18-letter words containing b, r, a, n

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.
remembrance sunday — the second Sunday in November, which is the Sunday closest to November 11, the anniversary of the armistice of 1918 that ended World War I, on which the dead of both World Wars are commemorated
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
risk based testing — (testing) Testing based on identification of potential risks (or "candidate risks"), which should be analysed by the project stakeholder or which might appear during the project's development.
run in sb's family — If a characteristic runs in someone's family, it often occurs in members of that family, in different generations.
saint bernard pass — either of two passes over the Alps: the Great St Bernard Pass 2472 m (8110 ft) high, east of Mont Blanc between Italy and Switzerland, or the Little St Bernard Pass 2157 m (7077 ft) high, south of Mont Blanc between Italy and France
saint john's bread — carob (def 2).
saturation bombing — intense area bombing intended to destroy everything in the target area.
selective abortion — the aborting of particular embryos for medical or social reasons
shorthand notebook — a notebook used by a shorthand writer
sierra blanca peak — a mountain in S New Mexico: highest peak in the Sacramento Mountains. 11,997 feet (3651 meters).
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.
skinny-rib sweater — a tight-fitting ribbed woollen jumper or pullover
small pastern bone — the part of the foot of a horse, cow, etc., between the fetlock and the hoof.
social bookmarking — the practice of saving bookmarked Web pages to a public website as a way to share the links with other Internet users: Social bookmarking is a tool that allows you to add tags and comments to your bookmarks.
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.
software backplane — (programming, tool) A CASE framework from Atherton.
solomon rabinowitz — Solomon, Aleichem, Sholom.
stand-by generator — an electrical system which operates automatically in case the usual system malfunctions
stand-by passenger — someone who buys a (usually cheaper) ticket, if they are still available, on a plane just before it is about to leave rather than booking in advance
stationary bicycle — an exercise bike
strangeness number — a quantum number, designating the strangeness of an elementary particle, equivalent to the hypercharge minus the baryon number
stroustrup, bjarne — Bjarne Stroustrup
sub-saharan africa — the region of Africa to the south of the Sahara desert
submarine sandwich — a sandwich made with a long cylindrical bread roll
submaxillary gland — submandibular gland.
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.
subsidiary company — a company whose controlling interest is owned by another company.
subsistence farmer — a farmer who consumes most of the produce he grows, leaving little or nothing to be marketed
task control block — (architecture) An MVS control block used to communicate information about tasks within an address space that are connected to an MVS subsystem such as MQSeries for MVS/ESA or CICS.
tectorial membrane — membrane in the inner ear that covers the organ of Corti
the bird has flown — the person in question has fled or escaped
the general public — the people in a society; people in general
the stars and bars — the flag of the Confederate States of America
thermonuclear bomb — hydrogen bomb.
timber rattlesnake — a rattlesnake, Crotalus horridus horridus, of the eastern U.S., usually having the body marked with dark crossbands.
to bare one's soul — If you bare your soul, you tell someone your most secret thoughts and feelings.
to be above ground — to be alive
to be on the radar — to be noticed or important
to bear witness to — If a person or thing bears witness to something, they show or say that it exists or happened.
to put years on sb — if you say that something such as an experience or a way of dressing has put years on someone, you mean that it has made them look or feel much older
to the manner born — a way of doing, being done, or happening; mode of action, occurrence, etc.: I don't like the manner in which he complained.
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.
transporter bridge — a bridge for carrying passengers and vehicles by means of a platform suspended from a trolley.
transubstantiation — the changing of one substance into another.

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