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14-letter words containing y, n, e

  • binding energy — the energy that must be supplied to a stable nucleus before it can undergo fission. It is equal to the mass defect
  • biocybernetics — the branch of cybernetics that deals with the control and communication systems of living organisms
  • blankety-blank — damned
  • blantyre-limbe — a city in S Malawi: largest city in the country; formed in 1956 from the adjoining towns of Blantyre and Limbe. Pop: 647 000 (2005 est)
  • blended family — a social unit consisting of two previously married parents and the children of their former marriages
  • body mechanics — body exercises that are intended to improve one's posture, stamina, poise, etc.
  • bonded-whiskey — something that binds, fastens, confines, or holds together.
  • born yesterday — brought forth by birth.
  • bornyl acetate — a colorless liquid, C 12 H 20 O 2 , having a piny, camphorlike odor, used chiefly as a scent in the manufacture of perfume, and as a plasticizer.
  • bornyl formate — a liquid, C 11 H 18 O 2 , having a piny odor, used chiefly as a scent in the manufacture of soaps and disinfectants.
  • boulder canyon — a canyon of the Colorado River between Arizona and Nevada, above Boulder Dam.
  • boundary fence — a fence between properties
  • boundary layer — the layer of fluid closest to the surface of a solid past which the fluid flows: it has a lower rate of flow than the bulk of the fluid because of its adhesion to the solid
  • boundary rider — an employee on a sheep or cattle station whose job is to maintain fences in good repair and to prevent stock from straying
  • boundary value — boundary value analysis
  • boundary-stone — a stone marking a boundary, sometimes giving information such as the initials of the local authority in whose jurisdiction the boundary is
  • brandy snifter — snifter (def 1).
  • breathtakingly — thrillingly beautiful, remarkable, astonishing, exciting, or the like: a breathtaking performance.
  • britney spears — beers
  • broken society — a perceived or apparent general decline in moral values
  • bubble company — a company whose shares are highly valued and then plummet
  • burying beetle — a beetle of the genus Necrophorous, which buries the dead bodies of small animals by excavating beneath them, using the corpses as food for themselves and their larvae: family Silphidae
  • business cycle — the recurrent fluctuation between boom and depression in the economic activity of a capitalist country
  • business reply — a form of mail, as a postcard, letter, or envelope, usually sent as an enclosure, and which can be mailed back by respondents without their having to pay postage.
  • butterfly knot — a particularly resistant knot which resembles a butterfly and can take loads on both ends, as well as on the loop
  • butylene group — any of four bivalent isomeric groups having the formula –C 4 H 8 –.
  • buying manager — The buying manager of a store is a senior employee whose job is to manage the purchase and delivery of products and supplies, maintaining stock levels.
  • by appointment — If something can be done by appointment, people can arrange in advance to do it at a particular time.
  • by the numbers — in prescribed sequence of movements and accompanied by a count
  • by the vanload — in very large quantities
  • byzantine rite — the rite of the Greek Orthodox Church and of certain Uniat churches, observed in the Greek language.
  • cagayan de oro — city in E Mindanao, in the Philippines; pop. 340,000
  • caloric energy — energy measured in calories
  • canary creeper — a climbing plant, Tropaeolum peregrinum, similar to the nasturtium but with smaller yellow flowers and lobed leaves
  • cantankerously — In a cantankerous manner.
  • carrying place — portage (def 3).
  • catty-cornered — cater-cornered
  • cayenne pepper — Cayenne pepper or cayenne is a red powder with a hot taste which is made from dried peppers and is used to flavour food.
  • central valley — the chief wine-producing region of California, centered in San Joaquin County.
  • chantilly lace — a delicate ornamental lace
  • charge density — the electric charge per unit volume of a medium or body or per unit area of a surface
  • charter colony — a colony, such as Virginia or Massachusetts, created by royal charter under the control of an individual, trading company, etc, and exempt from interference by the Crown
  • chemosynthesis — the formation of organic material by certain bacteria using energy derived from simple chemical reactions
  • chemosynthetic — That utilizes chemosynthesis.
  • cherry-picking — to select with great care: You can cherry-pick your own stereo components.
  • cheyenne river — a river flowing NE from E Wyoming to the Missouri River in South Dakota. About 500 miles (800 km) long.
  • children's day — the second Sunday in June, celebrated by Protestant churches with special programs for children: first started in the U.S. in 1868.
  • chimney breast — A chimney breast is the part of a wall in a room which is built out round a chimney.
  • chimney corner — a recess that contains a seat in a large open fireplace; inglenook
  • china syndrome — a hypothetical nuclear-reactor accident in which the fuel would melt through the floor of the containment structure and burrow into the earth.
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