0%

17-letter words containing t, b, o, n

  • breakdown voltage — the minimum applied voltage that would cause a given insulator or electrode to break down.
  • breathe life into — revive, rejuvenate
  • brezhnev doctrine — the doctrine expounded by Leonid Brezhnev in November 1968 affirming the right of the Soviet Union to intervene in the affairs of Communist countries to strengthen Communism.
  • bricks and mortar — You can use bricks and mortar to refer to houses and other buildings, especially when they are considered as an investment.
  • brighton and hove — a city and unitary authority in S England, in East Sussex. Pop: 251 500 (2003 est). Area: 72 sq km (28 sq miles)
  • british cameroons — a former British trust territory of West Africa
  • british columbian — of or relating to British Columbia or its inhabitants
  • british-cameroons — German Kamerun. a region in W Africa: a German protectorate 1884–1919; divided in 1919 into British and French mandates.
  • brocot escapement — a type of anchor escapement.
  • broken white line — a regular, discontinuous white line on a roadway, indicating that overtaking is permitted
  • brokerage account — A brokerage account is an account with a broker where an investor can buy and sell and hold securities.
  • brompton cocktail — an analgesic mixture, usually containing morphine and cocaine and sometimes other narcotic substances in an alcohol solution, administered primarily to advanced cancer patients.
  • bronze star medal — a U.S. military decoration awarded for heroic or meritorious achievement or service in combat not involving aerial flight
  • brownian movement — random movement of microscopic particles suspended in a fluid, caused by bombardment of the particles by molecules of the fluid. First observed in 1827, it provided strong evidence in support of the kinetic theory of molecules
  • budget resolution — a resolution adopted by both houses of the U.S. Congress setting forth, reaffirming, or revising the budget for the U.S. government for a fiscal year.
  • budgetary control — a system of managing a business by applying a financial value to each forecast activity. Actual performance is subsequently compared with the estimates
  • buncher resonator — See under Klystron.
  • bureaucratization — to divide an administrative agency or office into bureaus.
  • burton-upon-trent — a town in W central England, in E Staffordshire: famous for brewing. Pop: 43 784 (2001)
  • buttock-clenching — making one tighten the buttocks through extreme fear or embarrassment
  • buttonhole stitch — a reinforcing looped stitch for the edge of material, such as around a buttonhole
  • buyers' inflation — inflation in which rising demand results in a rise in prices.
  • by return of post — by the next mail in the opposite direction
  • by the same token — You use by the same token to introduce a statement that you think is true for the same reasons that were given for a previous statement.
  • calcium carbonate — a white crystalline salt occurring in limestone, chalk, marble, calcite, coral, and pearl: used in the production of lime and cement. Formula: CaCO3
  • can't be bothered — If you say that you can't be bothered to do something, you mean that you are not going to do it because you think it is unnecessary or because you are too lazy.
  • canadian football — a game resembling American football, played on a grass pitch between two teams of 12 players
  • cannot choose but — to be obliged to
  • carbon offsetting — a program in which a company, country, etc., reduces or offsets its carbon emissions through the funding of activities and projects that improve the environment: Carbon offsetting does not always have a quantifiable impact on the planet.
  • cariboo mountains — a mountain range in SW Canada, in SE British Columbia. Highest peak: Mount Sir Wilfrid Laurier, 3520 m (11 549 ft)
  • cistern barometer — a mercury barometer in which the lower mercury surface has a greater area than the upper.
  • clear box testing — white box testing
  • close the book on — to bring to a definite end
  • close to the bone — If something is too close to the bone, it makes you feel uncomfortable because it is very close to the truth or to the real nature of something.
  • club subscription — an amount of money that someone pays regularly in order to belong to a club
  • collaborativeness — Quality of being collaborative.
  • collecting tubule — the part of a nephron that collects the urine from the distal convoluted tubule and discharges it into the pelvis of the kidney.
  • combinatory logic — (logic)   A system for reducing the operational notation of logic, mathematics or a functional language to a sequence of modifications to the input data structure. First introduced in the 1920's by Schoenfinkel. Re-introduced independently by Haskell Curry in the late 1920's (who quickly learned of Schoenfinkel's work after he had the idea). Curry is really responsible for most of the development, at least up until work with Feys in 1958. See combinator.
  • combine harvester — A combine harvester is a large machine which is used on farms to cut, sort, and clean grain.
  • combustion engine — any of various types of engines driven by energy produced by combustion.
  • common of turbary — (in England) the legal right to cut peat for fuel on a common
  • common storksbill — a geraniaceous plant, Erodium cicutarium, having pink or reddish-purple flowers and fruits with a beaklike process
  • compilation album — a musical recording consisting of works chosen for a particular purpose or theme
  • comprehensibility — capable of being comprehended or understood; intelligible.
  • concurrent oberon — (language)   A concurrent version of Oberon. There is an implementation the Ceres workstation.
  • confirmation-bias — the tendency to process and analyze information in such a way that it supports one’s preexisting ideas and convictions: Confirmation bias is a major issue when we get all our news from social media sites. Unfortunately, their experimental method was proven invalid due to confirmation bias.
  • consubstantiation — the doctrine that after the consecration of the Eucharist the substance of the body and blood of Christ coexists within the substance of the consecrated bread and wine
  • contingency table — an array having the frequency of occurrence of certain events in each of a number of samples
  • contraband of war — war materiel, as ammunition or weapons, which, by international law, may rightfully be intercepted and seized by either belligerent when shipped to the other one by a neutral country
  • contrasuggestible — responding or tending to respond to a suggestion by doing or believing the opposite
Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?