18-letter words containing b, e, t, r, i, m
- ionization chamber — a device for detecting and measuring ionizing radiation, consisting of a tube containing a low pressure gas and two electrodes between which a high voltage is maintained. The current between the electrodes is a function of the intensity of the radiation
- 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.
- loschmidt's number — the number of molecules in one cubic centimeter of an ideal gas at standard temperature and pressure, equal to 2.687 × 10 19.
- macroinvertebrates — Plural form of macroinvertebrate.
- 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
- 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.
- middleburg heights — a town in N Ohio.
- milkweed butterfly — monarch butterfly.
- mixed-flow turbine — a water turbine in which water flows radially and axially through the rotating vanes
- 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.
- portable equipment — Portable equipment is electrical equipment that can easily be moved from one place to another while in operation or while connected to the supply.
- pyramus and thisbe — (in Greek legend) two lovers of Babylon: Pyramus, wrongly supposing Thisbe to be dead, killed himself and she, encountering him in his death throes, did the same
- remains to be seen — If you say that it remains to be seen whether something will happen, you mean that nobody knows whether it will happen.
- retirement benefit — a payment made to a retired person
- reverberation time — the time it takes for a sound made in a room to diminish by 60 decibels.
- ribbon development — housing or commercial buildings built along a stretch of road.
- september holidays — a period of time in September when people do not have to go to school, college or work
- sodium bicarbonate — a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, in powder or granules, NaHCO 3 , usually prepared by the reaction of soda ash with carbon dioxide or obtained from the intermediate product of the Solvay process by purification: used chiefly in the manufacture of sodium salts, baking powder, and beverages, as a laboratory reagent, as a fire extinguisher, and in medicine as an antacid.
- sodium tetraborate — borax1 .
- squirting cucumber — a Mediterranean plant, Ecballium elaterium, of the gourd family, whose ripened fruit forcibly ejects the seeds and juice.
- subatomic particle — physics:
- subsistence farmer — a farmer who consumes most of the produce he grows, leaving little or nothing to be marketed
- tectorial membrane — membrane in the inner ear that covers the organ of Corti
- the-master-builder — a play (1892) by Ibsen.
- timber rattlesnake — a rattlesnake, Crotalus horridus horridus, of the eastern U.S., usually having the body marked with dark crossbands.
- transfinite number — an infinite cardinal or ordinal number.
- transmission brake — A transmission brake is a brake that operates on the transmission system of a vehicle rather than directly on the wheels.
- urban homesteading — homesteading (def 2).
- vitelline membrane — the membrane surrounding the egg yolk.
- white man's burden — the alleged duty of white colonizers to care for nonwhite indigenous subjects in their colonial possessions.
- whittaker chambers — Robert, 1802–71, Scottish publisher and editor.
- women's liberation — a movement to combat sexual discrimination and to gain full legal, economic, vocational, educational, and social rights and opportunities for women, equal to those of men.