15-letter words containing t, r, e, m
- bathythermogram — a record made by a bathythermograph.
- battery farming — the activity of using batteries for raising poultry
- beam-power tube — a vacuum tube in which the stream of electrons flowing to the plate is focused by the action of a set of auxiliary, charged elements, giving an increase in output power.
- bedtime reading — a book, magazine etc read at bedtime
- before the mast — as an apprentice seaman
- bergamot orange — a small Asian spiny rutaceous tree, Citrus bergamia, having sour pear-shaped fruit
- beside the mark — not striking the point aimed at
- biogeochemistry — the science of biological, chemical, and geological aspects of the environment
- black marketeer — A black marketeer is someone who sells goods on the black market.
- black september — a Palestinian Terrorist group, responsible for the assassinations of Israeli athletes at the Olympic Games at Munich in 1972
- black-marketeer — to sell articles in the black market.
- blossom-end rot — a disease of tomato and pepper caused by a deficiency of calcium, characterized by decay at the blossom end of the fruit.
- bohemian forest — a mountain range between the SW Czech Republic and SE Germany. Highest peak: Arber, 1457 m (4780 ft)
- boston marriage — (especially in 19th-century New England) an intimate friendship between two women often maintaining a household together.
- boston massacre — an outbreak (1770) in Boston against British troops, in which a few citizens were killed
- box chronometer — a ship's chronometer, supported on gimbals in a wooden box
- break statement — (programming) A statement in the C programming language that transfers control out of the innermost enclosing switch, while, do, or for statement. The statement also exists in languages derived from C, such as C++ and Java.
- break the mould — If you say that someone breaks the mould, you mean that they do completely different things from what has been done before or from what is usually done.
- 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 america — British North America.
- british telecom — the popular name for British Telecommunications Group plc, the dominant fixed line telecommunications and broadband internet provider in the United Kingdom
- broken pediment — a pediment, as over a doorway or window, having its raking cornice interrupted at the crown or apex.
- brother-in-arms — a fellow soldier or comrade in a shared struggle
- building permit — a permit for construction work
- bury st edmunds — a market town in E England, in Suffolk. Pop: 36 218 (2001)
- 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
- button mangrove — a tropical tree, Conocarpus erectus, having small, reddish, conelike fruits and bark used in tanning.
- 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
- cairngorm-stone — smoky quartz.
- 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.
- 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
- canterbury lamb — New Zealand lamb exported chilled or frozen to the United Kingdom
- cantilever beam — a long thick straight-sided piece of wood, metal, concrete, etc that is fixed at one end and is free at the other
- car maintenance — the act of maintaining an automobile
- cardinal system — a system of coding navigational aids by shape, color, and number, according to their positions relative to navigational hazards.
- carmarthenshire — a county of S Wales, formerly part of Dyfed (1974–96): on Carmarthen Bay, with the Cambrian Mountains in the N: generally agricultural (esp dairying). Administrative centre: Carmarthen. Pop: 176 000 (2003 est). Area: 2398 sq km (926 sq miles)
- carpometacarpal — Anatomy. of or relating to the carpus and the metacarpus.
- carpometacarpus — a bone in the wing of a bird that consists of the metacarpal bones and some of the carpal bones fused together
- cassette memory — a removable magnetic tape cartridge that stores data and programs.
- castanospermine — a substance obtained from the Australian chestnut or black bean tree
- casters-up mode — [IBM, probably from slang belly up] Yet another synonym for "broken" or "down". Usually connotes a major failure. A system (hardware or software) which is "down" may be already being restarted before the failure is noticed, whereas one which is "casters up" is usually a good excuse to take the rest of the day off (as long as you're not responsible for fixing it).
- castrametations — Plural form of castrametation.
- catchment board — a public body concerned with the conservation and organization of water supply from a catchment area
- central america — an isthmus joining the continents of North and South America, extending from the S border of Mexico to the NW border of Colombia and consisting of Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama. Area: about 518 000 sq km (200 000 sq miles)
- centrosymmetric — having symmetry with a central point