16-letter words containing c, u, b, e
- (by) courtesy of — If something is provided courtesy of someone or by courtesy of someone, they provide it. You often use this expression in order to thank them.
- absolute alcohol — a liquid containing at least 99 per cent of pure ethanol by weight
- absolute ceiling — the maximum height above sea level, usually measured in feet or metres, at which an aircraft can maintain horizontal flight
- absolute monarch — a monarchy that is not limited or restrained by laws or a constitution.
- accession number — the number given to record a new addition to a collection
- accountabilities — the state of being accountable, liable, or answerable.
- accounts payable — A company's accounts payable are all the money that it owes to other companies for goods or services that it has received, or a list of these companies and the amounts owed to them.
- adjustable-pitch — (of a marine or aircraft propeller) having blades whose pitch can be changed while the propeller is stationary, chiefly to suit various conditions of navigation or flight.
- aesthetic labour — workers employed by a company for their appearance or accent, with the aim of promoting the company's image
- alexander dubcek — Alexander, 1921–92, Czechoslovakian political leader: first secretary of the Communist Party 1968–69.
- algebraic number — any number that is a root of a polynomial equation having rational coefficients such as √2 but not π
- altitude chamber — a chamber for simulating the conditions of air pressure and temperature for a given altitude in order to test the behavior of people and equipment in such an environment.
- aluminum carbide — a yellow, crystalline solid, Al 4 C 3 , that reacts with water to form methane.
- ambulance chaser — a lawyer who seeks to encourage and profit from the lawsuits of accident victims
- ambulance driver — a person whose job is to drive an ambulance
- ambulance stocks — high-performance stocks and shares recommended by a broker to a dissatisfied client to improve their relationship
- ambulance worker — any person who works in the ambulance service
- american buffalo — bison (def 1).
- antibureaucratic — Lb politics Opposed to bureaucracy.
- audience chamber — a room where a monarch or head of state conducts formal interviews
- background check — an investigation into a person's origins and previous history
- background noise — any type of noise that is not the sound that you are specifically listening to or monitoring
- background paper — a report or other piece of writing that is intended to provide contextual and historical information that will help people understand a particular topic or situation
- banana republics — any of the small countries in the tropics, especially in the Western Hemisphere, whose economies are largely dependent on fruit exports, tourism, and foreign investors.
- bankruptcy order — a court order appointing a receiver to manage the property of a debtor or bankrupt
- banned substance — In sport, banned substances are drugs that competitors are not allowed to take because they could artificially improve their performance.
- barbecue stopper — a controversial current-affairs issue
- barium carbonate — a white, poisonous, water-insoluble powder, BaCO 3 , used chiefly in the manufacture of rodenticides, paints, and dyes.
- bashkir republic — a constituent republic of E central Russia, in the S Urals: established as the first Soviet autonomous republic in 1919; rich mineral resources. Capital: Ufa. Pop: 4 012 900 (2002). Area: 143 600 sq km (55 430 sq miles)
- basque provinces — an autonomous region of N Spain, comprising the provinces of Álava, Guipúzcoa, and Vizcaya: inhabited mainly by Basques, who retained virtual autonomy from the 9th to the 19th century. Pop: 1 840 700 (2003 est). Area: about 7250 sq km (2800 sq miles)
- bastard culverin — a 16th-century cannon, smaller than a culverin, firing a shot of between 5 and 8 pounds (11 and 17.6 kg).
- be in one's cups — If someone is in their cups, they are drunk.
- becquerel effect — the electromotive force produced by the unequal illumination of two identical electrodes placed in an electrolyte.
- behind the curve — behind the times; behind schedule
- benguela current — a strong ocean current in the South Atlantic, flowing northward along the SW coast of Africa
- bernoulli effect — the decrease in pressure as the velocity of a fluid increases.
- beryllium copper — a copper alloy containing a small amount of beryllium and often some nickel or cobalt, having high strength, hardness, and electrical conductivity.
- big picture, the — a long-range or overall view or account of some complex matter
- binuclear family — a social unit composed of an extended family, usually the children and subsequent spouses of divorced parents.
- biological value — the nutritional effectiveness of the protein in a given food, expressed as the percentage used by the body of either the total protein consumed or the digestible protein available.
- black-eyed susan — any of several North American plants of the genus Rudbeckia, esp R. hirta, having flower heads of orange-yellow rays and brown-black centres: family Asteraceae (composites)
- block-structured — (language) Any programming language in which sections of source code contained within pairs of matching delimiters such as "" and "" (e.g. in C) or "begin" and "end" (e.g. Algol) are executed as a single unit. A block of code may be the body of a subroutine or function, or it may be controlled by conditional execution (if statement) or repeated execution (while statement, for statement, etc.). In all but the most primitive block structured languages a variable's scope can be limited to the block in which it is declared. Block-structured languages support structured programming where each block can be written without detailed knowledge of the inner workings of other blocks, thus allowing a top-down design approach. See also abstract data type, module.
- blocked currency — a currency that is not freely convertible because of exchange controls imposed on it
- blue huckleberry — tangleberry.
- blue in the face — the pure color of a clear sky; the primary color between green and violet in the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 450 and 500 nm.
- blue mockingbird — any of several gray, black, and white songbirds of the genus Mimus, especially M. polyglottos, of the U.S. and Mexico, noted for their ability to mimic the songs of other birds.
- bob's your uncle — everything is or will turn out all right
- bordelaise sauce — a dark sauce made from meat stock, flour, wine, onions, seasonings, etc., served over broiled meat
- bouches-du-rhone — a department of S central France, in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Capital: Marseille. Pop: 1 883 645 (2003 est). Area: 5284 sq km (2047 sq miles)
- bowman's capsule — a membranous, double-walled capsule surrounding a glomerulus of a nephron.
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