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14-letter words containing n, e, c, s

  • base component — the system of rules in a transformational grammar that specify the deep structure of the language
  • basque country — Theregion comprising three provinces in N Spain, on the Bay of Biscay, inhabited by Basques: 2,803 sq mi (7,260 sq km); pop. 2,104,000
  • basso cantante — a bass voice with an upper range that is more developed than that of the basso profundo.
  • bayonet socket — a socket for a bayonet fitting
  • beaten biscuit — a hard, unleavened biscuit, made to rise by pounding and folding the dough.
  • beauty contest — A beauty contest is a competition in which young women are judged to decide which one is the most beautiful.
  • beclomethasone — a potent synthetic corticosteroid, C 28 H 37 ClO 7 , prepared as an inhalant in the treatment of bronchial asthma.
  • belisha beacon — a flashing light in an orange globe mounted on a post, indicating a pedestrian crossing on a road
  • benday process — a process for adding tone or shading, as in reproducing drawings, by the overlay on the plate of patterns, as of dots
  • beneficialness — the state of being beneficial
  • bernicle goose — barnacle goose
  • beseechingness — the quality or state of being beseeching
  • bioaeronautics — the use of aircraft in the discovery, development, and protection of natural and biological resources
  • biocybernetics — the branch of cybernetics that deals with the control and communication systems of living organisms
  • bioelectronics — a branch of electronics that deals with electronic devices, implants, etc. used in medicine and biological research
  • bioluminescent — the production of light by living organisms.
  • bioprospecting — searching for plant or animal species for use as a source of commercially exploitable products, such as medicinal drugs
  • black panthers — (in the US) a militant Black political party founded in 1965 to end the political dominance of White people
  • black selenium — an allotropic form of selenium occurring as a black, amorphous, water-insoluble, light-sensitive powder: used chiefly in photoelectric cells.
  • blanket stitch — a strong reinforcing stitch for the edges of blankets and other thick material
  • blanket-stitch — a basic sewing stitch in which widely spaced, interlocking loops, or purls, are formed, used for cutwork, as a decorative finish for edges, etc.
  • body mechanics — body exercises that are intended to improve one's posture, stamina, poise, etc.
  • bone structure — the skeletal composition of a human or animal
  • boolean search — (information science)   (Or "Boolean query") A query using the Boolean operators, AND, OR, and NOT, and parentheses to construct a complex condition from simpler criteria. A typical example is searching for combinatons of keywords on a web search engine. Examples: car or automobile "New York" and not "New York state" The term is sometimes stretched to include searches using other operators, e.g. "near". Not to be confused with binary search. See also: weighted search.
  • boston lettuce — a type of butterhead lettuce
  • bounce message — A notification message returned to the sender by a site unable to relay e-mail to the intended recipient or the next link in a bang path. Reasons might include a nonexistent or misspelled user name or a down relay site. Bounce messages can themselves fail, with occasionally ugly results; see sorcerer's apprentice mode and software laser. The terms "bounce mail" and "barfmail" are also common.
  • bow and scrape — to behave in an excessively deferential or obsequious way
  • bowling crease — a line marked at the wicket, over which a bowler must not advance fully before delivering the ball
  • boxed comments — (programming)   Comments that occupy several lines by themselves; so called because in assembler and C code they are often surrounded by a box in a style similar to this: /************************************************* * * This is a boxed comment in C style * *************************************************/ Common variants of this style omit the asterisks in column 2 or add a matching row of asterisks closing the right side of the box. The sparest variant omits all but the comment delimiters themselves; the "box" is implied. Opposite of winged comments.
  • bracket fungus — any saprotroph or parasitic fungus of the basidiomycetous family Polyporaceae, growing as a shelflike mass (bracket) from tree trunks and producing spores in vertical tubes in the bracket
  • branchiostegal — of or relating to the operculum covering the gill slits of fish
  • brass knuckles — linked metal rings or a metal bar with holes for the fingers, worn for rough fighting
  • braunschweiger — a smoked liver sausage, named after the city of Braunschweig
  • brecknockshire — a historic county in S Wales, now part of Powys, Gwent, and Mid Glamorgan.
  • breeding stock — animals specifically kept to breed from
  • broken consort — a musical ensemble with instruments of different types or families, as string and woodwind, especially for Renaissance music.
  • broken society — a perceived or apparent general decline in moral values
  • bronchiectasis — chronic dilation of the bronchi or bronchial tubes, which often become infected
  • brunswick stew — a stew originally made with squirrel and onions, and now usually with rabbit or chicken and corn, okra, onions, tomatoes, lima beans, etc.
  • brushed cotton — cotton fabric that is brushed to remove excess lint and fibres to leave a soft, smooth finish
  • burschenschaft — a students' fraternity, originally one concerned with Christian ideals, patriotism, etc
  • bush carpenter — a rough-and-ready unskilled workman
  • business class — Business class seating on an aeroplane costs less than first class but more than economy class.
  • business cycle — the recurrent fluctuation between boom and depression in the economic activity of a capitalist country
  • business lunch — a lunch at which business is discussed or transacted
  • cable's length — a unit of length in nautical use that has various values, including 100 fathoms (600 feet)
  • cadaverousness — of or like a corpse.
  • cairngormstone — (mineral, rare) A yellow or smoky brown variety of rock crystal, found especially in the mountains of w Cairngorm in Scotland.
  • calamine brass — an alloy of zinc carbonate and copper, formerly used to imitate gold.
  • calculatedness — the state of being calculated
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