13-letter words containing l, e, c, t
- atlantic time — the civil time officially adopted for a country or region, usually the civil time of some specific meridian lying within the region. The standard time zones in the U.S. (Atlantic time, Eastern time, Central time, Mountain time, Pacific time, Yukon time, Alaska-Hawaii time, and Bering time) use the civil times of the 60th, 75th, 90th, 105th, 120th, 135th, 150th, and 165th meridians respectively, the difference of time between one zone and the next being exactly one hour.
- atmospherical — pertaining to, existing in, or consisting of the atmosphere: atmospheric vapors.
- atomic volume — the atomic weight (relative atomic mass) of an element divided by its density
- atroceruleous — a deep blue-black color.
- atypicalities — not typical; not conforming to the type; irregular; abnormal: atypical behavior; a flower atypical of the species.
- authentically — not false or copied; genuine; real: an authentic antique.
- autocatalyses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of autocatalyse.
- autocephalous — (of an Eastern Christian Church) governed by its own national synods and appointing its own patriarchs or prelates
- azurmalachite — a blue-green ornamental stone consisting of a mixture of azurite and malachite.
- baccalaureate — The baccalaureate is an examination taken by students at the age of eighteen in France and some other countries.
- bachelor flat — a flat lived in, or intended for a bachelor
- bachelorettes — Plural form of bachelorette.
- bacteriocidal — Alternative spelling of bactericidal.
- bacteriologic — a branch of microbiology dealing with the identification, study, and cultivation of bacteria and with their applications in medicine, agriculture, industry, and biotechnology.
- bacteriolysin — an antibody which, when it combines with bacterial cells, causes lysis of those cells, thus destroying them
- bacteriolysis — the destruction or disintegration of bacteria
- bacteriolytic — disintegration or dissolution of bacteria.
- balance shaft — a shaft in a vehicle engine that is designed to reduce the amount of vibration from other moving parts as it rotates
- balance sheet — A balance sheet is a written statement of the amount of money and property that a company or person has, including amounts of money that are owed or are owing. Balance sheet is also used to refer to the general financial state of a company.
- balance staff — a pivoted axle or shaft on which the balance is mounted.
- balanced diet — a diet consisting of the proper quantities and proportions of foods needed to maintain health or growth.
- balanced step — any of a series of staircase winders so planned that they are nearly as wide at the inside of the stair as the adjacent fliers.
- balanced tree — (algorithm) An optimisation of a tree which aims to keep equal numbers of items on each subtree of each node so as to minimise the maximum path from the root to any leaf node. As items are inserted and deleted, the tree is restructured to keep the nodes balanced and the search paths uniform. Such an algorithm is appropriate where the overheads of the reorganisation on update are outweighed by the benefits of faster search. A B-tree is a kind of balanced tree that can have more than two subtrees at each node (i.e. one that is not restricted to being a binary tree).
- ball the jack — a spherical or approximately spherical body or shape; sphere: He rolled the piece of paper into a ball.
- ballet dancer — a man or woman who takes part in ballet dancing, usually professionally
- ballet school — a school where professional ballet dancers are trained
- baltic shield — the wide area of ancient rock in Scandinavia
- baltic states — the republics of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, which became constituent republics of the former Soviet Union in 1940, regaining their independence in 1991
- barcoo salute — a movement of the hand to brush flies away from the face
- baritone clef — an F clef locating F below middle C on the third line of the staff.
- barrel cactus — any of several large, cylindrical, ribbed, spiny cacti of the genera Echinocactus and Ferocactus.
- barytocalcite — a mineral, double carbonate of calcium and barium, CaCO 3 ⋅BaCO 3 , usually found in veins of lead minerals.
- baseline cost — the projected cost for an undertaking at the time it is budgeted
- basket clause — an all-inclusive or comprehensive clause in a contract
- bass clarinet — a clarinet with the lowest range, in the octave below the B-flat clarinet
- bathylimnetic — (of an organism) living in the depths of lakes and marshes
- battle jacket — a closefitting jacket reaching to the waist
- battlecruiser — A large warship of a type built in the early 20th century, carrying similar armament to a battleship but faster and more lightly armored.
- benedictional — a book of benedictions or blessings
- beneficential — relating to beneficence
- benthopelagic — relating to species living at the bottom of the sea
- benzalacetone — benzylidene acetone.
- beta particle — a high-speed electron or positron emitted by a nucleus during radioactive decay or nuclear fission
- beta-blocking — acting to inhibit the activity of the nerves that are stimulated by adrenaline
- bible society — a Christian organization devoted to the printing and distribution of the Bible.
- bibliothecary — a librarian
- bicentennials — pertaining to or in honor of a 200th anniversary: bicentennial celebration; a bicentennial exposition.
- bicontinental — of, on, or involving two continents: a bicontinental survey.
- bidenticulate — having two small teeth or toothlike processes.
- bidirectional — (of a printhead) capable of printing from left to right and from right to left