18-letter words containing f, b

breach of security — an act that violates a country, area, or building's security measures
brute force attack — (cryptography) A method of breaking a cipher (that is, to decrypt a specific encrypted text) by trying every possible key. The quicker the brute force attack, the weaker the cipher. Feasibility of brute force attack depends on the key length of the cipher, and on the amount of computational power available to the attacker. Brute force attack is impossible against the ciphers with variable-size key, such as a one-time pad cipher.
built-in self test — (BIST) The technique of designing circuits with additional logic which can be used to test proper operation of the primary (functional) logic.
burn one's fingers — to suffer from having meddled or been rash
bursa of fabricius — a lymphoid gland of the cloaca in birds, believed to function in disease resistance, and closing or disappearing as the bird ages.
by fits and starts — spasmodically; without concerted effort
california rosebay — a Pacific coast shrub or tree (Rhododendron californicum) of the heath family, with rosy or purplish flowers
cereal leaf beetle — an Old World leaf beetle, Oulema melanopus, introduced into North America in 1962: a serious pest of small grains, especially oats and cereal grasses.
chamber of horrors — a room, for example in a waxworks, containing objects, images or representations of people or scenes that are believed likely to frighten or horrify visitors
chlorofluorocarbon — Chlorofluorocarbons are the same as CFCs.
claw-and-ball foot — ball-and-claw foot.
coffee-table music — unadventurous music
comb-footed spider — any of numerous spiders constituting the family Theridiidae, having a comblike row of bristles on the tarsi of the hind legs.
combustion furnace — a furnace used in the laboratory to carry out elemental analysis of organic compounds
creme de framboise — a liqueur flavored with raspberries.
de-objectification — to present as an object, especially of sight, touch, or other physical sense; make objective; externalize.
deferred liability — income received in advance and carried forward as a liability until the associated goods, services, or benefits are delivered
distributed eiffel — ["Distributed Eiffel: A Language for Programming Multi-Granular Distributed Objects on the Clouds Operating System", L. Gunaseelan et al, IEEE Conf Comp Langs, 1992].
division of labour — a system of organizing the manufacture of an article in a series of separate specialized operations, each of which is carried out by a different worker or group of workers
dried-fruit beetle — a small beetle, Carpophilus hemipterus, of worldwide distribution, that infests ripe, dried, and fermenting fruits, especially figs and dates.
fabric conditioner — a product used when washing clothes to make them feel softer
fall-back position — an alternative plan
fantasy basketball — imagination, especially when extravagant and unrestrained.
farmer-labor party — a political party in Minnesota, founded in 1920 and merged with the Democratic Party in 1944.
fascicular cambium — cambium that develops within the vascular bundles, producing secondary xylem and phloem.
fibonacci sequence — (mathematics) The infinite sequence of numbers beginning 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, ... in which each term is the sum of the two terms preceding it. The ratio of successive Fibonacci terms tends to the golden ratio, namely (1 + sqrt 5)/2.
fibrocartilaginous — a type of cartilage having a large number of fibers.
file control block — (operating system) (FCB) An MS-DOS data structure that stores information about an open file. The number of FCBs is configured in CONFIG.SYS with a command FCBS=x,y where x (between 1 and 255 inclusive, default 4) specifies the number of file control blocks to allocate and therefore the number of files that MS-DOS can have open at one time. y (not needed from DOS 5.0 onward) specifies the number of files to be closed automatically if all x are in use.
fire and brimstone — When people talk about fire and brimstone, they are referring to hell and how they think people are punished there after death.
fire in your belly — If you say that someone has fire in their belly, you are expressing approval of them because they are energetic, enthusiastic, and have very strong feelings.
fire-and-brimstone — threatening punishment in the hereafter: a fire-and-brimstone sermon.
flash butt welding — a method of welding metal edge-to-edge with a powerful electric flash followed by the application of pressure.
flat file database — (database) A database containing a single table, stored in a single flat file, often in a human-readable format such as comma-separated values or fixed-width columns.
flat on one's back — lying supine
flat-bottomed rail — a rail having a cross section like an inverted T, with the top extremity enlarged slightly to form the head
fob shipping point — FOB shipping point is a shipping term indicating that ownership of goods passes when they are transferred to the carrier.
football supporter — a person who supports a particular football team
for the time being — the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
forget-me-not blue — a shade of blue similar to the shade of the flowers of a forget-me-not
forward compatible — forward compatibility
four-color problem — the problem, solved in 1976, of proving the theorem that any geographic map can be colored using only four colors so that no connected countries with a common boundary are colored the same color.
fragmentation bomb — a bomb designed to break into many small, high-velocity fragments when detonated.
from top to bottom — highest point to lowest
fuller rose beetle — a beetle, Pantomorus godmani, that feeds on the leaves of roses as well as on those of citrus and other fruit trees.
furnishing fabrics — fabrics used to make and cover furniture
get off one's bike — to lose one's self-control
great barrier reef — coral structure off Australian coast
handkerchief table — corner table.
have the better of — of superior quality or excellence: a better coat; a better speech.
heat of combustion — the heat evolved when one mole of a substance is burnt in oxygen at constant volume

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