13-letter words containing b, e, r, m
- flight number — the identifying number of a scheduled flight
- float chamber — Automotive. the bowl-shaped section of a carburetor in which a reserve of fuel is maintained, the fuel level being regulated by a float.
- floral emblem — a flower or plant serving as the emblem of a city, state, nation, etc.
- fort campbell — a military reservation in SW Kentucky and NW Tennessee, NW of Clarksville, Tenn., and SW of Hopkinsville, Ky.
- frame grabber — (hardware) A device that captures a single frame from an analog video signal (from a video camera or VCR) and stores it as a digital image under computer control.
- free climbing — climbing without using pitons, étriers, etc, as direct aids to ascent, but using ropes, belays, etc, at discretion for security
- froude number — a dimensionless number used in hydrodynamics for model simulation of actual conditions
- fuel air bomb — a type of bomb that spreads a cloud of gas, which is then detonated, over the target area, causing extensive destruction
- fume cupboard — vent used in a laboratory
- games library — a type of library for video games where games (usually downloaded via the internet) can be paid for per use rather than be bought at full price
- garden balsam — a fleshy annual garden impatiens (Impatiens balsamina) with roselike white, lavender, yellow, pink, or red blossoms borne along the main stem in leaf axils
- germinability — the degree of ability of a seed to germinate or sprout.
- gnu assembler — (GAS) A Unix assembler for the GNU project. Many CPU types are handled and COFF and IEEE-695 formats are supported as well as standard a.out. Current version 2.2 ported to Sun-3, Sun-4, i386, 386BSD, BSD/386, Linux, PS/2-AIX, VAX, Ultrix, BSD, VMS. The assembler has been merged with GNU Binutils. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
- gobar numeral — any of a set of ancient numerals derived from Hindu numerals
- golden number — a number between 1 and 19, used to indicate the position of any year in the Metonic cycle, calculated as the remainder when 1 is added to the given year and the sum is divided by 19. If the remainder is zero the number is 19
- gram-variable — of or relating to bacteria that stain irregularly with Gram's stain, being neither Gram-positive nor Gram-negative.
- great grimsby — seaport in Humberside, NE England, at the mouth of the Humber estuary: county district pop. 91,000
- half-timbered — (of a house or building) having the frame and principal supports of timber and the interstices filled in with masonry, plaster, or the like.
- halobacterium — Any of various extremophiles, of genus Halobacterium, found in water saturated or nearly saturated with salt.
- harbor master — an official who supervises operations in a harbor area and administers its rules.
- harbourmaster — (British, Canada, nautical) An official responsible for the enforcement of regulations in a port.
- heart problem — a defect or disease of the heart
- herbal remedy — a medical treatment made with herbs
- hermosa beach — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- homework club — an after-school club where students can stay to do their homework
- hybrid system — a way of working, organizing, or doing something that is composed of elements of two separate systems
- hydrogen bomb — a bomb, more powerful than an atomic bomb, that derives its explosive energy from the thermonuclear fusion reaction of hydrogen isotopes.
- hypermobility — An excess amount of elasticity in a bodily joint.
- hyperurbanism — a pronunciation or grammatical form or usage produced by a speaker of one dialect according to an analogical rule formed by comparison of the speaker's own usage with that of another, more prestigious, dialect and often applied in an inappropriate context, especially in an effort to avoid sounding countrified, rural, or provincial, as in the pronunciation of the word two (to̅o̅) as (tyo̅o̅).
- immarcescible — (rare) Permanent, enduring; that does not perish.
- immunosorbent — an insoluble surface to which a specific antibody is attached for the purpose of removing the corresponding antigen from a solution or suspension.
- imperceivable — That cannot be perceived; imperceptible.
- imperceptible — very slight, gradual, or subtle: the imperceptible slope of the road.
- imperceptibly — very slight, gradual, or subtle: the imperceptible slope of the road.
- imperfectible — that cannot be perfected.
- impermissible — not permissible or allowable; unallowable.
- impermissibly — (chiefly, legal) In a way or to an extent that is not permissible.
- imperturbable — incapable of being upset or agitated; not easily excited; calm: imperturbable composure.
- imperturbably — incapable of being upset or agitated; not easily excited; calm: imperturbable composure.
- imponderables — Plural form of imponderable.
- impracticable — not practicable; incapable of being put into practice with the available means: an impracticable plan.
- impredictable — (nonstandard) unpredictable.
- imputrescible — not liable to decomposition or putrefaction; incorruptible: a tanning process to make skins imputrescible.
- inconformable — Obsolete form of unconformable.
- intermembrane — situated between two membranes
- irreclaimable — incapable of being reclaimed or rehabilitated: an irreclaimable swamp; irreclaimable offenders.
- irreclaimably — In an irreclaimable manner.
- irredeemables — undated government or debenture stock
- isobarometric — isobaric
- isobathytherm — a line on a chart or diagram of a body of water, connecting depths having the same temperature.