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15-letter words containing t, i, l, e

  • bathymetrically — In a bathymetric way.
  • battle of wills — A battle of wills is a situation that involves people who try to defeat each other by refusing to change their own aims or demands and hoping that their opponents will weaken first.
  • battle stations — the places to which soldiers, sailors, warships, etc. are assigned for a battle or an emergency
  • battleship gray — a subdued bluish gray.
  • be in the black — If a person or an organization is in the black, they do not owe anyone any money.
  • be lost without — If you say that you would be lost without someone or something, you mean that you would be unhappy or unable to work properly without them.
  • beef wellington — a lightly roasted beef fillet covered with pâté de foie gras, wrapped in pastry, and then baked
  • bello horizonte — a city in SE Brazil.
  • belt-tightening — If you need to do some belt-tightening, you must spend less money and manage without things because you have less money than you used to have.
  • belted sandfish — a sea bass, Serranus subligarius, inhabiting warm, shallow waters of the western Atlantic Ocean.
  • benedict arnold — Benedict, 1741–1801, American general in the Revolutionary War who became a traitor.
  • bernoulli trial — one of a sequence of independent experiments each of which has the same probability of success, such as successive throws of a die, the outcome of which is described by a binomial distribution
  • bessel function — one of several transcendental functions, usually represented as power series, that are solutions to a group of related differential equations.
  • bias (ply) tire — a motor vehicle tire having a foundation of plies of rubberized cords in a crisscross pattern of lines diagonal to the center line of the tread
  • bicycle touring — the activity of touring on a bicycle
  • bidirectionally — in a bidirectional manner
  • bilateral trade — a system of trading between two countries in which each country attempts to balance its trade with that of the other
  • billings method — a natural method of birth control that involves examining the colour and viscosity of the cervical mucus to discover when ovulation is occurring
  • biodestructible — biodegradable
  • biomathematical — relating to biomathematics
  • bite the bullet — to face up to (pain, trouble, etc) with fortitude; be stoical
  • biting housefly — a two-winged fly, Stomoxys calcitrans, having the mouthparts adapted for biting, and commonly a household and stable pest.
  • black and white — In a black and white photograph or film, everything is shown in black, white, and grey.
  • black guillemot — a common guillemot, Cepphus grylle: its summer plumage is black with white wing patches and its winter plumage white with greyish wings
  • black operation — a covert and undocumented military operation
  • black-and-white — displaying only black and white tones; without color, as a picture or chart: a black-and-white photograph.
  • blank cartridge — a cartridge containing powder but no bullet: used in battle practice or as a signal
  • blast injection — the injection of liquid fuel directly into the cylinder of an internal-combustion engine using a blast of high-pressure air to atomize the spray of fuel
  • blasting powder — a form of gunpowder made with sodium nitrate instead of saltpeter, used chiefly for blasting rock, ore, etc.
  • blending center — A blending center is a place for mixing fluids, gases, and powders.
  • blessed trinity — Trinity (def 1).
  • bloodguiltiness — guilty of murder or bloodshed.
  • bo diddley beat — a type of syncopated Black rhythm, frequently used in rock music
  • boil-in-the-bag — (of food) able to be boiled in a sealed bag until ready to eat
  • boiled potatoes — potatoes, usually peeled, cooked in boiling water
  • bottled in bond — stored in bonded warehouses for a stated length of time before being bottled, as some whiskey
  • bouillotte lamp — a table lamp of the 18th century, having two or three adjustable candle brackets and a common shade sliding on a central shaft.
  • bowel complaint — bowel disease or condition
  • braille printer — (printer)   (Or "(Braille) embosser") A printer, necessarily an impact printer, that renders text as Braille. Blind users call other printers ink printers.
  • branchial cleft — Zoology. one of a series of slitlike openings in the walls of the pharynx between the branchial arches of fishes and aquatic amphibians through which water passes from the pharynx to the exterior.
  • bravais lattice — any of 14 possible space lattices found in crystals
  • bring into line — a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface: a line down the middle of the page.
  • bristol channel — an inlet of the Atlantic, between S Wales and SW England, merging into the Severn estuary. Length: about 137 km (85 miles)
  • britannia metal — an alloy of low melting point consisting of tin with 5–10 per cent antimony, 1–3 per cent copper, and sometimes small quantities of zinc, lead, or bismuth: used for decorative purposes and for bearings
  • british english — the English language as spoken and written in England and as distinguished esp. from American English
  • british telecom — the popular name for British Telecommunications Group plc, the dominant fixed line telecommunications and broadband internet provider in the United Kingdom
  • bronchial tubes — the bronchi or their smaller divisions
  • brownfield site — a disused site envisaged for redevelopment
  • buffer solution — a solution to which a salt of a weak acid or base has been added
  • building permit — a permit for construction work
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