11-letter words containing b, o, t, n
- bucket down — If the rain buckets down, or if it buckets down with rain, it rains very heavily.
- bugging out — Also called true bug, hemipteran, hemipteron. a hemipterous insect.
- bull tongue — a heavy plough used in growing cotton, having an almost vertical mouldboard
- bulldog ant — any of several aggressive ants of the genus Myrmecia, mostly of Australia and Tasmania, capable of inflicting a painful and potentially dangerous sting.
- buoyantness — the property of being buoyant
- burnet rose — a very prickly Eurasian rose, Rosa pimpinellifolia, with white flowers and purplish-black fruits
- burning out — to undergo rapid combustion or consume fuel in such a way as to give off heat, gases, and, usually, light; be on fire: The fire burned in the grate.
- burrowstown — a burgh town
- bus network — (networking) A network topology in which all nodes are connected to a single wire or set of wires (the bus). Bus networks typically use CSMA/CD techniques to determine which node should transmit data at any given time. Some networks are implemented as a bus, e.g. Ethernet - a one-bit bus operating at 10, 100, 1000 or 10,000 megabits per second. Originally Ethernet was a physical layer bus consisting of a wire (with terminators at each end) to which each node was attached. Switched Ethernet, while no longer physically a bus still acts as one at the logical layers.
- bus station — a place incorporating waiting areas, stands for buses, and ticket offices from which buses or coaches depart
- butenedioic — designating a type of acid
- butorphanol — a narcotic analgesic, C 21 H 29 NO 2 , administered by injection to treat moderate to severe pain.
- button down — (of a shirt collar) having buttonholes so it can be buttoned to the body of the shirt.
- button lift — a kind of ski lift for one person consisting of a moving cable to which is attached a pole with a circular plate at the bottom, which a skier places between his or her legs to be carried up the hill
- button rose — a small rose whose flowers form a round head
- button tree — any of a genus (Conocarpus) of dicotyledonous West Indian trees with buttonlike fruit
- button-down — A button-down shirt or a shirt with a button-down collar has a button under each end of the collar which you can fasten.
- button-hole — the hole, slit, or loop through which a button is passed and by which it is secured.
- buttoned up — If you say that someone is buttoned up, you mean that they do not usually talk about their thoughts and feelings.
- buttoned-up — carefully planned, operated, supervised, etc.: one of the most buttoned-up companies in the business.
- buttonholer — a person who buttonholes
- buttonmould — the small core of plastic, wood, or metal that is the base for buttons covered with fabric, leather, etc
- by-election — A by-election is an election that is held to choose a new member of parliament when a member has resigned or died.
- cabbagetown — a former slum area of Toronto, now known for its Victorian architecture and thriving arts community
- cabin court — Older Use. a roadside motel having cabins.
- cabinetwood — any wood suitable for use in cabinetwork.
- cabinetwork — the making of furniture, esp of fine quality
- calibration — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- campbeltown — a seaport on the Kintyre peninsula, in SW Scotland: resort.
- cape breton — an island forming the NE part of Nova Scotia, in SE Canada. 3970 sq. mi. (10,280 sq. km).
- carbocation — (chemistry) any cation containing an excess positive charge on one or more carbon atoms.
- carbon-date — to determine the age of an organic object by examining the relative proportions of the carbon isotopes carbon-12 and carbon-14
- carbonating — Present participle of carbonate.
- carbonation — absorption of or reaction with carbon dioxide
- carbonatite — a rare intrusive or extrusive igneous rock, mostly found in Africa, that contains a high proportion of carbonate minerals
- carbonylate — to introduce the carbonyl group into (a compound) through chemical reaction
- carburation — the process of mixing a hydrocarbon fuel with a correct amount of air to make an explosive mixture for an internal-combustion engine
- carburetion — Carburetion is the process of fuel becoming vapor and mixing with a stream of air in a carburetor.
- castor bean — the seed of this plant
- celebration — A celebration is a special enjoyable event that people organize because something pleasant has happened or because it is someone's birthday or anniversary.
- centerboard — a movable board or metal plate that, when lowered through a slot in the floor of a shallow-draft sailboat, functions like a keel to reduce leeward drift or increase stability, esp. one that moves on a pivot
- centreboard — a supplementary keel for a sailing vessel, which may be adjusted by raising and lowering
- centrobaric — of or concerned with a centre of gravity
- cerebration — the act of thinking; consideration; thought
- clenbuterol — a drug prescribed for breathing disorders
- cnidoblasts — the cell within which a nematocyst is developed.
- cobblestone — Cobblestones are stones with a rounded upper surface which used to be used for making streets.
- cocelebrant — One of two or more celebrants involved with the same occasion.
- coenobitism — the practice of coenobites
- cohabitants — to live together as if married, usually without legal or religious sanction.