17-letter words containing t, c

back on the rails — If something is back on the rails, it is beginning to be successful again after a period when it almost failed.
background report — a report on someone or something that sheds light on their background, esp a report on the background of a person convicted of a crime before they are sentenced by a judge
bacteriologically — In a bacteriological manner; with respect to bacteriology.
bacteriorhodopsin — a purple protein containing retinal and found in the plasma membrane of certain bacteria (genus Halobacterium): it directly supplies electrochemical energy from sunlight
baile atha cliath — Dublin
baile-atha-cliath — Gaelic Baile Àtha Cliath. a seaport in and the capital of the Republic of Ireland, in the E part, on the Irish Sea.
balance of nature — the stable state in which natural communities of animals and plants exist, maintained by adaptation, competition, and other interactions between members of the communit ies and their nonliving environment
balance of terror — military deterrence based on the possession of weapons of mass destruction by opponents in a conflict
balance the books — do accounting
balanced literacy — a method of teaching reading in which phonics and whole language approaches are both used to maximize student learning.
balanced sentence — a sentence consisting of two or more clauses that are parallel in structure.
bald-faced hornet — any large, stinging paper wasp of the family Vespidae, as Vespa crabro (giant hornet) introduced into the U.S. from Europe, or Vespula maculata (bald-faced hornet or white-faced hornet) of North America.
ballistic missile — a missile that has no wings or fins and that follows a ballistic trajectory when its propulsive power is discontinued
baltimore clipper — a small, fast American sailing vessel of the early 19th century, having a sharp hull form and two masts with a pronounced rake and carrying a brig or schooner rig.
bankruptcy estate — all of the interests that a debtor has at the start of a bankruptcy case
barchester towers — a novel (1857) by Anthony Trollope.
barkhausen effect — the phenomenon of short, sudden changes in the magnetism of a ferromagnetic substance occurring when the intensity of the magnetizing field is continuously altered.
barmecide (feast) — a pretended feast with no food
base rate fallacy — the tendency, when making judgments of the probability with which an event will occur, to ignore the base rate and to concentrate on other information
basic proposition — protocol (def 6).
basic service set — (networking) (BSS) A wireless local area network and all the wireless devices (e.g. PCs and laptops) that are associated with it. A BSS may or may not include an access point and is identified by a BSSID.
battle-ax culture — a late Neolithic to Copper Age culture of northern Europe marked especially by the production of pottery bearing the imprint of cord and by the use of battle-axes as burial accouterments.
bbc microcomputer — A series of 6502-based personal computers launched by Acorn Computers Ltd. in January 1982, for use in the British Broadcasting Corporation's educational programmes on computing. The computers are noted for their reliability (many are still in active service in 1994) and both hardware and software were designed for easy expansion. The 6502-based computers were succeeded in 1987 by the Acorn Archimedes family.
be just sb's luck — If you say it is just your luck that something unpleasant has happened to you, you mean that this is quite normal because unpleasant things are always happening to you.
beat to the punch — to be quicker than (another) in doing something, as in striking a blow
beauty specialist — a person who helps someone to improve their beauty, such as a make-up artist
behind the scenes — happening or conducted out of view of the general public: The behind-the-scenes preparations made the convention a huge success.
behind-the-scenes — If something is done behind the scenes, it is done secretly rather than publicly.
benefit of clergy — sanction by the church
benjamin-constant — Henri Benjamin [ahn-ree ban-zha-man] /ɑ̃ˈri bɛ̃ ʒaˈmɛ̃/ (Show IPA), (Benjamin Constant) 1767–1830, French statesman and author, born in Switzerland.
bermuda buttercup — a bulbous plant, Oxalis pescaprae, native to southern Africa, having nodding, yellow flowers.
best first search — (algorithm) A graph search algorithm which optimises breadth first search by ordering all current paths according to some heuristic. The heuristic attempts to predict how close the end of a path is to a solution. Paths which are judged to be closer to a solution are extended first. See also beam search, hill climbing.
betagalactosidase — any of a family of enzymes capable of liberating galactose from carbohydrates.
bicycle motocross — a bicycle race over a rough cross-country course, usually consisting of jumps, obstacles, and turns. Abbreviation: BMX.
billeting officer — an officer who is responsible for billeting
binet-simon scale — a test comprising questions and tasks, used to determine the mental age of subjects, usually children
bioelectrogenesis — the production of electricity by organisms.
biological father — the man whose semen fertilized the ovum from which a child was born
biological mother — the mother who gave birth to a child
biological parent — a parent who has conceived (biological mother) or sired (biological father) rather than adopted a child and whose genes are therefore transmitted to the child.
biological rhythm — biorhythm.
biopharmaceutical — of or relating to drugs produced using biotechnology
birth certificate — Your birth certificate is an official document which gives details of your birth, such as the date and place of your birth, and the names of your parents.
black forest cake — a torte consisting typically of thin layers of chocolate cake spread with alternating layers of chocolate, cherry, and whipped-cream filling and covered with whipped cream
black nationalism — a movement advocating the establishment of a separate black nation within the U.S.
black swallowtail — the tail of a swallow or a deeply forked tail like that of a swallow.
black swallowwort — celandine (def 1).
black-box testing — functional testing
black-tailed deer — a variety of mule deer, Odocoileus hemionus columbianus, of the western slope of the Rocky Mountains, having a tail that is black above.
black-water fever — a form of babesiosis seen in cattle, deer, bison, water buffalo, African buffalo, and reindeer; characterized by fever, depression, jaundice, dark red-black discolouration of the urine, anaemia, and death

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