15-letter words containing b, y, r, o
- cranberry gourd — a South American vine, Abobra tenuifolia, of the gourd family, having deeply lobed, ovate leaves and bearing a berrylike scarlet fruit.
- cranborne money — (in Britain) the annual payment made to Opposition parties in the House of Lords to help them pay for certain services necessary to the carrying out of their parliamentary duties; established in 1996
- cybertechnology — Computer technology, especially that which involves the Internet or cyberspace.
- cyclobenzaprine — A particular antidepressant generally prescribed as an analgesic and muscle relaxant.
- cystic fibrosis — Cystic fibrosis is a serious disease of the glands which usually affects children and can make breathing difficult.
- cytotrophoblast — the thickened, inner part of the mammalian placenta nearest to the fetus, covering the chorion during early pregnancy
- decarboxylation — the removal or loss of a carboxyl group from an organic compound
- demonstrability — The quality of being demonstrable.
- donnybrook fair — a fair which until 1855 was held annually at Donnybrook, County Dublin, Ireland, and which was famous for rioting and dissipation.
- double jeopardy — the subjecting of a person to a second trial or punishment for the same offense for which the person has already been tried or punished.
- dvorak keyboard — a keyboard designed to facilitate typing speed by having the most frequently used characters on the home row, with all the vowels on the left side.
- dysmorphophobia — an obsessive fear that one's body, or any part of it, is repulsive or may become so
- dysmorphophobic — relating to or affected with dysmorphophobia
- embroidery silk — a silk thread used for embroidery
- embryologically — Regarding embryology.
- everly brothers — the. US pop singing duo comprising Don Everly (born 1937) and Phil Everly 1939–2014, noted for their close harmonies
- fair-haired boy — having light-colored hair.
- ferromolybdenum — a ferroalloy containing up to 60 percent molybdenum.
- football player — sportsperson: plays football
- go by the board — If something goes by the board, it is rejected or ignored, or is no longer possible.
- golden boy/girl — If you refer to a man as a golden boy or a woman as a golden girl, you mean that they are especially popular and successful.
- great south bay — an Atlantic Ocean inlet, between the S shore of Long Island and Fire Island and other barrier islands. 45 miles (72 km) long.
- greenbottle fly — any of several metallic-green blowflies, as Phaenicia sericata.
- gyrostabilizers — Plural form of gyrostabilizer.
- hedge your bets — play it safe, lessen a risk
- highway robbery — robbery committed on a highway against travelers, as by a highwayman.
- honeycomb tripe — a part of the inner lining of the stomach of the steer, calf, hog, or sheep, resembling a honeycomb in appearance and considered a table delicacy.
- horse-and-buggy — of or relating to the last few generations preceding the invention of the automobile: vivid recollections of horse-and-buggy days.
- humphrey bogart — Humphrey (DeForest) ("Bogie"or"Bogey") 1899–57, U.S. motion-picture actor.
- hybrid antibody — a synthetic antibody that is able to combine with two different antigens
- hybrid computer — a computer system containing both analog and digital hardware.
- hydrobiological — of or relating to hydrobiology
- hydroxybutyrate — (chemistry) any salt or ester of hydroxybutyric acid, but especially of gamma-hydroxybutyric acid.
- hype-carbonated — (of a product or service) overvalued as a result of relentless marketing and PR or intensive media exposure
- hyperbolic sine — one of a group of functions of an angle expressed as a relationship between the distances of a point on a hyperbola to the origin and to the coordinate axes; sinh
- hypercatabolism — an abnormally high metabolic breakdown of a substance or tissue which leads to weight loss and physical deterioration
- hypercoagulable — related to excessive coagulation of the blood or blood clots
- hypermetabolism — Biology, Physiology. the sum of the physical and chemical processes in an organism by which its material substance is produced, maintained, and destroyed, and by which energy is made available. Compare anabolism, catabolism.
- imponderability — The state or characteristic of being imponderable.
- incendiary bomb — a bomb that is designed to start fires
- incommensurably — In an incommensurable manner; immeasurably.
- incomparability — beyond comparison; matchless or unequaled: incomparable beauty.
- incorrigibility — not corrigible; bad beyond correction or reform: incorrigible behavior; an incorrigible liar.
- insubordinately — In an insubordinate manner.
- irreformability — the state or condition of being irreformable
- irresolvability — The quality of being irresolvable.
- job opportunity — an opportunity of employment
- jog sb's memory — If something or someone jogs your memory, they cause you to suddenly remember something that you had forgotten.
- john barleycorn — a personification of barley as used in malt liquor, of malt liquor itself, or of any intoxicating liquor.
- keyboard plaque — (jargon) The disgusting buildup of dirt and crud found on computer keyboards. "Are there any other terminals I can use? This one has a bad case of keyboard plaque."