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14-letter words containing g, e, t, b

  • anti-bourgeois — opposed to anyone or anything considered bourgeois
  • auction bridge — a variety of bridge, now generally superseded by contract bridge, in which all the tricks made score towards the game
  • augean stables — the stables, not cleaned for 30 years, where King Augeas kept 3000 oxen. Hercules diverted the River Alpheus through them and cleaned them in a day
  • autobiographer — a person who writes the story of his or her own life
  • aviation badge — wings.
  • aviation-badge — Also called aviation badge. Military Informal. a badge bearing the image of a spread pair of bird's wings with a distinctive center design, awarded to an aircrewman on completion of certain requirements.
  • baby-battering — the physical abuse of a baby or young child
  • back catalogue — A musical performer's back catalogue is the music which they recorded and released in the past rather than their latest recordings.
  • backscattering — the scattering of rays or particles at angles to the original direction of motion of greater than 90°
  • backstage pass — a document or badge that entitles the bearer to go backstage at an event, esp a pop concert
  • bacteriologist — a branch of microbiology dealing with the identification, study, and cultivation of bacteria and with their applications in medicine, agriculture, industry, and biotechnology.
  • bacteriophages — Plural form of bacteriophage.
  • badger baiting — an illegal sport in which dogs are encouraged to draw a badger out of its burrow and attack it
  • balance weight — a weight used in machines to counterbalance a part, as of a crankshaft
  • ball cartridge — a cartridge containing a primer and a ball and a full charge of powder
  • bargain hunter — A bargain hunter is someone who is looking for goods that are value for money, usually because they are on sale at a lower price than normal.
  • barometrograph — barograph.
  • basket-of-gold — a yellow-flowered perennial plant (Alyssum saxatile, now more properly Aurinia saxatilis) of the crucifer family, often used in rock gardens
  • basting thread — inexpensive, loosely twisted thread that can be easily pulled out when permanent stitching is in place
  • bateleur eagle — an African crested bird of prey, Terathopius ecaudatus, with a short tail and long wings: subfamily Circaetinae, family Accipitridae (hawks, etc)
  • batement light — a compartment of a window with tracery, the bottom of which is formed by the arched head of a compartment or compartments below.
  • bathing beauty — an attractive girl in a swimming costume
  • batting helmet — a rigid plastic cap with a sidepiece extending down over the ear, worn for protection while batting
  • battle fatigue — Battle fatigue is a mental condition of anxiety and depression caused by the stress of fighting in a war.
  • batwing sleeve — a sleeve of a garment with a deep armhole and a tight wrist
  • bayonet charge — a charge by riflemen with fixed bayonets
  • bead lightning — lightning in which the intensity appears to vary along the path and which thus resembles a string of beads.
  • beard-stroking — deep thought
  • beauty pageant — A beauty pageant is the same as a beauty contest.
  • beggar's-ticks — tick trefoil
  • begging letter — A begging letter is a letter from a person or organization in which they ask you to send some money for a particular purpose.
  • belaying cleat — a cleat used for belaying
  • bending moment — the algebraic sum of all the moments to one side of a cross-section of a beam or other structural support
  • bengal catechu — catechu.
  • benign neglect — If you describe someone's approach to a problem as one of benign neglect, you disapprove of the fact that they are doing nothing and hoping that the problem will solve itself.
  • beta geminorum — Pollux
  • bethlehem sage — a plant, Pulmonaria saccharata, of the borage family, native to Europe, having mottled, white leaves and white or reddish-purple flowers in clusters.
  • betting office — a licensed bookmaker's premises not on a racecourse where bets can be placed on horses, teams, and other competitors
  • bible-thumping — an evangelist or other person who quotes the Bible frequently, especially as a means of exhortation or rebuke.
  • big brotherism — paternalistic authoritarianism that seeks to supply the needs and regulate the conduct of people.
  • big government — a form of government characterized by high taxation and public spending and centralization of political power
  • big house, the — a penitentiary
  • big red switch — (jargon)   (BRS) IBM jargon for the power switch on a computer, especially the "Emergency Pull" switch on an IBM mainframe or the power switch on an IBM PC where it really is large and red. "This [email protected]%$% bitty box is hung again; time to hit the Big Red Switch." It is alleged that the emergency pull switch on an IBM 360/91 actually fired a non-conducting bolt into the main power feed; the BRSes on more recent mainframes physically drop a block into place so that they can't be pushed back in. People get fired for pulling them, especially inappropriately (see also molly-guard). Compare power cycle, three-finger salute, 120 reset; see also scram switch.
  • binding rafter — a timber for supporting rafters between their extremities, as a purlin.
  • binding strake — a very strong, heavy strake of planking, especially one next to a sheer strake.
  • biodegradation — to decay and become absorbed by the environment: toys that will biodegrade when they're discarded.
  • biometeorology — the study of the effect of weather conditions on living organisms
  • bioprospecting — searching for plant or animal species for use as a source of commercially exploitable products, such as medicinal drugs
  • bioregionalist — someone who believes in bioregionalism
  • bleeding heart — If you describe someone as a bleeding heart, you are criticizing them for being sympathetic towards people who are poor and suffering, without doing anything practical to help.

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