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15-letter words containing c, e

  • balance control — a state of equilibrium or equipoise; equal distribution of weight, amount, etc.
  • balanced rudder — a rudder so designed that the center of water pressure on the forward face, when turned, lies about halfway along the length, minimizing the turning effort required.
  • balanced ticket — a slate of candidates chosen to appeal to a wide range of voters, especially by including members of large regional, ethnic, or religious groups.
  • ballroom dancer — a person who participates in ballroom dancing
  • baltic exchange — a group of companies, based in London, which engages in trading activities, esp chartering cargo vessels
  • banana republic — Small, poor countries that are politically unstable are sometimes referred to as banana republics.
  • bank acceptance — a bill of exchange or draft drawn on and endorsed by a bank
  • bar-code reader — an electronic machine that scans and reads bar codes
  • barcelona chair — an armless, padded leather chair on a steel frame shaped like a curved X: Barcelona is a trademark for this chair
  • barefoot doctor — (esp in developing countries) a worker trained as a medical auxiliary in a rural area who dispenses medicine, gives first aid, assists at childbirth, etc
  • bargain counter — a store counter on which goods are displayed for sale at reduced prices
  • barium chloride — a poisonous compound, BaCl2, consisting of flat white crystals that are soluble in water: it is used to treat water, metals, leather, etc.
  • barium chromate — a yellow, crystalline compound, BaCrO 4 , used as a pigment (barium yellow)
  • barley sandwich — a drink of beer, esp at lunch time
  • barn conversion — the adaptation of a farm barn into a building serving a different use, such as a house or commercial premises
  • barracks lawyer — a member of the armed forces who speaks or acts like an authority on military law, regulations, and the rights of service personnel.
  • barrancabermeja — a city in N Colombia.
  • barycentrically — In a barycentric manner.
  • base technology — (company)   The company which developed and distributes Liana. E-mail: Jack Krupansky <[email protected]> (owner). Address: Base Technology, Attn: Jack Krupansky, 1500 Mass. Ave. NW #114 Washington, DC 2005, USA. 800-786-9505 Telephone: +1 800 876 9505.
  • basic anhydride — a compound formed by removing water from a more complex compound: an oxide of a nonmetal (acid anhydride) or a metal (basic anhydride) that forms an acid or a base, respectively, when united with water.
  • basic autocoder — Early system on IBM 7070. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
  • basic education — (in India) education in which all teaching is correlated with the learning of a craft
  • basic statement — protocol (def 6).
  • basidiomycetous — belonging or pertaining to the basidiomycetes.
  • bateau neckline — a wide, high neckline that follows the curve of the collarbone and ends in points on the shoulder seams.
  • bathing costume — A bathing costume is a piece of clothing that is worn for swimming, especially by women and girls.
  • bathing machine — a small hut, on wheels so that it could be pulled to the sea, used in the 18th and 19th centuries for bathers to change their clothes
  • bathing-machine — a small bathhouse on wheels formerly used as a dressing room and in which bathers could also be transported from the beach to the water.
  • bathroom scales — scales typically kept in a bathroom for people to weigh themselves
  • bathymetrically — In a bathymetric way.
  • battery charger — a device that can restore the charge to a battery, usually by means of electricity
  • bay of campeche — the SW part of the Gulf of Mexico
  • be carried away — to be moved to great or unreasoning emotion or enthusiasm
  • be in the black — If a person or an organization is in the black, they do not owe anyone any money.
  • beach goldenrod — a composite plant, Solidago sempervirens, of eastern and southern North America, having a thick stem and large, branched, one-sided terminal clusters of yellow flowers, flourishing on sea beaches or salt marshes.
  • bear animalcule — tardigrade (def 3).
  • bear comparison — to be sufficiently similar in class or range to be compared with (something else), esp favourably
  • béarnaise sauce — a creamy sauce, esp. for meat or fish, made of butter and egg yolks and flavored with wine, vinegar, shallots, and herbs
  • before the fact — before the commission of the offence
  • beginner's luck — the initial good fortune or success commonly supposed to come to a person who has recently taken up a new pursuit, as a sport or game: Catching a large trout the first time you go fishing is simply beginner's luck.
  • belt-and-braces — providing double security, in case one security measure should fail
  • ben day process — a method of adding texture, shading, or detail to line drawings by overlaying a transparent sheet of dots or any other pattern during platemaking
  • bench scientist — a scientist who does experiments in a laboratory
  • benedict arnold — Benedict, 1741–1801, American general in the Revolutionary War who became a traitor.
  • benefit concert — a concert to raise money for charity
  • benefit society — an organization which, by means of dues, secures for its members certain benefits, such as life insurance, hospitalization, etc.
  • benefits agency — an agency that handles the payment of benefits
  • benzal chloride — a colorless, oily liquid, C 7 H 6 Cl 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of benzaldehyde, and in the manufacture of dyes.
  • benzyl chloride — a colorless, corrosive liquid, C 7 H 7 Cl, used chiefly as an intermediate in the synthesis of benzyl compounds.
  • berenice's hair — the constellation Coma Berenices
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