14-letter words containing ro
- astronavigator — One who performs astronavigation; an astronaut or space pilot.
- astronomically — of, relating to, or connected with astronomy.
- astrophysicist — An astrophysicist is someone who studies astrophysics.
- asynchronicity — (uncountable) The state of being asynchronous.
- asynchronistic — Not synchronistic.
- asynchronously — In an asynchronous manner.
- auger-electron — a nonradiative process in which an atom in an excited state undergoes a transition to a lower state by the emission of a bound electron (Auger electron) rather than by the emission of an x-ray.
- aurothiomalate — (chemistry) A thiomalate with the addition of gold.
- austro-asiatic — a hypothetical phylum or superfamily of languages consisting of Mon-Khmer and certain other languages of India and South-East Asia. Links with Malayo-Polynesian have also been suggested
- autocoprophagy — the consumption of one's own faeces
- autoenrollment — Automatic enrollment (especially of security certificates in a computer system).
- avogadro's law — the principle that equal volumes of all gases contain the same number of molecules at the same temperature and pressure
- babbling brook — a cook
- babbling error — (networking) An Ethernet node attempting to transmit more than 1518 data bytes - the largest allowed Ethernet packet. This is why the Maximum Transmission Unit for IP traffic on Ethernet is 1500.
- backside-front — backend-to.
- ballroom dance — a social dance, popular since the beginning of the 20th century, in conventional rhythms, such as the foxtrot and the quickstep
- banana problem — (programming, humour) From the story of the little girl who said "I know how to spell "banana", but I don't know when to stop". Not knowing where or when to bring a production to a close (compare fencepost error). One may say "there is a banana problem" of an algorithm with poorly defined or incorrect termination conditions, or in discussing the evolution of a design that may be succumbing to featuritis (see also creeping elegance, creeping featuritis).
- bancroft prize — one of a group of annual awards for literary achievement in American history and biography: administered by Columbia University.
- barium bromate — colorless, slightly water-soluble, poisonous crystals, Ba(BrO 3) 2 ⋅H 2 O, used in the preparation of certain bromates.
- baroja y nessi — Pío [pee-oh;; Spanish pee-aw] /ˈpi oʊ;; Spanish ˈpi ɔ/ (Show IPA), 1872–1956, Spanish novelist.
- barometrically — By means of a barometer.
- barometrograph — barograph.
- barong tagalog — (in the Philippines) a man's long-sleeved formal overblouse, made of fine, sheer fabric, often embroidered.
- basso profundo — (esp in operatic solo singing) a singer with a very deep bass voice
- be browned off — to be angry, disgusted, etc.
- beard-stroking — deep thought
- bedroom suburb — a commuter suburb, from which people travel to the city centre to work
- benday process — a process for adding tone or shading, as in reproducing drawings, by the overlay on the plate of patterns, as of dots
- big brotherism — paternalistic authoritarianism that seeks to supply the needs and regulate the conduct of people.
- bildungsromane — a type of novel concerned with the education, development, and maturing of a young protagonist.
- bioaeronautics — the use of aircraft in the discovery, development, and protection of natural and biological resources
- bioelectronics — a branch of electronics that deals with electronic devices, implants, etc. used in medicine and biological research
- biometeorology — the study of the effect of weather conditions on living organisms
- bioprospecting — searching for plant or animal species for use as a source of commercially exploitable products, such as medicinal drugs
- bit error rate — A bit error rate is the measure of the number of incorrect bits that can be expected in a specified number of bits in a serial stream.
- black root rot — any of several diseases of plants characterized by black or brown lesions on the root.
- blepharoplasty — cosmetic surgery performed on the eyelid
- blood grouping — the ascertainment of a person's blood group
- borrow trouble — to worry about anything needlessly or before one has sufficient cause
- borrowing rate — the interest rate at which money may be borrowed, esp an official rate set by a central bank
- breakfast room — a room set aside for serving and eating breakfast, esp in a hotel or guesthouse
- brewer's droop — an inability to get an erection because of excessive alcohol consumption
- broad daylight — of great breadth: The river was too broad to swim across.
- broad-spectrum — effective against a wide variety of diseases or microorganisms
- brobdingnagian — gigantic; huge; immense
- broken consort — a musical ensemble with instruments of different types or families, as string and woodwind, especially for Renaissance music.
- broken society — a perceived or apparent general decline in moral values
- broken-hearted — Someone who is broken-hearted is very sad and upset because they have had a serious disappointment.
- bronchial tube — Your bronchial tubes are the two tubes which connect your windpipe to your lungs.
- bronchiectasis — chronic dilation of the bronchi or bronchial tubes, which often become infected