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13-letter words containing f, r, o, b

  • free on board — law: delivered by ship free of charge to buyer
  • frobisher bay — an inlet of the Atlantic in NE Canada, in the SE coast of Baffin Island
  • froude number — a dimensionless number used in hydrodynamics for model simulation of actual conditions
  • fruiting body — an organ that produces spores; fructification.
  • fuel air bomb — a type of bomb that spreads a cloud of gas, which is then detonated, over the target area, causing extensive destruction
  • fume cupboard — vent used in a laboratory
  • funambulatory — relating to tightrope-walking
  • get rid of sb — If you get rid of someone who is causing problems for you or who you do not like, you do something to prevent them affecting you any more, for example by making them leave.
  • globuliferous — containing or producing globules.
  • go to bat for — Sports. the wooden club used in certain games, as baseball and cricket, to strike the ball. a racket, especially one used in badminton or table tennis. a whip used by a jockey. the act of using a club or racket in a game. the right or turn to use a club or racket.
  • gottlob frege — (person, history, philosophy, mathematics, logic, theory)   (1848-1925) A mathematician who put mathematics on a new and more solid foundation. He purged mathematics of mistaken, sloppy reasoning and the influence of Pythagoras. Mathematics was shown to be a subdivision of formal logic.
  • graffiti-bomb — Military. a projectile, formerly usually spherical, filled with a bursting charge and exploded by means of a fuze, by impact, or otherwise, now generally designed to be dropped from an aircraft.
  • habit-forming — tending to cause or encourage addiction, especially through physiological dependence: habit-forming drugs.
  • heaven forbid — You say 'Heaven forbid!' to emphasize that you very much hope that something will not happen.
  • herb of grace — rue2 .
  • herb-of-grace — rue2 .
  • in sb's favor — If someone makes a judgment in your favor, they say that you are right about something.
  • inconformable — Obsolete form of unconformable.
  • labor of love — work done for the sake of one's own enjoyment or of benefit to others rather than for material rewards: He coached amateur baseball teams as a labor of love.
  • lobster shift — Also called lobster trick. dogwatch (def 2).
  • mandibuliform — Having the form of a mandible; - said especially of the maxill\u00e6 of an insect when hard and adapted for biting.
  • microfilmable — Suitable for storage on microfilm.
  • myelofibrosis — the replacement of bone marrow by fibrous tissue, characteristic of leukemia and certain other diseases.
  • myelofibrotic — of, relating to or affected by myelofibrosis
  • myofibroblast — (cytology) A cell that is intermediate between a fibroblast and smooth muscle.
  • neurofeedback — The presentation of realtime feedback on brainwave activity, as measured by sensors on the scalp, sometimes offered as a means of therapy.
  • neurofibromas — Plural form of neurofibroma.
  • non-favorable — characterized by approval or support; positive: a favorable report.
  • non-frangible — easily broken; breakable: Most frangible toys are not suitable for young children.
  • nondeferrable — Not deferrable.
  • nonfilterable — incapable of being filtered
  • nonprofitable — Not profitable; not making profit.
  • nonrefillable — Not refillable; unable to be refilled.
  • nonrefundable — an amount refunded.
  • offertory box — the box or container where worshippers' put their offerings (usually money)
  • office bearer — a person who holds an office, as in a society, company, club, etc; official
  • optical fiber — optical fibre
  • optical fibre — (communications)   (fibre optics, FO, US "fiber", light pipe) A plastic or glass (silicon dioxide) fibre no thicker than a human hair used to transmit information using infra-red or even visible light as the carrier (usually a laser). The light beam is an electromagnetic signal with a frequency in the range of 10^14 to 10^15 Hertz. Optical fibre is less susceptible to external noise than other transmission media, and is cheaper to make than copper wire, but it is much more difficult to connect. Optical fibres are difficult to tamper with (to monitor or inject data in the middle of a connection), making them appropriate for secure communications. The light beams do not escape from the medium because the material used provides total internal reflection. See also FDDI, Optical Carrier n, SONET.
  • orbitofrontal — Located in the frontal lobes above the orbits of the eyes.
  • osteofibrosis — loss of calcium from the bones, causing them to become fragile
  • out of breath — the air inhaled and exhaled in respiration.
  • owl butterfly — any of several South American nymphalid butterflies of the genus Caligo, especially C. eurylochus, having a spot like an owl's eye on each hind wing.
  • prefabricator — someone who or an organization that prefabricates
  • profitability — yielding profit; remunerative: a profitable deal.
  • rabbit's foot — the foot of a rabbit, especially the left hind foot carried as a good-luck charm.
  • reformability — the extent to which something or someone is reformable; the capability or susceptibility to reform
  • reinforceable — capable of being reinforced
  • retrofittable — to modify equipment (in airplanes, automobiles, a factory, etc.) that is already in service using parts developed or made available after the time of original manufacture.
  • robert fulton — Robert, 1765–1815, U.S. engineer and inventor: builder of the first profitable steamboat.
  • round of beef — round1 (def 35a).
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