electro-contact
now historical
adjective
(attributive) designating a submarine mine that is detonated when contact closes an electric circuit.
Origin
Late 19th century.
- be cast in a —— mould
- be caught (or taken) short
- because
- because of
- beccafico
- bechance
- Bechdel test
- Bechstein
- Bechuanaland
- beck
- Beckenbauer, Franz
- Becker, Boris
- becket
- Becket, St Thomas à
- Beckettian
- Beckett, Samuel
- Beckford, William
- Beckham, David
- Beckmann, Ernst Otto
- Beckmann, Max
- significative
- significatively
- significator
- significatory
- significatum