21-letter words containing b, a, r, y
- rectangular hyperbola — a hyperbola with perpendicular asymptotes
- relative permeability — the ratio of the permeability of a medium to that of free space
- reverberatory furnace — See at reverberatory (def 2).
- rob peter to pay paul — to take something from (someone) by unlawful force or threat of violence; steal from.
- salam-weinberg theory — the electroweak theory.
- socialist labor party — a U.S. political party, organized in 1874, advocating the peaceful introduction of socialism.
- supplementary benefit — (formerly) an extra amount of money that is paid to someone by the government, in addition to their normal income. Replaced by income support in 1988
- sympathetic vibration — a vibration induced by resonance.
- take sb/sth seriously — If you take someone or something seriously, you believe that they are important and deserve attention.
- the break of day/dawn — The break of day or the break of dawn is the time when it begins to grow light after the night.
- the yellow brick road — the road to success or happiness (in the film the Wizard of Oz the yellow brick road leads to Oz)
- third party liability — Third party liability is insurance against money which an insured may have to pay to third parties if they accidentally cause them injury, loss, or damage.
- to be arrayed against — to be opposed to
- to have money to burn — If you say that someone has money to burn, you mean that they have more money than they need or that they spend their money on things that you think are unnecessary.
- to lay something bare — If you lay something bare, you uncover it completely so that it can then be seen.
- trustee in bankruptcy — a person appointed by a court to administer the property of a bankrupt.
- washington's birthday — February 22, formerly observed as a legal holiday in most states of the U.S. in honor of the birth of George Washington.
- weinberg-salam theory — electroweak theory.
- william of malmesbury — William of, William of Malmesbury.
- yellow-rumped warbler — a common North American wood warbler, Dendroica coronata, having yellow spots on the rump, crown, and sides, including a white-throated eastern subspecies (myrtle warbler) and a yellow-throated western subspecies (Audubon's warbler)