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15-letter words containing f, e, b, r

  • loaded for bear — any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
  • man-made fabric — a type of fabric that is made artificially, such as polyester or rayon, rather than occurring naturally, like cotton or wool
  • mbogo, dr. fred — /*m-boh'goh, dok'tr fred/ [Stanford] The archetypal man you don't want to see about a problem, especially an incompetent professional; a shyster. "Do you know a good eye doctor?" "Sure, try Mbogo Eye Care and Professional Dry Cleaning." The name comes from synergy between "bogus" and the original Dr. Mbogo, a witch doctor who was Gomez Addams' physician on the old "Addams Family" TV show. Compare Bloggs Family, the, see also fred.
  • member function — A method in C++.
  • member of staff — an employee of a particular organization
  • moreton bay fig — a large Australian fig tree, Ficus macrophylla, having glossy leaves and smooth bark
  • mulberry family — the plant family Moraceae, characterized by deciduous or evergreen trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants having simple, alternate leaves, often milky sap, dense clusters of small flowers, and fruit in the form of a fleshy berry, usually hollow in the center, and including the fig, mulberry, Osage orange, and rubber plant.
  • neurofibrillary — Of or pertaining to a neurofibril.
  • nimble-fingered — able to move the fingers agilely, quickly, and neatly
  • non-enforceable — to put or keep in force; compel obedience to: to enforce a rule; Traffic laws will be strictly enforced.
  • non-rectifiable — able to be rectified.
  • nontransferable — Not transferable; not able to be transferred.
  • not be yourself — If you say that you are not yourself, you mean you are not feeling well.
  • not before time — If you say not before time after a statement has been made about something that has been done, you are saying in an emphatic way that you think it should have been done sooner.
  • one for his nob — the call made with this jack, scoring one point
  • order of battle — the organization or hierarchy of military forces in preparation for a battle.
  • perfect binding — a technique for binding books by a machine that cuts off the backs of the sections and glues the leaves to a cloth or paper backing.
  • perfluorocarbon — a fluorocarbon consisting only of fluorine and carbon atoms
  • plumbers-friend — Machinery. a pistonlike reciprocating part moving within the cylinder of a pump or hydraulic device.
  • power breakfast — If business people have a power breakfast, they go to a restaurant early in the morning so that they can have a meeting while they eat breakfast.
  • public defender — a lawyer appointed or elected by a city or county as a full-time, official defender to represent indigents in criminal cases at public expense.
  • public offering — a sale of a new issue of securities to the general public through a managing underwriter (opposed to private placement): required to be registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
  • rayside-balfour — a town in S Ontario, in S Canada.
  • refectory table — a long, narrow table having a single stretcher between trestlelike supports at the ends.
  • refreshment bar — a bar or stall that offers a variety of drinks for sale
  • rightabout-face — a turning directly about so as to face in the opposite direction
  • ruby grapefruit — a grapefruit with red flesh
  • samuel fb morse — Jedidiah [jed-i-dahy-uh] /ˌdʒɛd ɪˈdaɪ ə/ (Show IPA), 1761–1826, U.S. geographer and Congregational clergyman (father of Samuel F. B. Morse).
  • sb of few words — A person of few words says very little, especially about their opinions or feelings.
  • self-abhorrence — a feeling of extreme repugnance or aversion; utter loathing; abomination.
  • self-absorption — preoccupation with oneself or one's own affairs.
  • self-betterment — the act or process of bettering; improvement.
  • self-prescribed — to lay down, in writing or otherwise, as a rule or a course of action to be followed; appoint, ordain, or enjoin.
  • self-subversive — Also, subversionary [suh b-vur-zhuh-ner-ee, -shuh-] /səbˈvɜr ʒəˌnɛr i, -ʃə-/ (Show IPA). tending or intending to subvert or overthrow, destroy, or undermine an established or existing system, especially a legally constituted government or a set of beliefs.
  • short of breath — If you are short of breath, you find it difficult to breathe properly, for example because you are ill. You can also say that someone suffers from shortness of breath.
  • soft-shell crab — a crab, especially the blue crab, that has recently molted and therefore has a soft, edible shell.
  • sons of liberty — any of several patriotic societies, originally secret, that opposed the Stamp Act and thereafter supported moves for American independence.
  • stamford bridge — a village in N England, east of York: site of a battle (1066) in which King Harold of England defeated his brother Tostig and King Harald Hardrada of Norway, three weeks before the Battle of Hastings
  • strombuliferous — having organs coiled as spirals
  • subprofessional — being below professional standards: subprofessional health care.
  • tariff barriers — a barrier to trade between certain countries or geographical areas which takes the form of abnormally high taxes levied by a government on imports or occasionally exports for purposes of protection, support of the balance of payments, or the raising of revenue
  • the black ferns — the women's international Rugby Union football team of New Zealand
  • think better of — to have a conscious mind, to some extent of reasoning, remembering experiences, making rational decisions, etc.
  • to go for broke — If you go for broke, you take the most extreme or risky of the possible courses of action in order to try and achieve success.
  • transferability — to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
  • under sb's roof — If something happens under your roof, it happens in your home.
  • unverifiability — the quality or state of being unverifiable
  • wager of battle — (in medieval Britain) a pledge to do battle for a cause, esp to decide guilt or innocence by single combat
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