15-letter words containing g, o, b, e, r
- centrifugal box — a revolving chamber, used in the spinning of manufactured filaments, in which the plastic fibers, subjected to centrifugal force, are slightly twisted and emerge in the form of yarn wound into the shape of a hollow cylinder.
- cobble together — If you say that someone has cobbled something together, you mean that they have made or produced it roughly or quickly.
- contract bridge — the most common variety of bridge, in which the declarer receives points counting towards game and rubber only for tricks he bids as well as makes, any overtricks receiving bonus points
- counting number — natural number
- cranberry gourd — a South American vine, Abobra tenuifolia, of the gourd family, having deeply lobed, ovate leaves and bearing a berrylike scarlet fruit.
- cybertechnology — Computer technology, especially that which involves the Internet or cyberspace.
- de broglie wave — a hypothetical wave associated with the motion of a particle of atomic or subatomic size that describes effects such as the diffraction of beams of particles by crystals.
- dog's breakfast — a disorderly mixture; hodgepodge.
- double integral — an integral in which the integrand involves a function of two variables and that requires two applications of the integration process to evaluate.
- double printing — the exposure of the same positive photographic emulsion to two or more negatives, resulting in the superimposition of multiple images after development
- dropping bottle — a bottle with correlated lengthwise grooves in the neck and in the stopper, permitting a controlled flow of the liquid contents in the form of drops.
- embryologically — Regarding embryology.
- examining board — an organization that sets and corrects exams
- ferrihemoglobin — methemoglobin.
- fibrocartilages — Plural form of fibrocartilage.
- flowering shrub — any shrub that produces flowers
- forget about it — don't mention it, you're welcome
- founding member — A founding member of a club, group, or organization is one of the first members, often one who was involved in setting it up.
- garbage collect — garbage collection
- garboard strake — the first strake on each side of a keel.
- globe artichoke — artichoke (defs 1, 2).
- 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.
- government bond — a bond issued by a country's government, in its own currency
- grabber pointer — (operating system) A mouse pointer sprite in the shape of a small hand that closes when a mouse button is clicked, indicating that the object on the screen under the pointer has been selected.
- grafenberg spot — a patch of tissue in the front wall of the vagina, claimed to be erectile and highly erogenous.
- great rebellion — English Civil War.
- 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.
- ground observer — a person stationed in a position on the ground to watch, follow, and report on flights of aircraft, especially of enemy aircraft.
- ground-breaking — the act or ceremony of breaking ground for a new construction project.
- groundbreakings — Plural form of groundbreaking.
- guaranteed bond — a bond issued by a corporation in which payment of the principal, interest, or both is guaranteed by another corporation.
- gyrostabilizers — Plural form of gyrostabilizer.
- haemoglobinuria — the presence of haemoglobin in the urine
- haemoglobinuric — relating to the presence of haemoglobin in the urine
- halting problem — The problem of determining in advance whether a particular program or algorithm will terminate or run forever. The halting problem is the canonical example of a provably unsolvable problem. Obviously any attempt to answer the question by actually executing the algorithm or simulating each step of its execution will only give an answer if the algorithm under consideration does terminate, otherwise the algorithm attempting to answer the question will itself run forever. Some special cases of the halting problem are partially solvable given sufficient resources. For example, if it is possible to record the complete state of the execution of the algorithm at each step and the current state is ever identical to some previous state then the algorithm is in a loop. This might require an arbitrary amount of storage however. Alternatively, if there are at most N possible different states then the algorithm can run for at most N steps without looping. A program analysis called termination analysis attempts to answer this question for limited kinds of input algorithm.
- hard-boiled egg — egg boiled until the yolk is set
- hedge your bets — play it safe, lessen a risk
- hiberno-english — Also called Anglo-Irish. the English language as spoken in Ireland.
- highway robbery — robbery committed on a highway against travelers, as by a highwayman.
- 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.
- hypercoagulable — related to excessive coagulation of the blood or blood clots
- i beg to differ — You say 'I beg to differ' when you are politely emphasizing that you disagree with someone.
- job enlargement — a widening of the range of tasks performed by an employee in order to provide variety in the activities undertaken
- jobbing printer — a person who prints mainly commercial and display work rather than books or newspapers
- jog sb's memory — If something or someone jogs your memory, they cause you to suddenly remember something that you had forgotten.
- journal bearing — a plain cylindrical bearing to support a shaft or axle
- knight bachelor — bachelor (def 3).