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15-letter words containing b, r

  • antarctic beech — any tree of the genus Nothofagus, related to the beech and native to temperate Australasia and South America, esp Nothofagus cunninghamii of SE Australia or Nothofagus moorei of NE Australia
  • anteprohibition — before prohibition.
  • anthony burgess — Anthony, 1917–93, English novelist and critic.
  • anthropobiology — the biological study of the human species
  • anti-globalizer — a political activist who challenges the concept of globalization and promotes practices that do not cause environmental damage
  • anti-liberalism — the quality or state of being liberal, as in behavior or attitude.
  • anti-republican — of, relating to, or of the nature of a republic.
  • antiabortionist — An antiabortionist is someone who wants to limit or prevent the legal availability of abortions.
  • antibureaucracy — Opposed to bureaucracy.
  • antilibertarian — opposed to libertarianism
  • antilock brakes — brakes fitted to some road vehicles that prevent skidding and improve control by sensing and compensating for overbraking
  • antituberculous — (medicine) Acting to combat or counteract tuberculosis.
  • apartment block — building: flats, apartments
  • appeal tribunal — An appeal tribunal is a special court or committee that is formed to reconsider a decision made by another court or committee.
  • approachability — capable of being approached; accessible.
  • arabian jasmine — a climbing shrub, Jasminum sambac, of India, having hairy branches and very fragrant white flowers that turn purple with age, used in making jasmine tea; sampaguita.
  • arabic numerals — the figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and the 0 (zero) that originated in India; Hindu-Arabic numerals
  • arbitration bar — a bar of cast iron used as a sample for the batch to which it belongs.
  • archaebacterium — Any primitive bacteria-like organism in the kingdom Archaea.
  • archaeobotanist — A person engaged in archaeobotany.
  • archibald prize — an annual prize awarded by the Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales since 1921, for outstanding contributions to art, letters, science, and politics
  • argyll and bute — a council area in W Scotland on the Atlantic Ocean: in 1975 the historical counties of Argyllshire and Bute became part of Strathclyde region; in 1996 they were reinstated as a single unitary authority. Argyll and Bute is mountainous and includes the islands of Bute, Mull, Islay, and Jura. Administrative centre: Lochgilphead. Pop: 91 300 (2003 est). Area: 6930 sq km (2676 sq miles)
  • ariboflavinosis — a condition resulting from a dietary deficiency of riboflavin
  • around the bend — to force (an object, especially a long or thin one) from a straight form into a curved or angular one, or from a curved or angular form into some different form: to bend an iron rod into a hoop.
  • arthur brisbane — Arthur, 1864–1936, U.S. journalist.
  • ascribed status — the social position assigned to a person on the basis of kinship, ethnic group, sex, etc.
  • assemblypersons — Plural form of assemblyperson.
  • astrobiologists — Plural form of astrobiologist.
  • asymmetric bars — a pair of wooden or fibreglass bars placed parallel to each other but set at different heights, for various exercises
  • atrabiliousness — The state or quality of being characterized by melancholy or glumness.
  • aurora borealis — the aurora seen around the North Pole
  • autobiographers — Plural form of autobiographer.
  • autobiographies — Plural form of autobiography.
  • azerty keyboard — a common European version of typewriter keyboard layout with the characters a, z, e, r, t, and y positioned on the top row of alphabetic characters at the left side of the keyboard
  • azobisformamide — (chemistry) azodicarbonamide.
  • back plastering — the introduction of partitions of lath and plaster between the inner and outer surfaces of a stud wall in order to improve the insulating properties of the wall.
  • back projection — a method of projecting pictures onto a translucent screen so that they are viewed from the opposite side, used esp in films to create the illusion that the actors in the foreground are moving
  • back-scratching — a reciprocal exchange of favors, aid, or compliments
  • backseat driver — If you refer to a passenger in a car as a backseat driver, they annoy you because they constantly give you advice about how to drive.
  • backup rotation — (operating system)   Any system for re-using backup media, e.g. magnetic tape. One extreme would be to use the same media for every backup (e.g. copy disk A to disk B), the other extreme would be to use new media every time. The trade-off is between the cost of buying and storing media and the ability to restore any version of any file. One example is the Grandfather, Father, Son (GFS) scheme.
  • backup software — (tool, software)   Software for doing a backup, often included as part of the operating system. Backup software should provide ways to specify what files get backed up and to where. It may include its own scheduling function to automate the procedure or, preferably, work with generic scheduling facilities. It may include facilities for managing the backup media (e.g. maintaining an index of tapes) and for restoring files from backups. Examples are Unix's dump command and Windows's ntbackup.
  • baconian theory — the theory attributing the authorship of Shakespeare's plays to Francis Bacon.
  • bacterial ghost — a bacterial cell that is emptied and filled artificially with another substance
  • bacteriological — Of or relating to bacteriology or bacteria.
  • bacteriophagous — Pertaining to the predation and consumption of bacterium.
  • bad housekeeper — a person who is not an efficient and thrifty domestic manager
  • badminton court — the court on which games of badminton are played
  • baggage handler — a person who moves baggage onto and off planes at an airport
  • baggage reclaim — the process of passengers' getting back the baggage that they have checked in for a flight
  • baja california — peninsula in Mexico, between the Pacific & the Gulf of California: divided into a northern state (Baja California), 27,071 sq mi (70,114 sq km), pop. 1,661,000, cap. Mexicali; and a southern state (Baja California Sur), 28,447 sq mi (73,677 sq km), pop. 318,000, cap. La Paz
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