18-letter words containing b, i, o, e, n

october revolution — Russian Revolution (def 2).
one's number is up — one is finished; one is ruined or about to die
optical brightener — an additive that dyes and brightens fabric or paper
oriental alabaster — alabaster (def 2).
piperonyl butoxide — a light-brown liquid, C 1 9 H 3 0 O 5 , used chiefly as a synergist in certain insecticides.
point-bearing pile — a pile depending on the soil or rock beneath its foot for support.
population balance — A population balance is a model showing particle sizes during a grinding process, which is used when designing a process.
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.
prairie wake-robin — a woodland trillium, Trillium recurvatum, of the central U.S., having purple-mottled leaves and brown-purple flowers.
prepositional verb — a combination of verb and preposition, often with idiomatic meaning, differing from other phrasal verbs in that an object must always follow the preposition, as take after in The children take after their mother.
price on sb's head — If there is a price on someone 's head, an amount of money has been offered for the capture or killing of that person.
protease inhibitor — a drug that inhibits the action of protease, especially any of a class of antiviral drugs that prevent the cleavage and replication of HIV proteins.
public convenience — a rest room, especially at a large public place, as at a railroad station.
public examination — an examination, such as a GCSE exam, that is set by a central examining board
pulmonary embolism — the blockage of a pulmonary artery, often by a blood clot, that stops the flow of blood to the lungs and which can result in death if untreated
rabbit's-foot fern — hare's-foot fern.
rabbit-proof fence — a fence through which rabbits are unable to pass
radio range beacon — a radio transmitter that utilizes two or more directional antennas and transmits signals differing with direction, permitting a flier receiving a signal to determine his or her approximate bearing from the transmitter without a radio compass.
range of stability — the angle to the perpendicular through which a vessel may be heeled without losing the ability to right itself.
relational algebra — (database, theory) A family of algebra with a well-founded semantics used for modelling the data stored in relational databases, and defining queries on it. The main operations of the relational algebra are the set operations (such as union, intersection, and cartesian product), selection (keeping only some lines of a table) and the projection (keeping only some columns). The relational data model describes how the data is structured.
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.
return-flue boiler — a fire-tube boiler having flues that collect the combustion gases at the end of the boiler opposite the fire door and pass them through the boiler to an uptake above the fire door.
reverberation time — the time it takes for a sound made in a room to diminish by 60 decibels.
reversionary bonus — a bonus added to the sum payable on death or at the maturity of a with-profits assurance policy
ribbon development — housing or commercial buildings built along a stretch of road.
rubbish collection — the collection of domestic refuse for disposal
saint john's bread — carob (def 2).
selective abortion — the aborting of particular embryos for medical or social reasons
shrubby cinquefoil — a small shrub, Potentilla fruticosa, of the rose family, native to the Northern temperate region, having pinnate leaves and numerous, showy, bright-yellow flowers.
simone de beauvoir — Simone [see-mawn] /siˈmɔn/ (Show IPA), (Lucie Ernestine Marie Bertrand) 1908–86, French playwright, novelist, and essayist.
sindbad the sailor — (in The Arabian Nights' Entertainments), a wealthy citizen of Baghdad who relates the adventures of his seven wonderful voyages.
slobodan milosevic — Slobodan [sloh-buh-dain] /ˈsloʊ bəˌdɛən/ (Show IPA), 1941–2006, Yugoslav and Serbian politician: president of Serbia 1989–97, president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1997–2000, accused of war crimes 2001.
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.
stationary bicycle — an exercise bike
stick one's bib in — to interfere
subordinate clause — a clause that modifies the principal clause or some part of it or that serves a noun function in the principal clause, as when she arrived in the sentence I was there when she arrived or that she has arrived in the sentence I doubt that she has arrived.
symbolist movement — a movement beginning in French and Belgian poetry towards the end of the 19th century with the verse of Mallarmé, Valéry, Verlaine, Rimbaud, Maeterlinck, and others, and seeking to express states of mind rather than objective reality by making use of the power of words and images to suggest as well as denote
take a shine to sb — If you say that someone has taken a shine to another person, you mean that he or she liked them very much at their first meeting.
tectorial membrane — membrane in the inner ear that covers the organ of Corti
teleobjective lens — telephoto lens.
television cabinet — a cabinet on which a television set is placed or in which it is encased
the bird has flown — the person in question has fled or escaped
the black mountain — a mountain range in S Wales, in E Carmarthenshire and W Powys. Highest peak: Carmarthen Van, 802 m (2632 ft)
tighten one's belt — a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
to be tickled pink — If you are tickled pink, you are extremely pleased about something.
to bear witness to — If a person or thing bears witness to something, they show or say that it exists or happened.
to let it be known — If you let it be known that something is the case, or you let something be known, you make sure that people know it or can find out about it.
to spill the beans — If you spill the beans, you tell someone something that people have been trying to keep secret.
transmission brake — A transmission brake is a brake that operates on the transmission system of a vehicle rather than directly on the wheels.
transporter bridge — a bridge for carrying passengers and vehicles by means of a platform suspended from a trolley.

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