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18-letter words containing a, n, e, r, o, b

  • software backplane — (programming, tool)   A CASE framework from Atherton.
  • stand-by generator — an electrical system which operates automatically in case the usual system malfunctions
  • stationary bicycle — an exercise bike
  • stroustrup, bjarne — Bjarne Stroustrup
  • subordinate clause — a clause that modifies the principal clause or some part of it or that serves a noun function in the principal clause, as when she arrived in the sentence I was there when she arrived or that she has arrived in the sentence I doubt that she has arrived.
  • tectorial membrane — membrane in the inner ear that covers the organ of Corti
  • the bird has flown — the person in question has fled or escaped
  • thermonuclear bomb — hydrogen bomb.
  • to bare one's soul — If you bare your soul, you tell someone your most secret thoughts and feelings.
  • to be above ground — to be alive
  • to be on the radar — to be noticed or important
  • to bear witness to — If a person or thing bears witness to something, they show or say that it exists or happened.
  • to put years on sb — if you say that something such as an experience or a way of dressing has put years on someone, you mean that it has made them look or feel much older
  • to the manner born — a way of doing, being done, or happening; mode of action, occurrence, etc.: I don't like the manner in which he complained.
  • transmission brake — A transmission brake is a brake that operates on the transmission system of a vehicle rather than directly on the wheels.
  • transporter bridge — a bridge for carrying passengers and vehicles by means of a platform suspended from a trolley.
  • treaty obligations — obligations or duties that must be carried out by a party as according to a treaty they have entered into
  • trobriand islander — a native or inhabitant of the Trobriand Islands of Papua New Guinea
  • turbine ventilator — a ventilator, usually mounted on the roof of a building, deck of a ship, etc., having at its head a globular, vaned rotor that is rotated by the wind, conveying air through a duct to and from a chamber below.
  • turn one's back on — the rear part of the human body, extending from the neck to the lower end of the spine.
  • under one's breath — the air inhaled and exhaled in respiration.
  • under the jackboot — If a country or group of people is under the jackboot, they are suffering because the government is cruel and undemocratic.
  • urban contemporary — popular dance music incorporating elements of rap, rhythm-and-blues, funk, and soul.
  • urban homesteading — homesteading (def 2).
  • wardrobe assistant — a person who assists the wardrobe mistress in a theatre
  • water on the brain — hydrocephalus.
  • westinghouse brake — a railroad air brake operated by compressed air.
  • women's liberation — a movement to combat sexual discrimination and to gain full legal, economic, vocational, educational, and social rights and opportunities for women, equal to those of men.
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