16-letter words starting with b

buoyancy chamber — an enclosed section of a canoe, float, ship or other object that contains air, foam, or another buoyant substance in order to help maintain buoyancy
bureau de change — a place where foreign currencies can be exchanged
bureaucratically — of, relating to, or characteristic of a bureaucrat or a bureaucracy; arbitrary and routine.
burge's language — Unnamed functional language based on lambda-calculus. Recursive Programming techniques", W.H. Burge, A-W 1975.
burgundy trefoil — alfalfa.
burkitt lymphoma — a rare type of tumour of the white blood cells, occurring mainly in Africa and associated with infection by Epstein-Barr virus
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.
burnet saxifrage — a Eurasian umbelliferous plant of the genus Pimpinella, having umbrella-like clusters of white or pink flowers
burning question — urgent matter for discussion
burnt-tip orchid — a small orchid, Orchis ustulata, resembling the lady orchid, having dark reddish-brown hoods that give a burnt look to the tip of the flower spike
burrowing blenny — graveldiver.
bury st. edmunds — a city in W Suffolk, in E England: medieval shrine.
bury the hatchet — to cease hostilities and become reconciled
bush honeysuckle — any of several shrubs of the genus Diervilla, of eastern North America, having clusters of yellowish flowers.
bush huckleberry — a huckleberry shrub, Gaylussacia dumosa, having sticky, hairy twigs, white or pink flowers, and tasteless but edible black fruit.
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.
business college — a college providing courses in secretarial studies, business management, accounting, commerce, etc
business english — English in business usage, especially the styles and forms of business correspondence.
business expense — an amount of money spent in order to carry out one's work and which can be reclaimed and borne by the business
business machine — a machine for expediting clerical work, as a tabulator or adding machine.
business manager — a person who ensures the running of a business by managing the work of relevant staff
business studies — an academic subject that embraces areas such as accounting, marketing and economics
busman's holiday — If you have a holiday, but spend it doing something similar to your usual work, you can refer to it as a busman's holiday.
bust one's chops — Usually, chops. the jaw.
butenedioic acid — either of two geometrical isomers with the formula HOOCCH:CHCOOH
buttercup family — the plant family Ranunculaceae, typified by mostly herbaceous plants having usually alternate leaves, multistaminate flowers sometimes lacking petals but with colorful sepals, and including the anemone, buttercup, clematis, columbine, delphinium, and monkshood.
buttercup squash — a small, usually dark-green squash that is a variety of Cucurbita maxima, having sweet orange flesh.
butterfly ballot — a ballot paper in the form of two leaves extending from a central spine
butterfly damper — a damper, as in a flue, that rotates about a central axis across its face.
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
butterfly flower — Also called Jerusalem date. a shrub or small tree, Bauhinia monandra, of French Guiana, having clusters of pink, purple-streaked flowers.
butterfly orchid — an orchid (Oncidium papilio) with reddish flowers, native to South America
butterfly scheme — A parallel version of Scheme for the BBN Butterfly computer.
butterfly stroke — a swimming stroke in which the arms are plunged forward together in large circular movements
butternut squash — a variety of squash with brownish-yellow rind and orange flesh
button one's lip — to stop talking: often imperative
button snakeroot — blazing star (sense 1)
buying behaviour — the behaviours displayed by consumers when they purchase things, such as preferences, price points, etc
by hook or crook — by any means
by the bucketful — If someone produces or gets something by the bucketful, they produce or get something in large quantities.
by word of mouth — orally rather than by written means
bypass capacitor — a capacitor which provides a low-impedance path for alternating current while not passing any direct current
bypass operation — an operation involving redirection of blood flow, either to avoid a diseased blood vessel or in order to perform heart surgery
byzantine church — Orthodox Church (def 1).
byzantine empire — the continuation of the Roman Empire in the East, esp after the deposition of the last emperor in Rome (476 ad). It was finally extinguished by the fall of Constantinople, its capital, in 1453

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