18-letter words containing f, o, r, b, e
- fragmentation bomb — a bomb designed to break into many small, high-velocity fragments when detonated.
- 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.
- have the better of — of superior quality or excellence: a better coat; a better speech.
- house of burgesses — the assembly of representatives in colonial Virginia.
- information bureau — an office where you can go to get information
- informatory double — a double intended to inform one's partner that one has a strong hand and to urge a bid regardless of the strength of his or her hand.
- isabella of france — 1292–1358, wife (1308–27) of Edward II of England, whom, aided by her lover, Roger de Mortimer, she deposed; mother of Edward III
- lambeth conference — a convention of the bishops of the Anglican communion, held about every 10 years at Lambeth Palace to confer but not to define doctrine or to legislate on ecclesiastical matters.
- lawrence of arabia — D(avid) H(erbert) 1885–1930, English novelist.
- make a beeline for — head directly towards
- member of congress — law: elected representative
- mixed-flow turbine — a water turbine in which water flows radially and axially through the rotating vanes
- north bedfordshire — a city in Bedfordshire, in central England.
- one of sb's number — One of your number is a member of your group.
- rabbit's-foot fern — hare's-foot fern.
- rabbit-foot clover — a plant, Trifolium arvense, having trifoliate leaves with narrow leaflets and fuzzy, cylindrical, grayish-pink flower heads.
- rabbit-proof fence — a fence through which rabbits are unable to pass
- range of stability — the angle to the perpendicular through which a vessel may be heeled without losing the ability to right itself.
- return-flue boiler — a fire-tube boiler having flues that collect the combustion gases at the end of the boiler opposite the fire door and pass them through the boiler to an uptake above the fire door.
- schofield barracks — a town on central Oahu, in central Hawaii.
- shrubby cinquefoil — a small shrub, Potentilla fruticosa, of the rose family, native to the Northern temperate region, having pinnate leaves and numerous, showy, bright-yellow flowers.
- software backplane — (programming, tool) A CASE framework from Atherton.
- the better part of — a large part of
- the bird has flown — the person in question has fled or escaped
- tip of the iceberg — a large floating mass of ice, detached from a glacier and carried out to sea.
- to be said for sth — If you say there is a lot to be said for something, you mean you think it has a lot of good qualities or aspects.
- too clever by half — If someone is too clever by half, they are very clever and they show their cleverness in a way that annoys other people.
- uriniferous tubule — a urine-bearing tubule in a nephron of a kidney.