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14-letter words that end in e

  • back clearance — runout (def 1b).
  • back o' bourke — in a remote or backward place
  • back of bourke — a remote area or place.
  • back to nature — If you want to get back to nature, you want to return to a simpler way of living.
  • back-clearance — Machinery. the gradual termination of a groove on the body of an object not ending there, as the upper termination of a flute in a twist drill. Also called back clearance. a space in a depressed area of an object into which a machine tool or grinding wheel may safely enter at the end of a pass or operation.
  • backflap hinge — Building Trades. flap (def 20a).
  • backflow valve — a valve for preventing flowing liquid, as sewage, from reversing its direction.
  • backside cache — (hardware, processor)   An implementation of secondary cache memory that allows it to be directly accessed by the CPU. Backside cache is used by Apple Computers, Inc. in their PowerPC G3 processor. Previous PowerPC processors used the system bus to access both secondary cache and main memory. In the PowerPC G3 a dedicated bus handles only CPU/cache transactions. This bus can operate faster than the system bus thus improving the overall performance of the processor. The term apparently derives from the relocation of the secondary cache from the motherboard to the processor card itself, i.e. on the backside of the processor card.
  • balance bridge — a bascule bridge
  • balanced valve — a valve designed so that pressure-induced forces from the fluid being controlled oppose one another so that resistance to opening and closing the valve is negligible.
  • ball cartridge — a cartridge containing a primer and a ball and a full charge of powder
  • ball of muscle — a very strong, fit, or forceful person
  • balloon sleeve — a sleeve fitting tightly from wrist to elbow and becoming fully rounded from elbow to shoulder
  • ballroom dance — a social dance, popular since the beginning of the 20th century, in conventional rhythms, such as the foxtrot and the quickstep
  • bancroft prize — one of a group of annual awards for literary achievement in American history and biography: administered by Columbia University.
  • bang's disease — a type of infectious brucellosis affecting cattle, caused by a bacterium (Brucella abortus) and often resulting in abortion
  • baptismal name — Christian name (def 1).
  • barbados pride — Also called bead tree. a tropical African and Asian tree, Adenanthera pavonina, of the legume family, having feathery foliage and bearing red seeds that are used in beadwork.
  • barbecue sauce — a highly seasoned sauce used in barbecuing
  • barber college — a school for training barbers
  • barium bromate — colorless, slightly water-soluble, poisonous crystals, Ba(BrO 3) 2 ⋅H 2 O, used in the preparation of certain bromates.
  • barium sulfate — an odorless, tasteless, white powder, BaSO4, insoluble in water: it is used as a paint pigment, as a filler for paper, textiles , etc., and as an opaque substance that is ingested to aid in making diagnostic X-rays of the stomach and intestine
  • barium sulfide — a gray or yellowish-green, water-soluble, poisonous powder, BaS, used chiefly as a depilatory and as an intermediate in the synthesis of pigments, especially lithopone.
  • barium-hydrate — Also called calcined baryta, barium oxide, barium monoxide, barium protoxide. a white or yellowish-white poisonous solid, BaO, highly reactive with water: used chiefly as a dehydrating agent and in the manufacture of glass.
  • barnacle goose — a N European goose, Branta leucopsis, that has a black-and-white head and body and grey wings
  • barrack square — an open area near a military barracks where drills are performed
  • bartered bride — a comic opera (1866) by Bedřich Smetana.
  • bascule bridge — a kind of drawbridge counterweighted so that it can be raised and lowered easily
  • bascule-bridge — a device operating like a balance or seesaw, especially an arrangement of a movable bridge (bascule bridge) by which the rising floor or section is counterbalanced by a weight.
  • baseball glove — a padded glove with webbing between the thumb and index finger, worn by baseball players
  • bass saxophone — a large saxophone of low range, usually supported on a stand while being played.
  • basso cantante — a bass voice with an upper range that is more developed than that of the basso profundo.
  • bastard turtle — ridley (def 1).
  • bastard-turtle — ridley (def 1).
  • bat the breeze — a wind or current of air, especially a light or moderate one.
  • bateleur eagle — an African crested bird of prey, Terathopius ecaudatus, with a short tail and long wings: subfamily Circaetinae, family Accipitridae (hawks, etc)
  • batten disease — a rare hereditary disease in which lipids accumulate in the nervous system, leading to mental deterioration, loss of mobility, and blindness that start in early childhood
  • battle fatigue — Battle fatigue is a mental condition of anxiety and depression caused by the stress of fighting in a war.
  • batwing sleeve — a sleeve of a garment with a deep armhole and a tight wrist
  • bayonet charge — a charge by riflemen with fixed bayonets
  • be cut to size — If an object is cut to size, its size is altered to make it suitable for a particular purpose.
  • be in evidence — If someone or something is in evidence, they are present and can be clearly seen.
  • beach barbecue — a barbecue on a beach
  • bearded collie — a medium-sized breed of dog having a profuse long straight coat, usually grey or fawn and often with white on the head, legs, and chest, a long tail, and a distinctive beard
  • beaufort scale — an international scale of wind velocities ranging for practical purposes from 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane force). In the US an extension of the scale, from 13 to 17 for winds over 64 knots, is used
  • beauty culture — the skill or occupation of a beautician
  • béchamel sauce — a thick white sauce flavoured with onion and seasonings
  • bechamel-sauce — a white sauce, sometimes seasoned with onion and nutmeg.
  • beclomethasone — a potent synthetic corticosteroid, C 28 H 37 ClO 7 , prepared as an inhalant in the treatment of bronchial asthma.
  • belgian endive — endive (def 2).
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