13-letter words containing b, r, o, m
- cloud chamber — an apparatus for detecting high-energy particles by observing their tracks through a chamber containing a supersaturated vapour. Each particle ionizes molecules along its path and small droplets condense on them to produce a visible track
- cockney bream — a young snapper fish
- colomb-bechar — former name of Béchar.
- combat troops — troops who are engaged in fighting
- combinatorial — of or involving combination, esp. mathematical combination
- combinatorics — a branch of mathematics dealing with combinations and permutations
- comfortablest — Superlative form of comfortable.
- commeasurable — having the same measure or extent; commensurate.
- commensurable — having a common factor
- commensurably — In a commensurable manner; so as to be commensurable.
- commuter belt — A commuter belt is the area surrounding a large city, where many people who work in the city live.
- comorbidities — Plural form of comorbidity.
- comparability — capable of being compared; having features in common with something else to permit or suggest comparison: He considered the Roman and British empires to be comparable.
- compromisable — Capable of being compromised.
- computerphobe — a person with a strong fear or dislike of computers
- contrabandism — the practice of trading contraband goods
- councilmember — a member of a council, especially a legislative council.
- crash blossom — an ambiguously worded headline whose meaning can be interpreted in the wrong way, as “Missing Woman Remains Found.”. See also garden-path.
- cremorne bolt — (on a French window or the like) a pair of rods, moved by a knob mechanism, sliding into sockets in the head and sill of the opening to provide a secure fastening.
- croquembouche — a French dessert consisting of a cone-shaped mound of small cream puffs glazed with caramelized sugar
- cucumber root — Indian cucumber root.
- customer base — A business's customer base is all its regular customers, considered as a group.
- deformability — Deformability is the degree to which applying a force can make a particle or solid change shape.
- deutocerebrum — (zoology) The median lobes of the brain of an insect.
- disambiguator — Anything that serves to disambiguate.
- drink problem — If someone is said to have a drink problem, they are thought to drink too much alcohol
- elasmobranchs — Plural form of elasmobranch.
- electron beam — a beam or stream of electrons emitted by a single source that move in the same direction and at the same speed
- embryogenetic — embryogenic
- embryoid body — an aggregate of cells that have developed from stem cells
- embryological — Of or pertaining to embryology.
- embryonically — In an embryonic way.
- farm labourer — a person engaged in physical work on a farm
- farm-to-table — noting or relating to fresh, locally sourced food sold to local consumers or restaurants: farm-to-table meats and seasonal vegetables.
- feedback form — A feedback form is a paper with questions on it and spaces marked where you should write the answers. It asks a hotel guest if they enjoyed their stay and what could be improved.
- fellow member — someone who is a member of the same organization or society as you
- fibromuscular — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to both fibrous and muscular tissue.
- float chamber — Automotive. the bowl-shaped section of a carburetor in which a reserve of fuel is maintained, the fuel level being regulated by a float.
- floral emblem — a flower or plant serving as the emblem of a city, state, nation, etc.
- formidability — causing fear, apprehension, or dread: a formidable opponent.
- fort campbell — a military reservation in SW Kentucky and NW Tennessee, NW of Clarksville, Tenn., and SW of Hopkinsville, Ky.
- froude number — a dimensionless number used in hydrodynamics for model simulation of actual conditions
- fuel air bomb — a type of bomb that spreads a cloud of gas, which is then detonated, over the target area, causing extensive destruction
- fume cupboard — vent used in a laboratory
- funambulatory — relating to tightrope-walking
- gobar numeral — any of a set of ancient numerals derived from Hindu numerals
- golden number — a number between 1 and 19, used to indicate the position of any year in the Metonic cycle, calculated as the remainder when 1 is added to the given year and the sum is divided by 19. If the remainder is zero the number is 19
- graffiti-bomb — Military. a projectile, formerly usually spherical, filled with a bursting charge and exploded by means of a fuze, by impact, or otherwise, now generally designed to be dropped from an aircraft.
- habit-forming — tending to cause or encourage addiction, especially through physiological dependence: habit-forming drugs.
- halobacterium — Any of various extremophiles, of genus Halobacterium, found in water saturated or nearly saturated with salt.