Term for "functions that have a closed-form expression in terms of base functions $B$"?

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Suppose we have a set of "basic" functions $B=\{+,-,\cdot,/,\exp,\log,\sin \}$, and we want to define:

The set of functions $F_B$ which can be defined as $f(x)=\textit{application of elements of }B$.

Is there a term for this? I originally thought that "algebraic functions" referred to the set $F_B$ for $B=\{+,-,\cdot,/,\text{power}_{q\in\mathbb Q}\}$, until I found out about the Abel-Ruffini theorem.

I'd like a general natural language term for $F$. Does it exist?

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I would call them $B$-based or $B$-generated functions.