16-letter words containing b, e, l, r, i

pocket billiards — pool2 (def 1).
portable airtime — (communications, wireless) A wireless, digital communications system enabling user-to-user voice communication, "quicknotes", and alphanumeric messaging.
pourriture noble — noble rot.
powerfully built — (of a person, esp a man) big and physically strong, with large muscles
prisoner of bill — (humour) (PoB) A derisory term, in use generally among Unix users, for anyone who uses Microsoft products either because they don't know there is anything better (i.e. Unix) or because they would be incapable of working anything more complex (i.e. Unix). The interesting and widespread presumption among users of the term is that (at least at the time of writing, 1998) using anything other than Unix or a Microsoft OS (whether VMS, Macintosh, Amiga) is so eccentric a choice as to be at least somewhat praiseworthy.
public ownership — ownership by the state; nationalization
public relations — (used with a plural verb) the actions of a corporation, store, government, individual, etc., in promoting goodwill between itself and the public, the community, employees, customers, etc.
rainbow lorikeet — a small Australasian parrot, Trichoglossus haematodus, with brightly-coloured plumage
ramen profitable — If a startup business is ramen profitable, it is barely profitable, just enough to allow the founder to live on the cheapest diet.
razor-billed auk — a black and white auk, Alca torda, of the American and European coasts of the northern North Atlantic, having a compressed black bill encircled by a white band.
re-establishment — the act or an instance of establishing.
redistributional — a distribution performed again or anew.
relative bearing — the bearing of an object, relative to the heading of a vessel or aircraft.
republican party — one of the two major political parties in the U.S.: originated 1854–56.
republican river — a river flowing E from E Colorado through Nebraska and Kansas into the Kansas River. 422 miles (680 km) long.
research library — a general or specialized library that collects materials for use in intensive research projects.
responsibilities — the state or fact of being responsible, answerable, or accountable for something within one's power, control, or management.
ribonucleic acid — RNA.
right honourable — (in Britain and certain Commonwealth countries) a title of respect for a Privy Councillor or an appeal-court judge
ring-billed gull — a North American gull, Larus delawarensis, having a black ring around the bill.
robin goodfellow — Puck (def 1).
robin's-egg blue — a pale green to a light greenish-blue color.
run-time library — (operating system, programming, library) A file containing routines which are linked with a program at run time rather than at compile-time. The advantage of such dynamic linking is that only one copy of the library needs to be stored, rather than a copy being included with each executable that refers to it. This can greatly reduce the disk space occupied by programs. Furthermore, it means that all programs immediately benefit from changes (e.g. bug fixes) to the single copy of the library without requiring recompilation. Since the library code is normally classified as read-only to the memory management system, it is possible for a single copy of the library to be loaded into memory and shared by all active programs, thus reducing RAM and virtual memory requirements and program load time.
saint-barthelemy — (Saint Bartholomew; Saint Barts; Saint Barths) a resort island in the West Indies, in the Leeward Islands, part of the French department of Guadeloupe. 6900; 8 sq. mi. (21 sq. km).
schaumburg-lippe — a former state in NW Germany.
security blanket — a blanket or other familiar item carried especially by a young child to provide reassurance and a feeling of psychological security.
self-approbation — approval; commendation.
self-elaboration — an act or instance of elaborating.
self-lubricating — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
self-lubrication — the process of becoming lubricated without external factors
self-observation — an act or instance of noticing or perceiving.
sensible horizon — the line or circle that forms the apparent boundary between earth and sky.
single-barrelled — (of a firearm) having a single barrel
slow metabolizer — A slow metabolizer is someone whose body is slow to break down, absorb, or use a particular substance.
slubberdegullion — a slovenly or worthless person
soapberry family — the plant family Sapindaceae, characterized by chiefly tropical trees, shrubs, or herbaceous vines having compound leaves, clustered flowers, and berrylike, fleshy, or capsular fruit, and including the balloon vine, golden rain tree, litchi, and soapberry.
software library — a collection of programs that are used to develop software
sole beneficiary — the only beneficiary
sth rings a bell — If you say that something rings a bell, you mean that it reminds you of something, but you cannot remember exactly what it is.
strawberry blite — a plant, Chenopodium capitatum, having dense, rounded clusters of minute reddish flowers.
strike a balance — compromise
sulfocarbanilide — thiocarbanilide.
superserviceable — overly disposed to be of service; officious.
take the liberty — do sth without permission
the arabian gulf — the arm of the Arabian Sea between SW Iran and Arabia; important for the oilfields on its shores
the public purse — money from or controlled by the government
the war-disabled — those people who have been disabled by war
three blind mice — nursery rhyme
thrilled to bits — If someone is thrilled, they are extremely pleased about something.
thrombophlebitis — the presence of a thrombus in a vein accompanied by inflammation of the vessel wall.

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