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16-letter words containing a, b, r, o, c

  • reaction turbine — a turbine driven by the reactive force of a fluid passing through the rotor blades.
  • rectus abdominis — a long flat muscle that extends along the whole length of both sides of the abdomen. It flexes the vertebral column, particularly the lumbar portion; it also tenses the anterior abdominal wall and assists in compressing the abdominal contents
  • reserve buoyancy — the difference between the volume of a hull below the designed waterline and the volume of the hull below the lowest opening incapable of being made watertight.
  • rhabdomyosarcoma — a malignant tumor made up of striated muscle tissue.
  • ribonucleic acid — RNA.
  • right about face — Military. a command, given to a soldier or soldiers at attention, to turn the body about toward the right so as to face in the opposite direction. the act of so turning in a prescribed military manner.
  • round lake beach — a town in NE Illinois.
  • roundabout chair — corner chair.
  • run the blockade — to go past or through a blockade
  • scarborough lily — a plant, Vallota speciosa, of the amaryllis family, native to southern Africa, having clusters of funnel-shaped, scarlet flowers.
  • school librarian — a librarian who works in or is in charge of a school library
  • self-lubrication — the process of becoming lubricated without external factors
  • showy crab apple — a large Japanese bush or tree, Malus floribunda, of the rose family, having red fruit and rose-colored flowers that fade to white.
  • simon boccanegra — an opera (1857) by Giuseppe Verdi.
  • slave labor camp — labor camp (def 1).
  • sodium carbonate — Also called soda ash. an anhydrous, grayish-white, odorless, water-soluble powder, Na 2 CO 3 , usually obtained by the Solvay process and containing about 1 percent of impurities consisting of sulfates, chlorides, and bicarbonates of sodium: used in the manufacture of glass, ceramics, soaps, paper, petroleum products, sodium salts, as a cleanser, for bleaching, and in water treatment.
  • sole beneficiary — the only beneficiary
  • spectacled cobra — Indian cobra.
  • subcartilaginous — partially or incompletely cartilaginous.
  • subtropical high — one of several highs, as the Azores and Pacific highs, that prevail over the oceans at latitudes of about 30 degrees N and S. Also called subtropical anticyclone. Compare high (def 37).
  • sulfocarbanilide — thiocarbanilide.
  • sysdeco mimer ab — (company)   Part of the international software group Sysdeco Group AS. They developed the MIMER RDBMS. Address: Uppsala, Sweden.
  • the black forest — a hilly wooded region of SW Germany, in Baden-Württemberg: a popular resort area
  • the eastern bloc — (formerly) the Soviet bloc
  • thrombocytopenia — an abnormal decrease in the number of blood platelets.
  • to break the ice — If you break the ice at a party or meeting, or in a new situation, you say or do something to make people feel relaxed and comfortable.
  • to rock the boat — If you say that someone is rocking the boat, you mean that they are upsetting a calm situation and causing trouble.
  • tobacco hornworm — the larva of a hawk moth, Manduca sexta, having a hornlike structure at its posterior end and feeding on the leaves of tobacco and other plants of the nightshade family.
  • tobacco industry — business of selling smoking products
  • tracheobronchial — of, relating to, or affecting the trachea and bronchi.
  • tridarn cupboard — a Welsh cupboard of the late 17th and 18th centuries, with an open, canopied upper section for display.
  • twin-carburettor — (of an engine) having two carburettors
  • unconfirmability — to establish the truth, accuracy, validity, or genuineness of; corroborate; verify: This report confirms my suspicions.
  • uncontradictable — to assert the contrary or opposite of; deny directly and categorically.
  • unenforceability — to put or keep in force; compel obedience to: to enforce a rule; Traffic laws will be strictly enforced.
  • uniformed branch — the branch of a police force in which officers wear a uniform
  • vapor combustion — Vapor combustion is a closed burn system used for treating liquid waste which contains volatile organic compounds.
  • vertebral column — spinal column.
  • viola da braccio — an old musical instrument of the viol family, held against the shoulder like a violin: superseded by the modern viola.
  • virginia tobacco — a type of flue-cured tobacco grown originally in Virginia
  • vocabulary entry — (in dictionaries) a word, phrase, abbreviation, symbol, affix, name, etc., listed with its definition or explanation in alphabetical order or listed for identification after the word from which it is derived or to which it is related.
  • wheelbarrow race — a race in which one member of each team of two walks on his or her hands while the legs are held up by the partner.
  • wheelchair-bound — unable to walk through injury, illness, etc and relying on a wheelchair to move around
  • woodland caribou — a variety of caribou inhabiting the bogs and forests of eastern Canada, having large, palmate antlers.
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