15-letter words containing l, a, c, t, e
- bacteriological — Of or relating to bacteriology or bacteria.
- balance control — a state of equilibrium or equipoise; equal distribution of weight, amount, etc.
- 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.
- baltic exchange — a group of companies, based in London, which engages in trading activities, esp chartering cargo vessels
- 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.
- bateau neckline — a wide, high neckline that follows the curve of the collarbone and ends in points on the shoulder seams.
- bathroom scales — scales typically kept in a bathroom for people to weigh themselves
- bathymetrically — In a bathymetric way.
- be in the black — If a person or an organization is in the black, they do not owe anyone any money.
- belt-and-braces — providing double security, in case one security measure should fail
- benedict arnold — Benedict, 1741–1801, American general in the Revolutionary War who became a traitor.
- berkeley castle — a castle in Gloucestershire: scene of the murder of Edward II in 1327
- best-ball match — a match, scored by holes, in which one player competing against two or more others must score lower than the lowest scoring opponent to win a hole.
- bidirectionally — in a bidirectional manner
- biomathematical — relating to biomathematics
- black and white — In a black and white photograph or film, everything is shown in black, white, and grey.
- black guillemot — a common guillemot, Cepphus grylle: its summer plumage is black with white wing patches and its winter plumage white with greyish wings
- black marketeer — A black marketeer is someone who sells goods on the black market.
- black operation — a covert and undocumented military operation
- black september — a Palestinian Terrorist group, responsible for the assassinations of Israeli athletes at the Olympic Games at Munich in 1972
- black snakeroot — a tall bugbane, Cimicifuga racemosa, of the buttercup family, of eastern North America, having thin, tapering, toothed or deeply cut leaflets and branched clusters of small, white flowers.
- black-and-white — displaying only black and white tones; without color, as a picture or chart: a black-and-white photograph.
- black-marketeer — to sell articles in the black market.
- blank cartridge — a cartridge containing powder but no bullet: used in battle practice or as a signal
- blast injection — the injection of liquid fuel directly into the cylinder of an internal-combustion engine using a blast of high-pressure air to atomize the spray of fuel
- blue cattle dog — an Australian breed of dog with a bluish coat, developed for herding cattle
- bowel complaint — bowel disease or condition
- branchial cleft — Zoology. one of a series of slitlike openings in the walls of the pharynx between the branchial arches of fishes and aquatic amphibians through which water passes from the pharynx to the exterior.
- bravais lattice — any of 14 possible space lattices found in crystals
- bristol channel — an inlet of the Atlantic, between S Wales and SW England, merging into the Severn estuary. Length: about 137 km (85 miles)
- bronchial tubes — the bronchi or their smaller divisions
- brussels carpet — a worsted carpet with a heavy pile formed by uncut loops of wool on a linen warp
- bucket elevator — a chain of buckets for raising liquids or materials to a higher level
- bullock's heart — the large, edible fruit of a tropical American tree, Annona reticulata.
- bullock's-heart — the large, edible fruit of a tropical American tree, Annona reticulata.
- buryat republic — a constituent republic of SE central Russia, on Lake Baikal: mountainous, with forests covering over half the total area. Capital: Ulan-Ude. Pop: 981 000 (2002). Area: 351 300 sq km (135 608 sq miles)
- butterfly chair — a lightweight chair consisting of a piece of canvas, leather, etc. slung from a framework of metal bars
- cabbage lettuce — any of several varieties of lettuce that have roundish flattened heads resembling cabbages
- cadmium sulfate — a water-soluble compound, CdSO 4 , of colorless crystals, used as an antiseptic.
- cafeteria-style — set up to allow a variety of choices.
- calabash nutmeg — a tropical African shrub, Monodora myristica, whose oily aromatic seeds can be used as nutmegs: family Annonaceae
- calamine lotion — a soothing lotion containing calamine
- calcareous tufa — tufa
- calcined baryta — baryta (def 1).
- calcined-baryta — Also called calcined baryta, barium oxide, barium monoxide, barium protoxide. a white or yellowish-white poisonous solid, BaO, highly reactive with water: used chiefly as a dehydrating agent and in the manufacture of glass.
- calcium citrate — the calcium salt of citric acid, used as a food additive
- calcium lactate — a salt of lactic acid. Formula: Ca(C3H5O3)2·5H2O
- calcium nitrate — a white, deliquescent solid, Ca(NO 3) 2 , used chiefly in the manufacture of fertilizers, fireworks, matches, and explosives.
- calcium oxalate — a white, crystalline powder, CaC 2 O 4 , insoluble in water, used in making oxalic acid.