19-letter words containing b, u, r, i, n, s
- absorption spectrum — the characteristic pattern of dark lines or bands that occurs when electromagnetic radiation is passed through an absorbing medium into a spectroscope. An equivalent pattern occurs as coloured lines or bands in the emission spectrum of that medium
- abstracting journal — a periodical consisting mainly or entirely of abstracts of current works.
- accounts receivable — A company's accounts receivable are all the money that it is owed by other companies for goods or services that it has supplied, or a list of these companies and the amounts that they owe.
- ambulance insurance — Ambulance insurance is insurance cover that covers the cost of an emergency ambulance if one is needed.
- anno urbis conditae — in a (specified) year from the founding of the city: the ancient Romans reckoned dates from Rome's founding, c. 753 b.c.
- antoine louis barye — Antoine Louis [ahn-twan lwee] /ɑ̃ˈtwan lwi/ (Show IPA), 1795–1875, French sculptor and painter.
- appointments bureau — an office responsible for filling appointments
- augsburg confession — the statement of beliefs and doctrines of the Lutherans, formulated by Melanchthon and endorsed by the Lutheran princes, which was presented at the Diet of Augsburg in 1530 and which became the chief creed of the Lutheran Church.
- baja california sur — a state of NW Mexico, in the S part of the Lower California peninsula. Capital: La Paz. Pop: 423 516 (2000). Area: 73 475 sq km (28 363 sq miles)
- batterie de cuisine — cooking utensils collectively; pots and pans, etc
- be burnt to a crisp — If something is burnt to a crisp, it is completely burnt.
- be someone's junior — to be younger than someone
- beauty preparations — the cosmetics, creams etc used to improve someone's beauty
- behavioural science — the application of scientific methods to the study of the behaviour of organisms
- bernoulli's theorem — Statistics. law of averages (def 1).
- binocular disparity — the small differences in the positions of the parts of the images falling on each eye that results when each eye views the scene from a slightly different position; these differences make stereoscopic vision possible
- bloodstock industry — the breeding and training of racehorses
- blue screen of life — (operating system) (BSOL, by analogy with "Blue Screen of Death") The opening screen of Microsoft Windows NT. This screen shows the file system loading, and any problems such as conversions from FAT to NTFS or a scan of a hard drive. The Blue Screen of Life occurs in one way, as opposed to the Blue Screen of Death, which can occur in many different ways and times.
- blue-ringed octopus — a highly venomous octopus, Octopus maculosus, of E Australia which exhibits blue bands on its tentacles when disturbed
- bordering countries — countries that share a border with a particular country
- boundary commission — (in Britain) a body established by statute to undertake periodic reviews of the boundaries of parliamentary constituencies and to recommend changes to take account of population shifts
- breathing apparatus — an apparatus, usually consisting of tanks of air or oxygen and a mouthpiece, that enables the wearer to breath in difficult conditions such as a smoke-filled building
- bright young things — young, fun-loving, fashionable upper-class people, esp of the 1920s
- brightline spectrum — the spectrum of an incandescent substance appearing on a spectrogram as one or more bright lines against a dark background.
- brimstone butterfly — a common yellow butterfly, Gonepteryx rhamni, of N temperate regions of the Old World: family Pieridae
- bug tracking system — (programming) (BTS) A system for receiving and filing bugs reported against a software project, and tracking those bugs until they are fixed. Most major software projects have their own BTS, the source code of which is often available for use by other projects. Well known BTSs include GNATS, Bugzilla, and Debbugs.
- buildings insurance — insurance which covers buildings
- canterbury pilgrims — the pilgrims whose stories are told in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
- cerebrospinal fluid — the clear colourless fluid in the spaces inside and around the spinal cord and brain
- contagious abortion — brucellosis of domestic cattle, an infectious disease characterized by spontaneous abortion and caused by the bacterium Brucella abortus; Bang's disease.
- counterpoise bridge — another name for bascule bridge
- cudgel one's brains — to think hard about a problem
- current liabilities — business liabilities maturing within a year
- deoxyribonucleoside — a compound composed of deoxyribose and either a purine or a pyrimidine.
- distribution system — The distribution system is the part of an electric system after the transmission system that is dedicated to delivering electric energy to an end user.
- do not disturb sign — A do not disturb sign is a sign that a guest in a hotel hangs outside their room to tell other people not to knock the door or enter.
- east dunbartonshire — a council area of central Scotland to the N of Glasgow: part of Strathclyde region from 1975 until 1996: mainly agricultural and residential. Administrative centre: Kirkintilloch. Pop: 106 970 (2003 est). Area: 172 sq km (66 sq miles)
- giraldus cambrensis — literary name of Gerald de Barri. ?1146–?1223, Welsh chronicler and churchman, noted for his accounts of his travels in Ireland and Wales
- green mountain boys — the members of the armed bands of Vermont organized in 1770 to oppose New York's territorial claims. Under Ethan Allen they won fame in the War of American Independence
- high-bush cranberry — cranberry bush
- human rights abuses — acts that contravene human rights
- incommensurableness — (rare) Incommensurability.
- industrial tribunal — (in Northern Ireland and formerly elsewhere in the UK) a tribunal that rules on disputes between employers and employees regarding unfair dismissal, redundancy, etc
- installed user base — user base
- internal-combustion — of or relating to an internal-combustion engine.
- isobutyl propionate — a colorless liquid, C 7 H 14 O 2 , used chiefly as a paint, varnish, and lacquer solvent.
- jumping bristletail — any of several thysanuran insects that live in dark, warm, moist places, as under leaves, bark, and dead tree trunks and along rocky seacoasts, and are active jumpers, making erratic leaps when disturbed.
- keyboard instrument — any musical instrument that is played using a keyboard
- liability insurance — insurance covering the insured against losses arising from injury or damage to another person or property.
- lighten sb's burden — If someone or something lightens your burden or your load, they make a bad or difficult situation better for you.
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