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15-letter words containing b, i, t, e

  • back projection — a method of projecting pictures onto a translucent screen so that they are viewed from the opposite side, used esp in films to create the illusion that the actors in the foreground are moving
  • backseat driver — If you refer to a passenger in a car as a backseat driver, they annoy you because they constantly give you advice about how to drive.
  • baconian method — induction (def 4a).
  • baconian theory — the theory attributing the authorship of Shakespeare's plays to Francis Bacon.
  • bacterial ghost — a bacterial cell that is emptied and filled artificially with another substance
  • bacteriological — Of or relating to bacteriology or bacteria.
  • bacteriophagous — Pertaining to the predation and consumption of bacterium.
  • bag on the side — An extension to an established hack that is supposed to add some functionality to the original. Usually derogatory, implying that the original was being overextended and should have been thrown away, and the new product is ugly, inelegant, or bloated. Also "to hang a bag on the side [of]". "C++? That's just a bag on the side of C." "They want me to hang a bag on the side of the accounting system."
  • balanced ticket — a slate of candidates chosen to appeal to a wide range of voters, especially by including members of large regional, ethnic, or religious groups.
  • ballet mistress — a woman who teaches and rehearses the dancers in a ballet company
  • ballpoint (pen) — a pen having, instead of a point, a small ball bearing that picks up its ink by rolling against an interior ink reservoir
  • baltic exchange — a group of companies, based in London, which engages in trading activities, esp chartering cargo vessels
  • bandpass filter — A bandpass filter is a filter designed to pass all frequencies within a band of frequencies.
  • bandstop filter — A bandstop filter is a filter designed to eliminate all frequencies within a band of frequencies.
  • bangtail muster — a roundup of cattle to be counted, each one having the hairs on its tail docked as it is counted
  • banqueting hall — a large building or room used for feasts
  • baptism of fire — If someone who has just begun a new job has a baptism of fire, they immediately have to cope with very many severe difficulties and obstacles.
  • bar examination — a written examination to determine if one is qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction.
  • bare infinitive — an infinitive verb form without to, used with certain auxiliary verbs , as in I must go. All I did was ask. We might win.
  • bargain counter — a store counter on which goods are displayed for sale at reduced prices
  • barium chromate — a yellow, crystalline compound, BaCrO 4 , used as a pigment (barium yellow)
  • barium stearate — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, Ba(C 18 H 35 O 2) 2 , used chiefly as a waterproofing agent and as a lubricant.
  • barium sulphate — a white insoluble fine dense powder, used as a pigment, as a filler for paper, rubber, etc, and in barium meals. Formula: BaSO4
  • barium titanate — a crystalline ceramic used in capacitors and piezoelectric devices. Formula: BaTiO3
  • barycentrically — In a barycentric manner.
  • basic autocoder — Early system on IBM 7070. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
  • basic education — (in India) education in which all teaching is correlated with the learning of a craft
  • basic statement — protocol (def 6).
  • basidiomycetous — belonging or pertaining to the basidiomycetes.
  • bat-wing sleeve — formed, shaped, etc., like the wing of a bat.
  • bateau neckline — a wide, high neckline that follows the curve of the collarbone and ends in points on the shoulder seams.
  • bathing costume — A bathing costume is a piece of clothing that is worn for swimming, especially by women and girls.
  • bathing machine — a small hut, on wheels so that it could be pulled to the sea, used in the 18th and 19th centuries for bathers to change their clothes
  • bathing-machine — a small bathhouse on wheels formerly used as a dressing room and in which bathers could also be transported from the beach to the water.
  • bathymetrically — In a bathymetric way.
  • battery farming — the activity of using batteries for raising poultry
  • batting average — in baseball, a figure expressing the average batting efficiency of a player or team, figured by dividing the number of base hits by the number of official at-bats
  • battle of wills — A battle of wills is a situation that involves people who try to defeat each other by refusing to change their own aims or demands and hoping that their opponents will weaken first.
  • battle stations — the places to which soldiers, sailors, warships, etc. are assigned for a battle or an emergency
  • battleship gray — a subdued bluish gray.
  • bayonet fitting — a type of fastening in which a cylindrical member is inserted into a socket against spring pressure and turned so that pins on its side engage in slots in the socket
  • be in the black — If a person or an organization is in the black, they do not owe anyone any money.
  • be lost without — If you say that you would be lost without someone or something, you mean that you would be unhappy or unable to work properly without them.
  • be of two minds — to be undecided or irresolute
  • be on the skids — to be on the decline or downgrade; meet with failure
  • be raring to go — If you say that you are raring to go, you mean that you are very eager to start doing something.
  • beat generation — members of the generation that came to maturity in the 1950s, whose rejection of the social and political systems of the West was expressed through contempt for regular work, possessions, traditional dress, etc, and espousal of anarchism, communal living, drugs, etc
  • bedford heights — a town in N Ohio.
  • bedtime reading — a book, magazine etc read at bedtime
  • beef wellington — a lightly roasted beef fillet covered with pâté de foie gras, wrapped in pastry, and then baked
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