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16-letter words containing b, o, r, n, i, t

  • embourgeoisement — (chiefly UK) The taking-up of middle-class attitudes or values; bourgeoisification; the process of becoming affluent.
  • emotional labour — work that requires good interpersonal skills
  • equidistribution — An equal distribution.
  • erymanthian boar — a wild boar that ravaged the district around Mount Erymanthus: captured by Hercules as his fourth labour
  • flabbergastation — (colloquial) Bewildered shock or surprise; the state or condition of being flabbergasted.
  • forbid the banns — to raise an objection to a marriage announced in this way
  • forced vibration — Forced vibration is a type of vibration in which a force is repeatedly applied to a mechanical system.
  • fortin barometer — an adjustable cistern barometer, the most common of those employing mercury.
  • frontier orbital — the highest-energy occupied orbital or lowest-energy unoccupied orbital in a molecule. Such orbitals have a large influence on chemical properties
  • get into trouble — be punished for wrongdoing
  • hummingbird moth — hawk moth.
  • huyton-with-roby — an urban district in Merseyside, NW England, E of Liverpool.
  • hydration number — the number of molecules of water with which an ion can combine in an aqueous solution of given concentration.
  • in a brown study — in a reverie or daydream
  • inboard-outboard — Also, outdrive, stern-drive. (of a motorboat) having an inboard engine connected to a maneuverable outboard drive-shaft unit.
  • incontravertable — Misspelling of incontrovertible.
  • incontrovertible — not controvertible; not open to question or dispute; indisputable: absolute and incontrovertible truth.
  • incontrovertibly — not controvertible; not open to question or dispute; indisputable: absolute and incontrovertible truth.
  • inconvertibility — The condition of being inconvertible.
  • incorporated bar — (in some states) a system of bar associations to which all lawyers are required to belong.
  • incorruptibility — not corruptible: incorruptible integrity.
  • indian breadroot — breadroot.
  • intake of breath — When someone takes an intake of breath, they breathe in quickly and noisily, usually because they are shocked at something.
  • inter-laboratory — a building, part of a building, or other place equipped to conduct scientific experiments, tests, investigations, etc., or to manufacture chemicals, medicines, or the like.
  • interbehavioural — relating to or involving interbehaviour
  • intercalibration — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
  • interconvertible — to subject to interconversion; interchange.
  • interoperability — capable of being used or operated reciprocally: interoperable weapons systems.
  • into the bargain — an advantageous purchase, especially one acquired at less than the usual cost: The sale offered bargains galore.
  • irresponsibility — said, done, or characterized by a lack of a sense of responsibility: His refusal to work shows him to be completely irresponsible.
  • isobutyl nitrite — butyl nitrite.
  • knights of labor — a secret workingmen's organization formed in 1869 to defend the interests of labor.
  • labour relations — Labour relations refers to the relationship between employers and employees in industry, and the political decisions and laws that affect it.
  • labour-intensive — Labour-intensive industries or methods of making things involve a lot of workers. Compare capital-intensive.
  • large-print book — a book where the text is printed in larger text than normal, so as to make it easier to read, esp for the visually impaired
  • libation-bearers — Choëphori.
  • liberal unionist — a Liberal who opposed Gladstone's policy of Irish Home Rule in 1886 and after
  • little brown bat — any of several small to medium-sized common bats of the genera Myotis and Eptesicus, found worldwide in caves, trees, and buildings, including M. lucifugus (little brown bat) and E. fuscus (big brown bat) a widespread North American species.
  • longicorn beetle — any beetle of the family Cerambycidae, having a long narrow body, long legs, and long antennae
  • marine barometer — a barometer for use on shipboard, especially one mounted on gimbals so as to minimize the effects of the motion of the vessel.
  • marine biologist — scientist who studies sea life
  • mass observation — the study of the social habits of people through observation, interviews, etc
  • mountain climber — someone who climbs or walks up mountains
  • national library — a library established and funded by a national government with the designation national, to serve the needs of this government, often to function as a library of record for the nation's publishing output, and in some cases to act as a central agency for library and bibliographic development in the nation.
  • nitrogen balance — the difference between the amount of nitrogen taken in and the amount excreted or lost: used to evaluate nutritional balance.
  • nitrous bacteria — bacteria that convert ammonia to nitrites in the soil
  • non-attributable — to regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually followed by to): She attributed his bad temper to ill health.
  • non-bureaucratic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a bureaucrat or a bureaucracy; arbitrary and routine.
  • non-contribution — the act of contributing.
  • non-contributive — to give (money, time, knowledge, assistance, etc.) to a common supply, fund, etc., as for charitable purposes.
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