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17-letter words containing b, r, e, n, t, o

  • non-reimbursement — to make repayment to for expense or loss incurred: The insurance company reimbursed him for his losses in the fire.
  • nonunderstandable — Not understandable.
  • north miami beach — a city in SE Florida.
  • northeast by east — a point on the compass 11°15′ east of northeast. Abbreviation: NEbE.
  • northern bobwhite — any of several American quail of the genus Colinus, especially C. virginianus (northern bobwhite) having mottled reddish-brown, black, and white plumage.
  • northwest by west — a point on the compass, 11°15′ west of northwest. Abbreviation: NWbW.
  • notebook computer — laptop, portable
  • number eight iron — a club with an iron head the face of which has more slope than a pitcher but less slope than a niblick.
  • number three wood — spoon (def 5).
  • object identifier — (programming)   (OID) Generally an implementation-specific integer or pointer that uniquely identifies an object.
  • observation tower — lookout, observation point
  • on the barrelhead — upon being presented for sale; at the time of delivery
  • on-the-job injury — On-the-job injury is bodily harm that is caused while you are doing your job.
  • one for the books — a handwritten or printed work of fiction or nonfiction, usually on sheets of paper fastened or bound together within covers.
  • opisthobranchiate — (zoology) Of or pertaining to the Opisthobranchiata.
  • percussion bullet — a bullet that is exploded by percussion
  • plymouth brethren — a religious sect founded c. 1827, strongly Puritanical in outlook and prohibiting many secular occupations for its members. It combines elements of Calvinism, Pietism, and millenarianism, and has no organized ministry
  • probation officer — an officer who investigates and reports on the conduct of offenders who are free on probation.
  • production number — a specialty number or routine, usually performed by the entire cast consisting of musicians, singers, dancers, stars, etc., of a musical comedy, vaudeville show, or the like.
  • proprietary brand — a brand of product that is privately owned and controlled
  • redistributionist — a person who believes in, advocates, or supports income redistribution.
  • reflection nebula — a cloud of interstellar gas and dust that reflects the light of neighboring stars.
  • rhinoceros beetle — any of several scarabaeid beetles, especially of the genus Dynastes, which comprises the largest beetles, characterized by one or more horns on the head and prothorax.
  • rhode island bent — a European pasture grass, Agrostis tenuis, naturalized in North America, having red flower clusters.
  • ribonucleoprotein — a substance composed of RNA in close association with protein; a nucleoprotein containing RNA. Abbreviation: RNP.
  • roseate spoonbill — a tropical New World spoonbill, Ajaia ajaja, having rose-colored plumage and a bare head.
  • rub the wrong way — to subject the surface of (a thing or person) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, smoothing, polishing, coating, massaging, or soothing: to rub a table top with wax polish; to rub the entire back area.
  • rubber plantation — an estate in a tropical country where rubber trees are grown on a large scale
  • saint bonaventure — Saint ("the Seraphic Doctor") 1221–74, Italian scholastic theologian.
  • sandro botticelli — Sandro [san-droh,, sahn-;; Italian sahn-draw] /ˈsæn droʊ,, ˈsɑn-;; Italian ˈsɑn drɔ/ (Show IPA), (Alessandro di Mariano dei Filipepi) 1444?–1510, Italian painter.
  • save one's breath — the air inhaled and exhaled in respiration.
  • secondary battery — storage battery.
  • secondary boycott — a boycott by union members against their employer in order to induce the employer to bring pressure on another company involved in a labor dispute with the union.
  • sinbad the sailor — a merchant in The Arabian Nights who makes seven adventurous voyages
  • split keyboarding — the act or practice of editing data from one terminal on another terminal
  • steamboat springs — a town in NW Colorado: ski resort.
  • strawberry blonde — woman: with reddish fair hair
  • subordinated debt — a debt that an unsecured creditor can only claim, in the event of a liquidation, after the claims of secured creditors have been paid
  • subscription rate — the price charged for a subscription
  • sunbury-on-thames — a town in SE England, in N Surrey. Pop: 27 415 (2001)
  • surrender to bail — to present oneself at court at the appointed time after having been on bail
  • tabernacle mirror — a mirror of c1800, having columns and a cornice, usually gilt, with a painted panel over the mirror.
  • taiping rebellion — a movement of religious mysticism and agrarian unrest in China between 1850 and 1864 which weakened the Manchu dynasty but was eventually suppressed with foreign aid
  • teething problems — If a project or new product has teething problems, it has problems in its early stages or when it first becomes available.
  • teething troubles — Teething troubles are the same as teething problems.
  • telephone numbers — extremely large numbers, esp in reference to salaries or prices
  • temporomandibular — of, relating to, or situated near the hinge joint formed by the lower jaw and the temporal bone of the skull.
  • terrorist bombing — the bombing of a place carried out in order to achieve some goal
  • the black country — the formerly heavily industrialized region of central England, northwest of Birmingham
  • the carboniferous — the Carboniferous period or rock system
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