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17-letter words containing b, i, t, s, o

  • boatswain's chair — a seat consisting of a short flat board slung from ropes, used to support a person working on the side of a vessel or in its rigging
  • boothia peninsula — a peninsula of N Canada: the northernmost part of the mainland of North America, lying west of the Gulf of Boothia, an arm of the Arctic Ocean
  • bore-stroke ratio — The bore-stroke ratio is the ratio of bore to stroke. A ratio of 1:1 is referred to informally as square.
  • bottom-up testing — (programming)   An integration testing technique that tests the low-level components first using test drivers for those components that have not yet been developed to call the low-level components for test. Compare bottom-up implementation.
  • bowel obstruction — a blockage in the bowel
  • bricks and mortar — You can use bricks and mortar to refer to houses and other buildings, especially when they are considered as an investment.
  • british cameroons — a former British trust territory of West Africa
  • british columbian — of or relating to British Columbia or its inhabitants
  • british shorthair — a breed of large cat with a short dense coat
  • british-cameroons — German Kamerun. a region in W Africa: a German protectorate 1884–1919; divided in 1919 into British and French mandates.
  • broadview heights — a town in N Ohio.
  • budget resolution — a resolution adopted by both houses of the U.S. Congress setting forth, reaffirming, or revising the budget for the U.S. government for a fiscal year.
  • buttonhole stitch — a reinforcing looped stitch for the edge of material, such as around a buttonhole
  • buyers' inflation — inflation in which rising demand results in a rise in prices.
  • carbon offsetting — a program in which a company, country, etc., reduces or offsets its carbon emissions through the funding of activities and projects that improve the environment: Carbon offsetting does not always have a quantifiable impact on the planet.
  • cariboo mountains — a mountain range in SW Canada, in SE British Columbia. Highest peak: Mount Sir Wilfrid Laurier, 3520 m (11 549 ft)
  • checkable deposit — a checking account
  • chocolate biscuit — a biscuit covered with chocolate
  • cistern barometer — a mercury barometer in which the lower mercury surface has a greater area than the upper.
  • clear box testing — white box testing
  • club subscription — an amount of money that someone pays regularly in order to belong to a club
  • collaborativeness — Quality of being collaborative.
  • combine harvester — A combine harvester is a large machine which is used on farms to cut, sort, and clean grain.
  • combustion engine — any of various types of engines driven by energy produced by combustion.
  • common storksbill — a geraniaceous plant, Erodium cicutarium, having pink or reddish-purple flowers and fruits with a beaklike process
  • comprehensibility — capable of being comprehended or understood; intelligible.
  • confirmation-bias — the tendency to process and analyze information in such a way that it supports one’s preexisting ideas and convictions: Confirmation bias is a major issue when we get all our news from social media sites. Unfortunately, their experimental method was proven invalid due to confirmation bias.
  • consubstantiation — the doctrine that after the consecration of the Eucharist the substance of the body and blood of Christ coexists within the substance of the consecrated bread and wine
  • contrasuggestible — responding or tending to respond to a suggestion by doing or believing the opposite
  • countersubversive — Also, subversionary [suh b-vur-zhuh-ner-ee, -shuh-] /səbˈvɜr ʒəˌnɛr i, -ʃə-/ (Show IPA). tending or intending to subvert or overthrow, destroy, or undermine an established or existing system, especially a legally constituted government or a set of beliefs.
  • cross the rubicon — If you say that someone has crossed the Rubicon, you mean that they have reached a point where they cannot change a decision or course of action.
  • cross-lot bracing — bracing extending from one side of an excavation to the opposite to retain the earth on both sides.
  • cypriot syllabary — a syllabic script in use on Cyprus in the first millennium b.c., used for the writing of Greek and of an unknown language.
  • cytotrophoblastic — Relating to, or containing, cytotrophoblasts.
  • desktop publisher — desktop publishing
  • digital dashboard — (software)   A personalised desktop portal that focuses on business intelligence and knowledge management.
  • distributed force — A distributed force is a force that acts on a large part of a surface, not just on one place.
  • distributed logic — a computer system in which remote terminals and electronic devices, distributed throughout the system, supplement the main computer by doing some of the computing or decision making
  • distribution cost — a cost incurred by a distributor or in the distribution of something
  • distribution line — A distribution line is a line or system for distributing power from a transmission system to a consumer that operates at less than 69,000 volts.
  • dobell's solution — a clear, yellowish, aqueous solution of sodium borate, sodium bicarbonate, phenol, and glycerol, used chiefly as an antiseptic and astringent for the nose and throat.
  • double insulation — Double insulation is insulation that consists of both basic insulation and supplementary insulation.
  • drive-by shooting — an incident in which a person, building, or vehicle is shot at by someone in a moving vehicle
  • employee benefits — benefits, such as health insurance, pension payments, or childcare, given to employees in addition to their usual salary or wage
  • establishing shot — Cinema
  • frostbite sailing — the sport of sailing in temperate latitudes during the winter despite cold weather.
  • fulgencio batista — Fulgencio [fool-hen-syaw] /fulˈhɛn syɔ/ (Show IPA), (Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar) 1901–73, Cuban military leader: dictator of Cuba 1934–40; president 1940–44, 1952–59.
  • furbish lousewort — any plant belonging to the genus Pedicularis, of the figwort family, as the wood betony, formerly supposed to cause lice in sheep feeding on it: one species, P. furbishiae (Furbish lousewort) of parts of Maine and New Brunswick, Canada, having finely toothed leaves and a cluster of yellow flowers, is endangered and was thought to be extinct until specimens were discovered in 1946 and again in 1976.
  • get to first base — Baseball. the first in counterclockwise order of the bases from home plate. the position of the player covering the area of the infield near first base.
  • gi bill of rights — any of various Congressional bills enacted to provide funds for college educations, home-buying loans, and other benefits for armed-services veterans.
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