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14-letter words containing b

  • address strobe — (storage)   (AS) One of the input signals of a memory device, especially semiconductor memory, which is asserted to tell the memory device that the address inputs are valid. Upon receiving this signal the selected memory device starts the memory access (read/write) indicated by its other inputs. It may be driven directly by the processor or by a memory controller.
  • addressability — (computing) The capability of a microprocessor etc. to deal with values of a certain size using a single instruction.
  • admissibleness — The state or quality of being admissible.
  • aeroballistics — the ballistics of projectiles dropped, launched, or fired from aircraft
  • aerobiological — Pertaining to aerobiology.
  • aerobiotically — in an aerobiotic manner
  • afro-caribbean — Afro-Caribbean refers to people from the Caribbean whose ancestors came from Africa.
  • agribusinesses — Plural form of agribusiness.
  • air-force blue — a greyish shade of blue that is the same colour as the uniform of the Royal Air Force and the air force of some other countries
  • airborne alert — a state of military alert wherein combat-equipped aircraft are flying and prepared for action.
  • albrecht durer — Albrecht [ahl-brekht] /ˈɑl brɛxt/ (Show IPA), 1471–1528, German painter and engraver.
  • album-oriented — of or designating a format featuring rock songs from LPs and CDs rather than singles, especially mainstream rock music.
  • albumenization — An alternative form of albuminization.
  • albuminization — A conversion into albumin.
  • albury-wodonga — a town in SE Australia, in S central New South Wales, on the Murray River: commercial centre of an agricultural region. Pop: 69 880 (2001)
  • alcohol abuser — someone who drinks too much alcohol
  • alektorophobia — The fear of chickens.
  • all the better — You can say 'so much the better' or 'all the better' to indicate that it is desirable that a particular thing is used, done, or available.
  • all-metal body — a body composed only of metal, esp for a vehicle, camera, or gun
  • alpha globulin — a blood plasma protein that is separable from other globulins by electrophoresis.
  • alphabetically — (manner) In an alphabetical manner.
  • alpine bistort — Also called snakeweed. a European plant, Polygonum bistorta, of the buckwheat family, having a twisted root, which is sometimes used as an astringent.
  • aluminum brass — an alloy of about 75 percent copper, 2 percent aluminum, small amounts of other elements, and the balance zinc.
  • ambassadorship — a diplomatic official of the highest rank, sent by one sovereign or state to another as its resident representative (ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary)
  • ambidextrously — In an ambidextrous manner.
  • ambisinistrous — clumsy or unskillful with both hands.
  • ambitransitive — (of a verb) Able to be used transitively or intransitively without requiring morphological change.
  • ambulance crew — the team of people who man an ambulance
  • ambulancewoman — a woman who works as part of an ambulance crew
  • amebic colitis — a type of dysentery caused by the protozoan Entamoeba histolytica, characterized especially by ulceration of the large intestine.
  • american bison — a member of the cattle tribe, Bison bison, formerly widely distributed over the prairies of W North America but now confined to reserves and parks, with a massive head, shaggy forequarters, and a humped back
  • american sable — the brown fur of the American marten, Martes americana
  • amphibiousness — The state or quality of being amphibious.
  • amphibological — (rare) of doubtful meaning, ambiguous, quibbling.
  • amphisbaenians — Plural form of amphisbaenian.
  • amphotericin b — an antibiotic compound, C46H73NO20, used in treating certain diseases caused by parasitic fungi, such as systemic candidiasis
  • amylobarbitone — Obsolete spelling of amobarbital.
  • andy tanenbaum — Andrew Tanenbaum
  • angle of climb — the angle between the axis of motion of a climbing aircraft and the horizontal plane.
  • angostura bark — the bitter aromatic bark of certain South American rutaceous trees of the genus Cusparia or Galipea, formerly used medicinally to reduce fever
  • ankle bracelet — an ornamental chain worn around the ankle
  • answerableness — The state or quality of being answerable.
  • anthropophobia — the fear of people and human companionship
  • anthropophobic — relating to the fear of people and human companionship
  • anti bolshevik — a member of the more radical majority of the Social Democratic Party, 1903–17, advocating immediate and forceful seizure of power by the proletariat. (after 1918) a member of the Russian Communist Party.
  • anti-bacterial — destructive to or inhibiting the growth of bacteria.
  • anti-ballistic — designed to detect, intercept, or destroy ballistic missiles: an antiballistic missile.
  • anti-bolshevik — a person who is opposed to Bolshevism
  • anti-bourgeois — opposed to anyone or anything considered bourgeois
  • anti-incumbent — holding an indicated position, role, office, etc., currently: the incumbent officers of the club.
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