13-letter words containing b, r, o, m, e
- octane number — (of gasoline) a designation of antiknock quality, numerically equal to the percentage of isooctane by volume in a mixture of isooctane and normal heptane that matches the given gasoline in antiknock characteristics.
- ombudspersons — Plural form of ombudsperson.
- open-timbered — constructed so that the timbers are exposed.
- osborne, adam — Adam Osborne
- overambitious — having ambition; eagerly desirous of achieving or obtaining success, power, wealth, a specific goal, etc.: ambitious students.
- overembellish — Make (something) too ornate or complicated.
- pembrokeshire — a historic county in Dyfed, in SW Wales.
- perambulation — to walk through, about, or over; travel through; traverse.
- postembryonic — occurring after the embryonic phase.
- pre-columbian — of or relating to the Americas before the arrival of Columbus: pre-Columbian art; pre-Columbian Indians.
- prebasic molt — the molt by which most birds replace all of their feathers, usually occurring annually after the breeding season.
- precombustion — of or relating to the period immediately before combustion
- premium bonds — (in Britain) bonds issued by the Treasury since 1956 for purchase by the public. No interest is paid but there is a monthly draw for cash prizes of various sums
- presubmission — an act or instance of submitting.
- primum mobile — (in Ptolemaic astronomy) the outermost of the 10 concentric spheres of the universe, making a complete revolution every 24 hours and causing all the others to do likewise.
- problem state — IBM jargon for user mode, the opposite of "supervisor state". On IBM System 360, 370 and 390 mainframes privileged instructions may only be executed in "supervisor state". Application programs request the operating system to perform these operations by using the Supervisor Call (SVC) instruction.
- problem-solve — find solutions
- problematical — of the nature of a problem; doubtful; uncertain; questionable.
- proton number — the number of positive charges or protons in the nucleus of an atom of a given element, and therefore also the number of electrons normally surrounding the nucleus. Symbol: Z. Abbreviation: at. no.;
- proverbialism — a proverbial expression
- purple mombin — a tree, Spondias purpurea, of tropical America, having clusters of purple or greenish flowers and yellow or dark red fruit that is edible either raw or cooked.
- rambling rose — any of various cultivated hybrid roses that straggle over other vegetation
- random number — pseudorandom number
- random rubble — masonry in which untooled stones are set without coursing
- recombination — any of several processes by which genetic material of different origins becomes combined. It most commonly occurs between two sets of parental chromosomes during production of germ cells
- recommendable — to present as worthy of confidence, acceptance, use, etc.; commend; mention favorably: to recommend an applicant for a job; to recommend a book.
- recommendably — in a way that is recommendable
- reformability — the extent to which something or someone is reformable; the capability or susceptibility to reform
- resublimation — Psychology. the diversion of the energy of a sexual or other biological impulse from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
- rond de jambe — a circular movement of the leg.
- rosebud mouth — a mouth that resembles the unopened flower of a rose in shape
- rule of thumb — a general or approximate principle, procedure, or rule based on experience or practice, as opposed to a specific, scientific calculation or estimate.
- rum rebellion — the deposition of Governor William Bligh in 1808 by officers of the New South Wales Corps, caused by his interference in their trading activities, esp in the trafficking of rum
- sacred bamboo — nandina.
- semicarbazone — a product that occurs as a result of aldehyde or ketone reacting with semicarbazide
- smoke chamber — an enlarged area between the throat of a fireplace and the chimney flue.
- smoked rubber — a type of crude natural rubber in the form of brown sheets obtained by coagulating latex with an acid, rolling it into sheets, and drying over open wood fires. It is the main raw material for natural rubber products
- sodium borate — borax1 .
- spermatoblast — a reproductive cell
- stone bramble — a herbaceous Eurasian rosaceous plant, Rubus saxatilis, of stony places, having white flowers and berry-like scarlet fruits (drupelets)
- subgovernment — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
- sublime porte — official name of Porte.
- subprime loan — A subprime loan is a loan with a higher interest rate, to borrowers who are a high credit risk.
- take by storm — be a sudden success
- temporal bone — either of a pair of thick compound bones forming the part of the skull that encases the inner ear.
- temporal lobe — the lateral lobe of each cerebral hemisphere, in front of the occipital lobe.
- terbium oxide — an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- thermobalance — an analytical balance that measures weight changes when matter is heated
- thiocarbamide — thiourea.
- thrombokinase — Biochemistry. a lipoprotein in the blood that converts prothrombin to thrombin.