18-letter words containing a, u, t, o, b, n

fibrocartilaginous — a type of cartilage having a large number of fibers.
gamma distribution — a continuous two-parameter distribution from which the chi-square and exponential distributions are derived, written Gamma (α. β), where α and β are greater than zero, and defined in terms of the gamma function
have a thing about — If you have a thing about someone or something, you have very strong feelings about them.
have money to burn — to have more money than one needs, so that some can be spent foolishly
heat of combustion — the heat evolved when one mole of a substance is burnt in oxygen at constant volume
honourable mention — If something that you do in a competition is given an honourable mention, it receives special praise from the judges although it does not actually win a prize.
ifs, ands, or buts — a supposition; uncertain possibility: The future is full of ifs.
incommensurability — not commensurable; having no common basis, measure, or standard of comparison.
indecent behaviour — the offence of committing indecent acts
indolebutyric acid — a white or yellowish, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 12 H 13 O 2 N, a plant hormone similar to indoleacetic acid and used for the same purposes.
information bureau — an office where you can go to get information
informatory double — a double intended to inform one's partner that one has a strong hand and to urge a bid regardless of the strength of his or her hand.
input/output table — a table of all the inputs and outputs of the industries of an economy
johannes gutenberg — Johannes [yoh-hahn-uh s] /yoʊˈhɑn əs/ (Show IPA), (Johann Gensfleisch) c1400–68, German printer: credited with invention of printing from movable type.
last but not least — lastly
lingual titubation — stuttering or stammering
lonely hearts club — a club for people who are trying to find a lover or a friend
mountain cranberry — cowberry
multicast backbone — (MBONE) A virtual network on top of the Internet which supports routing of IP multicast packets, intended for multimedia transmission. MBONE gives public access desktop video communications. The quality is poor with only 3-5 frames per second instead of the 30 frames per second of commercial television. Its advantage is that it avoids all telecommunications costs normally associated with teleconferencing. An interesting innovation is the use of MBONE for audio communications and an electronic "whiteboard" where the computer screen becomes a shared workspace where two physically remote parties can draw on and edit shared documents in real-time.
nebular hypothesis — the theory that the solar system evolved from a mass of nebular matter: prominent in the 19th century following its precise formulation by Laplace.
non-accountability — the state of being accountable, liable, or answerable.
non-understandable — capable of being understood; comprehensible.
north attleborough — a city in SE Massachusetts.
on the back burner — low priority
population balance — A population balance is a model showing particle sizes during a grinding process, which is used when designing a process.
portable equipment — Portable equipment is electrical equipment that can easily be moved from one place to another while in operation or while connected to the supply.
public corporation — a corporation, owned and operated by a government, established for the administration of certain public programs.
public examination — an examination, such as a GCSE exam, that is set by a central examining board
put a bold face on — to seem bold or confident about
saturation bombing — intense area bombing intended to destroy everything in the target area.
seven-league boots — mythical boots that allowed the wearer to travel seven leagues (a former unit of measurement), ie a great length, at each step
sodium bicarbonate — a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, in powder or granules, NaHCO 3 , usually prepared by the reaction of soda ash with carbon dioxide or obtained from the intermediate product of the Solvay process by purification: used chiefly in the manufacture of sodium salts, baking powder, and beverages, as a laboratory reagent, as a fire extinguisher, and in medicine as an antacid.
stroustrup, bjarne — Bjarne Stroustrup
sub-classification — to arrange in subclasses.
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.
the black mountain — a mountain range in S Wales, in E Carmarthenshire and W Powys. Highest peak: Carmarthen Van, 802 m (2632 ft)
the queen of sheba — a queen of the Sabeans, who visited Solomon (I Kings 10:1–13)
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 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
transubstantiation — the changing of one substance into another.
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).
voluntary abortion — abortion (def 1).
voluntary-abortion — Also called voluntary abortion. the removal of an embryo or fetus from the uterus in order to end a pregnancy.

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