11-letter words containing b, o, t
- battle zone — an area where a battle or battles are being fought
- battledores — Plural form of battledore.
- battlefront — the front line of a battle, where the action takes place
- battlewagon — a battleship
- battologist — wearisome repetition of words in speaking or writing.
- battologize — to repeat (a word, phrase, mannerism, etc.) excessively.
- baudot code — (communications) (For etymology, see baud) A character set predating EBCDIC and used originally and primarily on paper tape. Use of Baudot reportedly survives in TDDs and some HAM radio applications. In Baudot, characters are expressed using five bits. Baudot uses two code sub-sets, the "letter set" (LTRS), and the "figure set" (FIGS). The FIGS character (11011) signals that the following code is to be interpreted as being in the FIGS set, until this is reset by the LTRS (11111) character. binary hex LTRS FIGS -------------------------- 00011 03 A - 11001 19 B ? 01110 0E C : 01001 09 D $ 00001 01 E 3 01101 0D F ! 11010 1A G & 10100 14 H # 00110 06 I 8 01011 0B J BELL 01111 0F K ( 10010 12 L ) 11100 1C M . 01100 0C N , 11000 18 O 9 10110 16 P 0 10111 17 Q 1 01010 0A R 4 00101 05 S ' 10000 10 T 5 00111 07 U 7 11110 1E V ; 10011 13 W 2 11101 1D X / 10101 15 Y 6 10001 11 Z " 01000 08 CR CR 00010 02 LF LF 00100 04 SP SP 11111 1F LTRS LTRS 11011 1B FIGS FIGS 00000 00 [..unused..] Where CR is carriage return, LF is linefeed, BELL is the bell, SP is space, and STOP is the stop character. Note: these bit values are often shown in inverse order, depending (presumably) which side of the paper tape you were looking at. Local implementations of Baudot may differ in the use of #, STOP, BELL, and '.
- bayonetting — (British) present participle of bayonet.
- be about to — If you are about to do something, you are going to do it very soon. If something is about to happen, it will happen very soon.
- be death on — to deal with in a devastating manner
- be dirty on — to be offended by or be hostile towards
- be going to — If you say that something is going to happen, you mean that it will happen in the future, usually quite soon.
- be great on — to be informed about
- be meant to — If you say that something is meant to happen, you mean that it is expected to happen or that it ought to happen.
- be sweet on — to be in love with
- be to blame — to be at fault or culpable
- beach towel — a large towel used on the beach
- bean sprout — Bean sprouts are small, long, thin shoots grown from beans. They are frequently used in Chinese cookery.
- beancounter — Alternative spelling of bean counter.
- beanshooter — peashooter
- bear's-foot — either of two Eurasian hellebore plants, Helleborus foetidus or H. viridis, having leaves shaped like the foot and claws of a bear
- beardtongue — a plant of the genus Penstemon
- beat hollow — having a space or cavity inside; not solid; empty: a hollow sphere.
- beat out of — If someone beats another person out of something, they get that thing by deceiving the other person or behaving dishonestly.
- beauteously — In a beauteous manner.
- beauty shop — A beauty shop is the same as a beauty parlour.
- beauty spot — A beauty spot is a place in the country that is popular because of its beautiful scenery.
- bedclothing — bedclothes; bedding.
- bedding out — the process of planting out young flowering plants in beds
- bedroom tax — a reduction in housing benefit for occupants of council housing who have more rooms than they are deemed to require
- beef tomato — a very large fleshy variety of tomato
- beer bottle — a bottle for beer
- behaviorist — the theory or doctrine that human or animal psychology can be accurately studied only through the examination and analysis of objectively observable and quantifiable behavioral events, in contrast with subjective mental states.
- behind post — one of the smaller outer posts inside which the ball must be kicked to score a behind
- bell-bottom — designating trousers or slacks that are flared beginning at the knee or mid-calf
- bell-topper — a tall silk hat
- bellicosity — inclined or eager to fight; aggressively hostile; belligerent; pugnacious.
- bellmouthed — having a flaring mouth or opening like that of a bell
- bellybutton — the navel
- belowstairs — (formerly) at or in the basement of a large house, considered as the place where the servants live and work
- belt course — an ornamental projecting band or continuous moulding along a wall
- belt-course — a horizontal band or course, as of stone, projecting beyond or flush with the face of a building, often molded and sometimes richly carved.
- ben trovato — appropriate and characteristic even if untrue; happily invented or discovered.
- benediction — A benediction is a kind of Christian prayer.
- benedictory — of, giving, or expressing benediction.
- benefaction — the act of doing good, esp by giving a donation to charity
- benefactory — relating to a benefactor; beneficial
- beneplacito — an indication of approval
- bent double — If someone is bent double, the top part of their body is leaning forward towards their legs, usually because they are in great pain or because they are laughing a lot. In American English, you can also say that someone is bent over double.
- benthoscope — a deep-sea diving vessel