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14-letter words containing ne

  • backbone cabal — (networking)   A group of large-site administrators who pushed through the Great Renaming and reined in the chaos of Usenet during most of the 1980s. The cabal mailing list disbanded in late 1988 after a bitter internal cat-fight.
  • backhandedness — The quality of being backhanded; the use of indirect tactics.
  • bamboo network — a network of close-knit Chinese entrepreneurs with large corporate empires in southeast Asia
  • bare ownership — ownership of a piece of property without the right to use and derive profit from that property
  • baroja y nessi — Pío [pee-oh;; Spanish pee-aw] /ˈpi oʊ;; Spanish ˈpi ɔ/ (Show IPA), 1872–1956, Spanish novelist.
  • base component — the system of rules in a transformational grammar that specify the deep structure of the language
  • bass saxophone — a large saxophone of low range, usually supported on a stand while being played.
  • bayonet charge — a charge by riflemen with fixed bayonets
  • bayonet socket — a socket for a bayonet fitting
  • be borne in on — (of a fact) to be realized by (someone)
  • be browned off — to be angry, disgusted, etc.
  • be in business — A company that is in business is operating and trading.
  • be of one mind — to have the same opinion or desire
  • bearded darnel — a grass, Lolium tementulum, related to rye, having bristles on the seed head and bearing seeds that yield a narcotic poison.
  • bearer channel — (communications)   Originally, a channel suited for carrying one voice-grade connection. Typically a DS0 channel. Compare data channel. (1997-03-7)
  • beclomethasone — a potent synthetic corticosteroid, C 28 H 37 ClO 7 , prepared as an inhalant in the treatment of bronchial asthma.
  • bedraggledness — The state or condition of being bedraggled.
  • bedside manner — A doctor's bedside manner is the way in which they talk to their patients.
  • below the 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.
  • below-the-line — denoting the entries printed below the horizontal line on a company's profit-and-loss account that show how any profit is to be distributed
  • beneficialness — the state of being beneficial
  • benign neglect — If you describe someone's approach to a problem as one of benign neglect, you disapprove of the fact that they are doing nothing and hoping that the problem will solve itself.
  • benzanthracene — a carcinogenic hydrocarbon
  • benzene series — a series of aromatic hydrocarbons derived from benzene by replacing one or more of the hydrogen atoms with one or more methyl groups. The first three members are benzene, toluene, and xylene.
  • benzodiazepine — any of a group of chemical compounds that are used as minor tranquillizers, such as diazepam (Valium) and chlordiazepoxide (Librium)
  • berkner island — an island in Antarctica, in the S Weddell Sea, between the Ronne Ice Shelf and the Filchner Ice Shelf.
  • beseechingness — the quality or state of being beseeching
  • beside oneself — If you are beside yourself with anger or excitement, you are extremely angry or excited.
  • betake oneself — to go; move
  • betray oneself — to reveal one's true character, intentions, etc
  • bewilderedness — the state of being bewildered
  • bildungsromane — a type of novel concerned with the education, development, and maturing of a young protagonist.
  • 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
  • bioengineering — People sometimes use bioengineering to talk about genetic engineering.
  • bioluminescent — the production of light by living organisms.
  • bite one's lip — If you bite your lip or your tongue, you stop yourself from saying something that you want to say, because it would be the wrong thing to say in the circumstances.
  • blow one's lid — a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
  • blow one's top — to lose one's temper
  • bone porcelain — bone china.
  • bone structure — the skeletal composition of a human or animal
  • bone turquoise — fossilized bone or tooth stained blue with iron phosphate and used as a gemstone
  • boring machine — a machine that bores holes, tunnels, etc
  • bottomlessness — the quality of being very deep or bottomless
  • boundary-stone — a stone marking a boundary, sometimes giving information such as the initials of the local authority in whose jurisdiction the boundary is
  • break the news — announce sth
  • britney spears — beers
  • buchner funnel — a laboratory filter funnel used under reduced pressure. It consists of a shallow porcelain cylinder with a flat perforated base
  • bush, vannevar — Vannevar Bush
  • business agent — a representative of a labor union local, who investigates working conditions, negotiates contracts, etc.
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