16-letter words containing b, r, n

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.
network database — (database) A kind of database management system in which each record type can have multiple owners, e.g. orders are owned by both customers and products. This contrasts with a hierarchical database (one owner) or relational database (no explicit owner).
neuroborreliosis — A disorder of the central nervous system caused by a spirochete of the genus Borrelia.
new smyrna beach — a town in NE Florida.
nibble mode dram — (storage) A standard DRAM where four successive bits can be clocked out of the single data line by successive pulses on the CAS\ line while RAS\ is active. A column address is only required for the first bit. This mode is now unfashionable but can be found on some older 64 kilobit and 256 kilobit chips.
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-carbohydrate — any of a class of organic compounds that are polyhydroxy aldehydes or polyhydroxy ketones, or change to such substances on simple chemical transformations, as hydrolysis, oxidation, or reduction, and that form the supporting tissues of plants and are important food for animals and people.
non-compressible — to press together; force into less space.
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.
non-extraditable — capable of being extradited; subject to extradition: an extraditable person.
non-reconcilable — capable of being reconciled.
non-reproducible — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
non-transferable — to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
nonbiodegradable — Not biodegradable.
nondurable goods — goods that remain usable for, or must be replaced within, a relatively short period of time, as food, apparel, or fabrics
nontransmissible — Not transmissible.
nontransmittable — Not transmittable.
north battleford — a city in W central Saskatchewan, in central Canada.
north palm beach — a town in E Florida.
northanger abbey — a novel (1818) by Jane Austen.
norwegian buhund — a slightly-built medium-sized dog of a breed with erect pointed ears and a short thick tail carried curled over its back
nubuck (leather) — tanned leather similar to suede, but with the nap on the grain side
nuclear membrane — the double membrane surrounding the nucleus within a cell.
nuclear umbrella — a guarantee from a country or state that possesses nuclear weapons to a country that does not that they will defend them
number crunching — a person or thing that performs a great many numerical calculations, as a financial analyst, statistician, computer, or computer program.
number-crunching — a person or thing that performs a great many numerical calculations, as a financial analyst, statistician, computer, or computer program.
numbered account — a bank account whose owner is identified by a number for the purpose of preserving anonymity.
objective danger — a danger, such as a stone fall or avalanche, to which climbing skill is irrelevant
oblique triangle — any triangle that does not have a right angle (contrasted with right triangle).
obsequent stream — a stream flowing in a direction opposite to that of the dip of the local strata.
observation deck — an area on a high building that is surrounded with railings or fencing and which provides panoramic views
observation post — a forward position, often on high ground, from which enemy activity can be observed and, particularly, from which artillery or mortar fire can be directed.
observation ward — a ward in a hospital where patients are monitored
observationalist — One who relies on empirical observations.
observationality — The property of being observational.
observer mission — a mission to an area of conflict in order to observe proceedings
obstreperousness — resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner; unruly.
obstructionistic — a person who deliberately delays or prevents progress.
off-by-one error — (programming) (Or "Obi-Wan error") An exceedingly common error induced in many ways, such as by starting at zero when you should have started at one or vice-versa, or by writing "< N" instead of "<= N" or vice-versa. Often confounded with fencepost error, which is properly a particular subtype of it. The term zeroth corrects the linguistic off-by-one error of, e.g., referring to the "1st" element of an array whose indexes start from zero.
on a trial basis — for the purpose of assessment
on her beam-ends — (of a vessel) heeled over through an angle of 90°
on the breadline — impoverished; living at subsistence level
onboard computer — onboard a vehicle, ship, plane, train or spacecraft
one for the book — a handwritten or printed work of fiction or nonfiction, usually on sheets of paper fastened or bound together within covers.
one-armed bandit — slot machine (def 1).
operating budget — money allocated to a project

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