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16-letter words that end in t

  • be on the market — to be offered for sale
  • be rolling in it — If you say that someone is rolling in it or is rolling in money, you mean that they are very rich.
  • beauty therapist — a person whose job is to carry out treatments to improve a person's appearance, such as facials, manicures, removal of unwanted hair, etc
  • beauty treatment — the use of some form of treatment to improve someone's beauty such as a facial, manicure or depilation
  • becquerel effect — the electromotive force produced by the unequal illumination of two identical electrodes placed in an electrolyte.
  • benguela current — a strong ocean current in the South Atlantic, flowing northward along the SW coast of Africa
  • bernoulli effect — the decrease in pressure as the velocity of a fluid increases.
  • beside the point — If you say that something is beside the point, you mean that it is not relevant to the subject that you are discussing.
  • beta coefficient — a measure of the extent to which a particular security rises or falls in value in response to market movements
  • binet-simon test — an intelligence test that consists of questions, problems, and things to do, graded in terms of mental age
  • biometeorologist — the scientific study of the effects of natural or artificial atmospheric conditions, as temperature and humidity, on living organisms.
  • birthday present — a gift given to someone on their birthday
  • blunt instrument — something such as a hammer, used as a weapon
  • bother/bother it — Some people say 'bother' or 'bother it' when they are annoyed about something.
  • bracknell forest — a unitary authority in SE England, in E Berkshire. Pop: 110 100 (2003 est). Area: 109 sq km (42 sq miles)
  • brass instrument — a musical wind instrument of brass or other metal with a cup-shaped mouthpiece, as the trombone, tuba, French horn, trumpet, or cornet.
  • break one's fast — to eat food for the first time after fasting, or for the first time in the day
  • break sb's heart — If something breaks your heart, it makes you feel very sad and depressed, especially because people are suffering but you can do nothing to help them.
  • break-even point — When a company reaches break-even point, the money it makes from the sale of goods or services is just enough to cover the cost of supplying those goods or services, but not enough to make a profit.
  • broadloom carpet — any carpet woven on a wide loom and not having seams, especially one wider than 54 inches (137 cm).
  • broomstick skirt — a full, gathered or pleated skirt that has characteristic tiny creases obtained by wetting the skirt and winding it around a broomstick to dry.
  • bullet-resistant — not allowing bullets to pass through
  • bulletproof vest — a protective garment
  • burn oneself out — to undergo rapid combustion or consume fuel in such a way as to give off heat, gases, and, usually, light; be on fire: The fire burned in the grate.
  • bury the hatchet — to cease hostilities and become reconciled
  • business account — a bank account or type of bank account used for business transactions rather than personal ones
  • business analyst — (job)   A person who analyses the operations of a department or functional unit to develop a general systems solution to the problem. The solution will typically involve a combination of manual and automated processes. The business analyst can provide insights into an operation for an information systems analyst.
  • butterfly ballot — a ballot paper in the form of two leaves extending from a central spine
  • butterfly effect — the idea, used in chaos theory, that a very small difference in the initial state of a physical system can make a significant difference to the state at some later time
  • button snakeroot — blazing star (sense 1)
  • cabbage-tree hat — a broad-brimmed hat made from cabbage-tree leaves.
  • can't tell apart — If you can't tell two people or things apart, they look exactly the same to you.
  • can-not help but — to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
  • canaries current — an ocean current of the North Atlantic flowing southward past Spain and North Africa.
  • capital movement — the payments that flow between countries
  • capitation grant — a grant of money given to every person who qualifies under certain conditions
  • capsizing moment — the moment of an upsetting couple.
  • carbon footprint — Your carbon footprint is a measure of the amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere by your activities over a particular period.
  • caricature plant — a tropical Old World shrub, Graptophyllum pictum, of the acanthus family, characterized by purple or red tubular flowers and leaf markings resembling the profile of a human face.
  • castor-oil plant — a tall euphorbiaceous Indian plant, Ricinus communis, cultivated in tropical regions for ornament and for its poisonous seeds, from which castor oil is extracted
  • cause and effect — You use cause and effect to talk about the way in which one thing is caused by another.
  • cause-and-effect — noting a relationship between actions or events such that one or more are the result of the other or others.
  • chafe at the bit — to be impatient or vexed, as because of delay
  • champ at the bit — If someone is champing at the bit or is chomping at the bit, they are very impatient to do something, but they are prevented from doing it, usually by circumstances that they have no control over.
  • champagne bucket — A champagne bucket is a container that holds ice cubes or cold water and ice. You can use it to put bottles of champagne in and keep the champagne cool.
  • chargeable asset — any asset that can give rise to assessment for capital gains tax on its disposal. Exempt assets include principal private residences, cars, investments held in a personal equity plan, and government securities
  • charitable trust — a trust set up for the benefit of a charity that complies with the regulations of the Charity Commissioners to enable it to be exempt from paying income tax
  • checking account — A checking account is a personal bank account which you can take money out of at any time using your cheque book or cash card.
  • checking deposit — a deposit on which cheques may be drawn
  • chemical element — chemistry: substance
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