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17-letter words containing i, b, e, r, s

  • investment banker — an executive in an investment bank
  • invisible exports — services sold to a foreign country or countries
  • invisible imports — imports of services rather than goods
  • irrecoverableness — The quality of being irrecoverable.
  • job advertisement — an announcement in a newspaper, on television, or on a poster about a post of employment
  • job-order costing — a method of cost accounting by which the total cost of a given unit or quantity is determined by computing the costs that go into making a product as it moves through the manufacturing process.
  • lambda expression — (mathematics)   A term in the lambda-calculus denoting an unnamed function (a "lambda abstraction"), a variable or a constant. The pure lambda-calculus has only functions and no constants.
  • lambdoidal suture — the lambda-shaped seam or line of joining between the occipital and two parietal bones at the back part of the skull.
  • latent strabismus — the tendency, controllable by muscular effort, for one or both eyes to exhibit strabismus.
  • learning-disabled — pertaining to or having a learning disability: a learning-disabled child.
  • lebesgue integral — an integral obtained by application of the theory of measure and more general than the Riemann integral.
  • liberal democrats — (in Britain) a political party with centrist policies; established in 1988 as the Social and Liberal Democrats when the Liberal Party merged with the Social Democratic Party; renamed Liberal Democrats in 1989
  • liberty of speech — freedom of speech.
  • limousine liberal — a wealthy left-wing person
  • lobster thermidor — a dish of cooked lobster meat placed back in the shell with a cream sauce, sprinkled with grated cheese and melted butter, and browned in the oven.
  • loose-leaf binder — a hard cover with metal rings inside which is used to hold loose pieces of paper
  • malagasy republic — former name of Madagascar.
  • man's best friend — a dog, especially as a pet.
  • microdermabrasion — A cosmetic treatment in which the face is sprayed with exfoliant crystals to remove dead epidermal cells.
  • misunderstandable — Capable of being misunderstood.
  • nashville warbler — a North American wood warbler, Vermivora ruficapilla, having a gray head, an olive-green back, and yellow underparts.
  • neurofibromatosis — a dominantly inherited genetic disorder characterized by flat brown patches on the skin, neurofibromas of the skin and internal organs, and in some cases skeletal deformity.
  • nichiren buddhism — a doctrine of salvation based on the Lotus Sutra.
  • non-reimbursement — to make repayment to for expense or loss incurred: The insurance company reimbursed him for his losses in the fire.
  • nuclear submarine — undersea vessel powered by atomic energy
  • number seven iron — pitcher2 (def 3).
  • observation tower — lookout, observation point
  • opisthobranchiate — (zoology) Of or pertaining to the Opisthobranchiata.
  • order of business — a task assigned or to be dealt with: Our first order of business is to reduce expenses.
  • outside broadcast — An outside broadcast is a radio or television programme that is not recorded or filmed in a studio, but in another building or in the open air.
  • paleobiochemistry — the study of biochemical processes that occurred in fossil life forms.
  • percussion bullet — a bullet that is exploded by percussion
  • petit bourgeoisie — The petit bourgeoisie are people in the lower middle class.
  • petite bourgeoise — a woman who belongs to the petite bourgeoisie.
  • petty bourgeoisie — the section of the middle class with the lowest social status, generally composed of shopkeepers, lower clerical staff, etc
  • pillar-and-breast — room-and-pillar.
  • plumbing fixtures — things such as pipes, sinks, toilets that are fixed in position in a building
  • potassium bromate — a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, KBrO 3 , used chiefly as an oxidizing agent and as an analytical reagent.
  • potassium bromide — a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, KBr, having a bitter saline taste: used chiefly in the manufacture of photographic papers and plates, in engraving, and in medicine as a sedative.
  • precision bombing — aerial bombing in which bombs are dropped, as accurately as possible, on a specific, usually small, target.
  • pressurized cabin — the cabin of an aircraft in which the air has been pressurized
  • primitive baptist — (especially in the Southern U.S.) one belonging to a highly conservative, loosely organized Baptist group, characterized by extreme fundamentalism and by opposition to missionary work, Sunday Schools, and the use of musical instruments in church.
  • public enterprise — economic activity by governmental organizations
  • public prosecutor — an officer charged with the conduct of criminal prosecution in the interest of the public.
  • rack one's brains — to strain in mental effort, esp to remember something or to find the solution to a problem
  • red-backed shrike — a common Eurasian shrike, Lanius collurio, the male of which has a grey crown and rump, brown wings and back, and a black-and-white face
  • redistributionist — a person who believes in, advocates, or supports income redistribution.
  • rhinoceros beetle — any of several scarabaeid beetles, especially of the genus Dynastes, which comprises the largest beetles, characterized by one or more horns on the head and prothorax.
  • rhode island bent — a European pasture grass, Agrostis tenuis, naturalized in North America, having red flower clusters.
  • roseate spoonbill — a tropical New World spoonbill, Ajaia ajaja, having rose-colored plumage and a bare head.
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