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

kentucky bluegrass — a grass, Poa pratensis, of the Mississippi valley, used for pasturage and lawns.
kirtland's warbler — a wood warbler, Dendroica kirtlandii, breeding only in north-central Michigan and wintering in the Bahamas, bluish gray above, striped with black and pale yellow below: an endangered species.
knotted cranesbill — a British wildflower, Geranium nodosum, an meadow geranium with bright pink or purple flowers
labeled bracketing — a representation of the constituent structure of a string, as a word or sentence, comparable to a tree diagram, in which each constituent is shown in brackets and given a subscript grammatical label, with each bracketed item corresponding to a node in a tree diagram.
lambeth conference — a convention of the bishops of the Anglican communion, held about every 10 years at Lambeth Palace to confer but not to define doctrine or to legislate on ecclesiastical matters.
lawrence of arabia — D(avid) H(erbert) 1885–1930, English novelist.
legislative branch — the branch of government having the power to make laws; the legislature.
linear combination — a sum of products of each quantity times a constant: The expression aX + bY + cZ is a linear combination of X, Y, and Z, where a, b, and c are constants.
little st. bernard — Great, a mountain pass between SW Switzerland and NW Italy, in the Pennine Alps: Napoleon led his army through it in 1800; location of a hospice. 8108 feet (2470 meters) high.
lonely hearts club — a club for people who are trying to find a lover or a friend
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).
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.
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
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-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.
northeast by north — a point on the compass 11°15′ north of northeast. Abbreviation: NEbN.
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
octachlorobiphenyl — (organic compound) Either of twelve isomers of the polychlorinated biphenyl containing eight chlorine atoms.
on the back burner — low priority
one's heart bleeds — used to express sympathetic grief, but often used ironically
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
personal bodyguard — a person employed to protect a particular person

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