19-letter words containing b, y, n, a, t
- non-transferability — to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
- not by a long chalk — by no means; not possibly
- not by a long sight — on no account; not at all
- oxyacetylene burner — a blowpipe for cutting or welding metals at high temperatures
- papal infallibility — the dogma that the pope cannot err in a solemn teaching addressed to the whole church on a matter of faith or morals.
- party-column ballot — Indiana ballot.
- phenylthiocarbamide — a crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 6 H 5 NHCSNH 2 , that is either tasteless or bitter, depending upon the heredity of the taster, and is used in medical genetics and as a diagnostic.
- phthalocyanine blue — a pigment used in painting, derived from copper phthalocyanine and characterized chiefly by its brilliant, dark-blue color and by permanence.
- piggyback investing — Piggyback investing is a situation in which a broker repeats a trade on his own behalf immediately after trading for an investor, because he thinks the investor may have inside information.
- polyclonal antibody — a mixture of antibodies of different specificities, as in the serum of a person immunized to various antigens.
- queen anne's bounty — a fund formed by Queen Anne in 1704 for the augmentation of the livings of the poorer Anglican clergy. In 1948 the administrators of the fund were replaced by the Church Commissioners for England
- semidetached binary — a pair of stars that are so close together that mass transfer occurs from one to the other
- stationery cupboard — a cupboard where things like paper, pens and paper clips are kept
- strawberry geranium — a plant, Saxifraga stolonifera (or S. sarmentosa), of the saxifrage family, native to eastern Asia, that has rounded, variegated leaves and numerous threadlike stolons and is frequently cultivated as a houseplant.
- the london assembly — the devolved legislature of London, based in City Hall, Southwark
- to go blackberrying — to go on an outing to collect blackberries
- to hang by a thread — If you say that something is hanging by a thread, you mean that it is in a very uncertain state and is unlikely to survive or succeed.
- to rack your brains — If you rack your brains, you try very hard to think of something.
- to turn a blind eye — If you say that someone is turning a blind eye to something bad or illegal that is happening, you mean that you think they are pretending not to notice that it is happening so that they will not have to do anything about it.
- turn a blind eye to — to pretend not to notice or ignore deliberately
- united presbyterian — a member of the United Presbyterian Church of North America, founded in Pittsburgh in 1858 by a union of two Presbyterian groups.
- unlimited liability — liability that is not restricted to any unpaid portion of nominal capital invested in a business
- wassermann antibody — reagin (def 1).
- wearable technology — a small computer or advanced electronic device that is worn or carried on the body: the trendiest wearable technologies.
- websters-dictionary — Informal. a dictionary of the English language, especially American English, such as Dictionary.com.
- yablonovy mountains — a mountain range in Siberia. Highest peak: 1680 m (5512 ft)