10-letter words containing b, r, i, s
- subversion — an act or instance of subverting.
- subversive — Also, subversionary [suh b-vur-zhuh-ner-ee, -shuh-] /səbˈvɜr ʒəˌnɛr i, -ʃə-/ (Show IPA). tending or intending to subvert or overthrow, destroy, or undermine an established or existing system, especially a legally constituted government or a set of beliefs.
- sugar bird — any of various honeycreepers that feed on nectar.
- superbeing — the fact of existing; existence (as opposed to nonexistence).
- superbitch — an exceptionally spiteful woman, a very bitchy person
- superbrain — (computer) A personal computer released in 1980 by Intertec. The Superbrain had two Z80A microprocessors running at 4 MHz, one for the main processing and the other for peripheral activities. It had an integrated keyboard and display. It was sold with the CP/M operating system, Microsoft Basic, an 8080 assembler and Microsoft Cobol 74. The base model, the "Superbrain 10", had no drives, only a network connection. Other models added one or two 5" floppy disc units. The "Jr" had 170K drives (single-sided), the "QD" had 340 KB drives (double-sided) and the "SD" had 780k. Intertec did not sell or support a hard drive or an S-100 bus for these machines. The network version of the SuperBrain was called CompuStar. The network was a large gray parallel cable. CompuStar had three "file servers" that accepted up to 255 machines. These were the "DSS-10" with a 10MB 8" Winchester drive; the "CDC" with 96MB consisting of 80MB fixed and a 16MB removable platter; and the "Priam" with a 144MB 14" platter winchester. Intertec manufactured the controllers for the last two and an enclosure and power supply for the Priam. CDC had to go on-site to install the 96MB. The SuperBrain was succeeded in 1982 by the SuperBrain II.
- suprapubic — above the pubic bone
- surmisable — to think or infer without certain or strong evidence; conjecture; guess.
- survivable — able to be survived: Would an atomic war be survivable?
- sweetbrier — a rose, Rosa eglanteria, of Europe and central Asia, having a tall stem, stout, hooked prickles often mixed with bristles, and single, pink flowers.
- swinglebar — a whiffletree.
- sybaritism — (usually lowercase) a person devoted to luxury and pleasure.
- symbolizer — a person or thing that symbolizes something else
- tenebrious — dark; gloomy; obscure.
- tetrabasic — (of an acid) having four atoms of hydrogen replaceable by basic atoms or groups.
- the rabbis — the early Jewish scholars whose teachings are recorded in the Talmud
- third base — the third in counterclockwise order of the bases from home plate.
- thrombosis — intravascular coagulation of the blood in any part of the circulatory system, as in the heart, arteries, veins, or capillaries.
- tibiotarsi — a long bone in a bird's leg between the femur (thighbone) and tibia (shinbone)
- trail boss — (in Western U.S.) a person responsible for driving a herd of cattle.
- transcribe — to make a written copy, especially a typewritten copy, of (dictated material, notes taken during a lecture, or other spoken material).
- trombonist — musician who plays the trombone
- true basic — (language) A compiled BASIC, by John Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz, requiring no line numbers.
- tuberosity — a rough projection or protuberance of a bone, as for the attachment of a muscle.
- ultrabasic — (of rocks) containing iron and magnesium, with little or no silica.
- unprisable — not able to be prised or released from a grip
- urbanistic — of or relating to urbanism.
- vers libre — free verse.
- vestibular — of, relating to, or resembling a vestibule.
- vibrations — the act of vibrating.
- wabiserver — (operating system, tool) An addition to Wabi which allows the Microsoft Windows application to run on a server, e.g. a powerful Intel-based computer, with users accessing it from their desktop which can be a cheap computer such as an X terminal.
- webmeister — (computing, informal) A webmaster.
- websterian — pertaining to or characteristic of Daniel Webster, his political theories, or his oratory.
- websterite — aluminite.
- websurfing — Present participle of websurf.
- weiss beer — a light-colored, highly effervescent beer prepared largely from malted wheat.
- whirlblast — a blast of wind
- whiskbroom — A small hand broom, with a short handle, for brushing clothes.
- widowbirds — Plural form of widowbird.
- windbreaks — Plural form of windbreak.
- wire brush — tool with steel bristles
- wire-brush — to clean or remove with a wire brush.
- wristbands — Plural form of wristband.
- zebra fish — any of various fishes with barred, zebralike markings; often, specif., a danio (Danio rerio) that is kept in aquariums and used in genetic research