14-letter words containing b, o, r, m
- nonrecombinant — not involved in or produced by genetic recombination
- normal balance — The normal balance of an account is the side of the account that is positive or increasing.
- north bellmore — a town on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- northumberland — a county in NE England. 1943 sq. mi. (5030 sq. km).
- object program — a computer program translated from the equivalent source program into machine language by the compiler or assembler
- obstructionism — a person who deliberately delays or prevents progress.
- omega-c baryon — a neutral baryon having a mass 5292 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of approximately 6.4 X 10 -14 seconds.
- orange blossom — the white flower of an orange tree, especially of the genus Citrus, much used in wreaths, bridal bouquets, etc.: the state flower of Florida.
- ordinal number — Also called ordinal numeral. any of the numbers that express degree, quality, or position in a series, as first, second, and third (distinguished from cardinal number).
- outboard motor — a portable gasoline engine with propeller and tiller, clamped on the stern of a boat.
- over-ambitious — having ambition; eagerly desirous of achieving or obtaining success, power, wealth, a specific goal, etc.: ambitious students.
- overburdensome — excessively burdensome.
- pembroke pines — a city in SE Florida, near Fort Lauderdale.
- pembroke table — a drop-leaf table with fly rails and with a drawer at one end or each end of the skirt.
- performability — the quality of being performable
- pilgrim bottle — a flat-sided water bottle having two loops at the side of a short neck for a suspending cord or chain.
- probabiliorism — the theory that in the case of doubt one should choose the action most likely to be right
- pseudomembrane — a tough outer layer found on the surface of the mucous membrane or skin
- queens problem — eight queens puzzle
- rambunctiously — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
- random numbers — a number chosen by a random sampling, as from a table (random number table) or generated by a computer.
- re-embarkation — the act of boarding a ship or aircraft again
- re-embroidered — embellished with beads, tiny pearls, ribbon, etc. sewn on, usually by hand: said as of lace for bridal gowns
- remobilization — to assemble or marshal (armed forces, military reserves, or civilian persons of military age) into readiness for active service.
- removable disk — removable hard disk
- reprogrammable — capable of being programmed.
- restiform body — a cordlike bundle of nerve fibers lying on each side of the medulla oblongata and connecting it with the cerebellum.
- retinoblastoma — Pathology. an inheritable tumor of the eye.
- rhombenporphyr — an intermediate igneous rock embedded with rhombus-shaped crystals
- rhombic aerial — a directional travelling-wave aerial, usually horizontal, consisting of two conductors each forming a pair of adjacent sides of a rhombus
- roman alphabet — Latin alphabet.
- room and board — lodging and meals.
- second chamber — the parliament of the Netherlands, consisting of an upper chamber (First Chamber) and a lower chamber (Second Chamber)
- secondary beam — a beam of particles of one kind selected from the group of particles produced when a beam of particles from an accelerator (primary beam) strikes a target.
- semilunar bone — lunate (def 2).
- semimembranous — consisting of, of the nature of, or resembling membrane.
- semipolar bond — type of chemical bond
- serum globulin — the blood serum component consisting of proteins with a larger molecular weight than serum albumin
- silver bromide — a yellowish, water-insoluble powder, AgBr, which darkens on exposure to light, produced by the reaction of silver nitrate with a bromide: used chiefly in the manufacture of photographic emulsions.
- simaroubaceous — belonging to the Simaroubaceae, the quassia family of plants.
- single bedroom — a bedroom that is intended to accommodate a single bed and occupancy of one person
- slide trombone — a musical wind instrument consisting of a cylindrical metal tube expanding into a bell and bent twice in a U shape, usually equipped with a slide (slide trombone)
- social climber — a person who attempts to gain admission into a group with a higher social standing.
- sodium bromide — a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble solid, NaBr, used chiefly in photography as a developer, and in medicine as a sedative.
- spruce budworm — the larva of a common tortricid moth, Choristoneura fumiferana, that is a destructive pest primarily of spruce and balsam fir in the northern and northeastern U.S. and in Canada.
- st. marylebone — former metropolitan borough of London: since 1965, part of Westminster
- stealth bomber — a type of US military aircraft using advanced technology to render it virtually undetectable to sight, radar, or infrared sensors
- strabismometer — an instrument that measures strabismus
- stumble across — to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.
- sub-government — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.