogion — a collection of medieval Welsh romances that were translated (1838–49) by Lady Charlotte Guest.
- theodore bilbo — Theodore Gilmore [gil-mawr,, -mohr] /ˈgɪl mɔr,, -moʊr/ (Show IPA), 1877–1947, U.S. Southern populist politician: senator 1935–47.
- thermolability — the state of being unstable or subject to transformation or destruction when heated
- third republic — the republic established in France in 1870 and terminating with the Nazi occupation in 1940.
- three-base hit — triple (def 7).
- threepenny bit — a twelve-sided British coin of nickel-brass, valued at three old pence, obsolete since 1971
- thromboembolic — the blockage of a blood vessel by a thrombus carried through the bloodstream from its site of formation.
- thrombopoietin — a hormone that induces bone marrow cells to form blood platelets.
- through bridge — a bridge in which the track is carried by the lower horizontal members
- thrust bearing — a bearing designed to absorb thrusts parallel to the axis of revolution.
- ticket barrier — gate in train station
- tilt-top table — a pedestal table having a top that can be tilted vertically.
- timber cruiser — cruiser (def 6).
- tintinnabulate — to ring
- to be bursting — to want desperately to urinate
- to ring a bell — If you say that something rings a bell, you mean that it reminds you of something, but you cannot remember exactly what it is.
- to sb's credit — If something is to someone's credit, they deserve praise for it.
- toilet cubicle — a very small enclosed area containing a toilet
- toluidine blue — a dark green powder, C15H16N3SCl·ZnCl2, used in dyeing textiles, as a biological stain, as a coagulant in medicine, etc.
- totidem verbis — with just so many words; in these words.
- trade barriers — any regulation or policy that restricts international trade, especially tariffs, quotas, etc.
- training table — a table in a dining hall, as at a college, where athletes are provided with special meals to aid their conditioning.
- trans-siberian — Russian Sibirʾ. an extensive region in the Russian Federation in N Asia, extending from the Ural Mountains to the Pacific.
- transfer orbit — the flight path of a space vehicle moving from a nearly circular orbit to one with different parameters.
- transit number — an identifying number assigned by a banking organization to a bank and printed on its checks.
- treasury bills — an obligation of the U.S. government represented by promissory notes in denominations ranging from $1000 to $1,000,000, with a maturity of about 90 days but bearing no interest, and sold periodically at a discount on the market.
- trichobacteria — filamentous bacteria