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

lose one's marbles — If you say that someone has lost their marbles, you mean that their ideas or behaviour are very strange, as if they have become insane.
macroinvertebrates — Plural form of macroinvertebrate.
make a beeline for — head directly towards
mandelbrot, benoit — Benoit Mandelbrot
manufacturing base — the manufacturing industries of an area or a country considered as a unit and a constituent part of the economy
medicine bow range — a range of the Rocky Mountains, in Wyoming and Colorado. Highest peak, Medicine Bow Peak, 12,014 feet (3662 meters).
member of congress — law: elected representative
membrane transport — the process by which physiologically important substances, such as calcium ions, sugars, etc, are conveyed across a biological membrane
metabolic syndrome — Pathology. a group of medical conditions present simultaneously in a patient, as high blood pressure, low HDL cholesterol levels, and an excess of abdominal fat, that increases a person's risk of heart disease, stroke, and diabetes. Also called insulin resistance syndrome.
microinvertebrates — Plural form of microinvertebrate.
mixed-flow turbine — a water turbine in which water flows radially and axially through the rotating vanes
monochlorobiphenyl — (organic compound) Either of three isomers of a chlorinated derivative of biphenyl containing one chlorine atom.
mordovian republic — a constituent republic of W central Russia, in the middle Volga basin. Capital: Saransk. Pop: 888 700 (2002). Area: 26 200 sq km (10 110 sq miles)
mountain cranberry — cowberry
moving bed reactor — A moving bed reactor is a reactor in which a layer of catalyst in the form of granules is moved between a reaction area and a regeneration area.
naberezhnye chelny — a port in the Tatar Autonomous Republic, in the Russian Federation in Asia,e of Kazan, on the Kama River.
napoleon bonaparte — Jérôme [juh-rohm;; French zhey-rohm] /dʒəˈroʊm;; French ʒeɪˈroʊm/ (Show IPA), 1784–1860, king of Westphalia 1807 (brother of Napoleon I).
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.
neighborhood watch — a neighborhood surveillance program or group in which residents keep watch over one another's houses, patrol the streets, etc., in an attempt to prevent crime.
net book agreement — a former agreement between UK publishers and booksellers that until 1995 prohibited booksellers from undercutting the price of books sold in bookshops
network byte order — (networking) The order in which the bytes of a multi-byte number are transmitted on a network - most significant byte first (as in "big-endian" storage). This may or may not match the order in which numbers are normally stored in memory for a particular processor.
neural tube defect — any of a group of congenital abnormalities involving the brain and spinal cord, including spina bifida and meningocele, caused by failure of the neural tube to close properly during embryonic development.
new american bible — an English translation of the Bible based on the original languages, prepared by Catholic Biblical scholars, and first published in 1970.
nobiliary particle — a preposition forming part of a title of nobility or surname, as French de or German von.
non-responsibility — the state or fact of being responsible, answerable, or accountable for something within one's power, control, or management.
non-understandable — capable of being understood; comprehensible.
nonachlorobiphenyl — (organic compound) Either of three isomers of the polychlorinated biphenyl containing nine chlorine atoms.
noninterchangeable — That cannot be interchanged with another.
north attleborough — a city in SE Massachusetts.
north bedfordshire — a city in Bedfordshire, in central England.
northeast by north — a point on the compass 11°15′ north of northeast. Abbreviation: NEbN.
northwest by north — a point on the compass, 11°15′ north of northwest. Abbreviation: NWbN.
not breathe a word — to take air, oxygen, etc., into the lungs and expel it; inhale and exhale; respire.
nuclear capability — If a country has nuclear capability, it is able to produce nuclear power and usually nuclear weapons.
obedience training — the training of an animal, especially a dog, to obey certain commands.
object-orientation — object-oriented
oblique projection — something that is oblique.
octachlorobiphenyl — (organic compound) Either of twelve isomers of the polychlorinated biphenyl containing eight chlorine atoms.
october revolution — Russian Revolution (def 2).
on the back burner — low priority
one of sb's number — One of your number is a member of your group.
one's heart bleeds — used to express sympathetic grief, but often used ironically
one's number is up — one is finished; one is ruined or about to die
one-banana problem — (jargon, abuse) At computer installations where the computers have operators for routine administrivia, the programmers and hardware people tend to look down on the operators and claim that a trained monkey could do their job. The incentives offered to said monkeys would then describe the difficulty of a task. A one-banana problem is simple; hence, "It's only a one-banana job at the most; what's taking them so long?" See also Infinite-Monkey Theorem.
open pandora's box — If someone or something opens Pandora's box or opens a Pandora's box, they do something that causes a lot of problems to appear that did not exist or were not known about before.
optical brightener — an additive that dyes and brightens fabric or paper
oriental alabaster — alabaster (def 2).
palm beach gardens — a city in SE Florida, near North Palm Beach.
pattern bargaining — a collective bargaining technique in which contract terms in one settlement are used as models to be imposed on other negotiating parties within an industry.
payment by results — a system of wage payment whereby all or part of the wage varies systematically according to the level of work performance of an employee

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