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15-letter words containing t, e, r

  • bronze diabetes — hemochromatosis.
  • brooklyn center — a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
  • brother-in-arms — a fellow soldier or comrade in a shared struggle
  • brownfield site — a disused site envisaged for redevelopment
  • brussels carpet — a worsted carpet with a heavy pile formed by uncut loops of wool on a linen warp
  • brussels sprout — Brussels sprouts are vegetables that look like tiny cabbages.
  • bucket conveyor — a conveyor consisting of an endless chain with a series of buckets attached at regular intervals, used for moving ore, gravel, grain, or other bulk materials.
  • bucket elevator — a chain of buckets for raising liquids or materials to a higher level
  • buffer solution — a solution to which a salt of a weak acid or base has been added
  • building permit — a permit for construction work
  • building trades — the trades and professions concerned with the creation and finishing of buildings, such as carpenters, plasterers, masons, electricians, etc.
  • 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.
  • buried treasure — A surprising piece of code found in some program. While usually not wrong, it tends to vary from crufty to bletcherous, and has lain undiscovered only because it was functionally correct, however horrible it is. Used sarcastically, because what is found is anything *but* treasure. Buried treasure almost always needs to be dug up and removed. "I just found that the scheduler sorts its queue using bubble sort! Buried treasure!"
  • bury st edmunds — a market town in E England, in Suffolk. Pop: 36 218 (2001)
  • 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)
  • business center — A business center is a room in a hotel with facilities such as computers and a fax machine, that allows guests to work while they are staying at the hotel.
  • business centre — a place providing office facilities and services
  • butcher's-broom — a liliaceous evergreen shrub, Ruscus aculeatus, that has stiff prickle-tipped flattened green stems, which resemble and function as true leaves. The plant was formerly used for making brooms
  • butler's pantry — a pantry in a large house where crockery, glassware, cutlery, etc is kept
  • butter spreader — a small knife with a wide, flat blade, as for spreading butter on bread or rolls.
  • butter-and-eggs — any of various plants, such as toadflax, the flowers of which are of two shades of yellow
  • butter-fingered — a person who frequently drops things; clumsy person.
  • butterfly chair — a lightweight chair consisting of a piece of canvas, leather, etc. slung from a framework of metal bars
  • butterfly table — a small occasional table, usually having a round or oval top, with drop leaves supported by swinging brackets pivoted to the stretchers and to the underside of the top.
  • butterfly valve — a disc that acts as a valve by turning about a diameter, esp one used as the throttle valve in a carburettor
  • butterfly wedge — a wooden fastening in the form of a double dovetail for joining two boards at their edges.
  • button mangrove — a tropical tree, Conocarpus erectus, having small, reddish, conelike fruits and bark used in tanning.
  • buttress thread — a screw thread having one flank that is vertical while the other is inclined, and a flat top and bottom: used in machine tools and designed to withstand heavy thrust in one direction
  • cabinet picture — a small easel painting, usually under 3 feet (0.9 meters) in width and formerly exhibited in a cabinet or special room.
  • cabinet scraper — a scraper used in preparing a wood surface for sanding.
  • cactus geranium — a plant, Pelargonium echinatum, of the geranium family, native to southern Africa, having prickly stipules and white or reddish flowers.
  • cadmean victory — a victory won with great losses to the victors
  • cafeteria-style — set up to allow a variety of choices.
  • cairngorm-stone — smoky quartz.
  • 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 nitrate — a white, deliquescent solid, Ca(NO 3) 2 , used chiefly in the manufacture of fertilizers, fireworks, matches, and explosives.
  • calculated risk — a chance of failure, the probability of which is estimated before some action is undertaken.
  • caldecott award — an annual award in the U.S. for an outstanding illustrated juvenile book.
  • calendarization — the process of calendarizing
  • calf diphtheria — a disease of the throat in young calves caused by Fusobacterium necrophorum, resulting in breathing difficulty and a painful cough
  • call-out charge — a set amount charged for a repairman to come to one's house, or to a broken-down vehicle, which is added to the cost of the actual repair
  • calliper splint — a splint consisting of two metal rods with straps attached, for supporting or exerting tension on the leg
  • camelback truss — a roof truss having upper and lower chords curving upward from a common point at each side.
  • camelot library — (library)  
  • camera operator — a person who operates a film or television camera
  • camphorated oil — a liniment consisting of camphor and peanut oil, used as a counterirritant
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