22-letter words containing b, e, g, r

great australian bight — a wide bay in S Australia.
gum bichromate process — a contact printing method in which the image is formed on a coating of sensitized gum containing a suitable colored pigment and potassium or ammonium dichromate.
hermann-mauguin symbol — a notation for indicating a particular point group.
hybrid multiprocessing — (parallel) (HMP) The kind of multitasking which OS/2 supports. HMP provides some elements of symmetric multiprocessing, using add-on IBM software called MP/2. OS/2 SMP was planned for release in late 1993.
hydrogen embrittlement — the weakening of metal by the sorption of hydrogen during a pickling process, such as that used in plating
in the neighborhood of — the area or region around or near some place or thing; vicinity: the kids of the neighborhood; located in the neighborhood of Jackson and Vine streets.
in/within sb's hearing — If someone says something in your hearing or within your hearing, you can hear what they say because they are with you or near you.
integrative bargaining — a type of bargaining in which all parties involved recognize that there are common problems requiring mutual resolution
label switching router — (networking) (LSR) A device that typically resides somewhere in the middle of a network and is capable of forwarding datagrams by label switching. In many cases, especially early versions of MPLS networks, a LSR will typically be a modified ATM switch that forwards datagrams based upon a label in the VPI/VCI field.
make one's marble good — to succeed or do the right thing
mecklenburg-vorpommern — German name of Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania.
missing persons bureau — the part of the Police Force dealing with tracing missing people
neighborhood bike code — (humour, programming) A piece of code that every programmer at the company has touched.
object-oriented design — (programming) (OOD) A design method in which a system is modelled as a collection of cooperating objects and individual objects are treated as instances of a class within a class hierarchy. Four stages can be identified: identify the classes and objects, identify their semantics, identify their relationships and specify class and object interfaces and implementation. Object-oriented design is one of the stages of object-oriented programming.
object-oriented turing — (language) An extension of Turing and a replacement for Turing Plus by R.C. Holt <[email protected]>, U Toronto, 1991. Object-Oriented Turing supports imperative programming, object-oriented programming and concurrent programming. It has modules, classes, single inheritance, processes, exception handling and optional machine-dependent programming. There is an integrated environment under the X Window System and a demo version. Versions exist for Sun-4, MIPS, RS-6000 and others. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
on a shoestring budget — with very little money to spend
one's ears are burning — one is aware of being the topic of another's conversation
prawn-sandwich brigade — sports fans who are perceived to lack passion and commitment, and who it is supposed attend matches in order to eat food and buy merchandise rather than cheer on their team
public housing project — a group of homes for poorer families which is funded and controlled by the local government
pyridostigmine bromide — a cholinesterase inhibitor, C 9 H 1 3 BrN 2 O 2 , used in its bromide form in the treatment of myasthenia gravis.
red-breasted merganser — a widely distributed merganser, Mergus serrator of America and Europe: family Anatidae
rose-breasted grosbeak — an American grosbeak, Pheucticus ludovicianus, the male of which, in nuptial plumage, has a rose-pink triangular breast patch.
satellite broadcasting — the transmission of television or radio programmes from an artificial satellite at a power suitable for direct reception in the home
scalable sampling rate — (compression, standard, algorithm) (SSR) See, e.g., MPEG-4 AAC SSR.
search the fucking web — (web, jargon) (Always abbreviated STFW) A response implying that an inquirer could have easily found an answer to his question using Google or some other web search engine. It is now often quicker and more productive to search the World-Wide Web than to RTFM.
sick building syndrome — an illness caused by exposure to pollutants or germs inside an airtight building.
sixteen bit organisers — (communications) (SIBO) Psion's family of PDAs running EPOC, including the MC200, MC400, Series 3 (1991-1998), Series 3a, Series 3c, Series 3mx, Siena, Workabout and Workabout mx.
softening of the brain — a softening of the cerebrum, caused by impairment of the blood supply; encephalomalacia.
start the ball rolling — to open or initiate (an action, discussion, movement, etc)
subliminal advertising — a form of advertising on film or television that employs subliminal images to influence the viewer unconsciously
substantive agreements — collective agreements that regulate jobs, pay, and conditions
tapered roller bearing — a rolling bearing that uses tapered rollers running in coned races and is able to accept axial thrust as well as providing shaft location
the edinburgh festival — an arts festival held in Edinburgh in August
the golden gate bridge — a bridge crossing the strait between the Pacific and San Francisco Bay, with a central span of 1280 m (4200 ft)
the tip of the iceberg — If you say that a problem is the tip of the iceberg, you mean that it is one small part of a much larger problem.
to be full to bursting — to be very full
to be in running order — if something is in running order it is functioning correctly and efficiently
to get/be carried away — If you get carried away or are carried away, you are so eager or excited about something that you do something hasty or foolish.
turbo-propeller engine — a jet engine with a turbine-driven propeller that produces the principal thrust, augmented by the thrust of the jet exhaust.
underground combustion — Underground combustion is the process of heating oil to allow it to flow more easily and make it easier to recover.
variable rate mortgage — a mortgage involving a loan with a variable interest rate over the period of the loan
vibration white finger — a condition affecting workers using vibrating machinery, which causes damage to the blood vessels and nerves of the fingers and leads to a permanent loss of feeling
water under the bridge — If you say that an event or incident is water under the bridge, you mean that it has happened and cannot now be changed, so there is no point in worrying about it any more.
william jennings bryan — William Jennings [jen-ingz] /ˈdʒɛn ɪŋz/ (Show IPA), 1860–1925, U.S. political leader.

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