16-letter words containing b, t, r
- hummingbird moth — hawk moth.
- huyton-with-roby — an urban district in Merseyside, NW England, E of Liverpool.
- hybrid perpetual — a type of cultivated rose bred from varieties having vigorous growth and more or less recurrent bloom.
- hydration number — the number of molecules of water with which an ion can combine in an aqueous solution of given concentration.
- hyperflexibility — capable of being bent, usually without breaking; easily bent: a flexible ruler.
- hypersensibility — capacity for sensation or feeling; responsiveness or susceptibility to sensory stimuli.
- hypersusceptible — hypersensitive (def 2).
- hypervariability — apt or liable to vary or change; changeable: variable weather; variable moods.
- icterine warbler — a European variety of tree warbler (Hippolais icterina )
- impenetrableness — The quality of being impenetrable.
- imperceptibility — very slight, gradual, or subtle: the imperceptible slope of the road.
- imperfectability — The quality of not being perfectable; of being forever imperfect.
- imperfectibility — The state or quality of being imperfectible.
- impermissibility — The state or condition of being impermissible.
- imperturbability — incapable of being upset or agitated; not easily excited; calm: imperturbable composure.
- impracticability — The quality or condition of being impracticable.
- in a brown study — in a reverie or daydream
- inboard-outboard — Also, outdrive, stern-drive. (of a motorboat) having an inboard engine connected to a maneuverable outboard drive-shaft unit.
- incontravertable — Misspelling of incontrovertible.
- incontrovertible — not controvertible; not open to question or dispute; indisputable: absolute and incontrovertible truth.
- incontrovertibly — not controvertible; not open to question or dispute; indisputable: absolute and incontrovertible truth.
- inconvertibility — The condition of being inconvertible.
- incorporated bar — (in some states) a system of bar associations to which all lawyers are required to belong.
- incorruptibility — not corruptible: incorruptible integrity.
- indescribability — (uncountable) The state or characteristic of being indescribable.
- indian breadroot — breadroot.
- indiscernibility — The state or characteristic of being indiscernible; inability to be observed.
- intake of breath — When someone takes an intake of breath, they breathe in quickly and noisily, usually because they are shocked at something.
- inter-laboratory — a building, part of a building, or other place equipped to conduct scientific experiments, tests, investigations, etc., or to manufacture chemicals, medicines, or the like.
- interbehavioural — relating to or involving interbehaviour
- intercalibration — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- interconvertible — to subject to interconversion; interchange.
- interest-bearing — paying interest
- interminableness — The state or condition of being interminable.
- interoperability — capable of being used or operated reciprocally: interoperable weapons systems.
- interpretability — to give or provide the meaning of; explain; explicate; elucidate: to interpret the hidden meaning of a parable.
- into the bargain — an advantageous purchase, especially one acquired at less than the usual cost: The sale offered bargains galore.
- irreplaceability — The quality of being irreplaceable; inability to be replaced; (frequently) uniqueness.
- irrepressibility — The quality of being irrepressible.
- irresistibleness — The quality of being irresistible.
- irresponsibility — said, done, or characterized by a lack of a sense of responsibility: His refusal to work shows him to be completely irresponsible.
- irretrievability — The state or quality of being irretrievable.
- isobutyl nitrite — butyl nitrite.
- job entry system — (operating system) (JES) An IBM mainframe term. There are really two JESs. JES2 is smaller and simpler, and can handle 99.99% of most jobs that run on IBM's MVS operating system. JES3 is much bigger and requires really big iron to run.
- job's comforters — a person who unwittingly or maliciously depresses or discourages someone while attempting to be consoling.
- jude the obscure — a novel (1895) by Thomas Hardy.
- kentucky warbler — a wood warbler, Oporornis formosus, of the U.S., olive-green above, yellow below, and marked with black on the face.
- knights of labor — a secret workingmen's organization formed in 1869 to defend the interests of labor.
- labour agreement — a contract between workers and managers setting out working conditions, wages, etc
- labour relations — Labour relations refers to the relationship between employers and employees in industry, and the political decisions and laws that affect it.