18-letter words containing i, n, b

relational algebra — (database, theory) A family of algebra with a well-founded semantics used for modelling the data stored in relational databases, and defining queries on it. The main operations of the relational algebra are the set operations (such as union, intersection, and cartesian product), selection (keeping only some lines of a table) and the projection (keeping only some columns). The relational data model describes how the data is structured.
remains to be seen — If you say that it remains to be seen whether something will happen, you mean that nobody knows whether it will happen.
retirement benefit — a payment made to a retired person
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.
reverberation time — the time it takes for a sound made in a room to diminish by 60 decibels.
reversionary bonus — a bonus added to the sum payable on death or at the maturity of a with-profits assurance policy
ribbon development — housing or commercial buildings built along a stretch of road.
risk based testing — (testing) Testing based on identification of potential risks (or "candidate risks"), which should be analysed by the project stakeholder or which might appear during the project's development.
rubbish collection — the collection of domestic refuse for disposal
rufous hummingbird — a reddish-brown hummingbird, Selasphorus rufus, of western North America.
run in sb's family — If a characteristic runs in someone's family, it often occurs in members of that family, in different generations.
saint bernard pass — either of two passes over the Alps: the Great St Bernard Pass 2472 m (8110 ft) high, east of Mont Blanc between Italy and Switzerland, or the Little St Bernard Pass 2157 m (7077 ft) high, south of Mont Blanc between Italy and France
saint john's bread — carob (def 2).
saturation bombing — intense area bombing intended to destroy everything in the target area.
selective abortion — the aborting of particular embryos for medical or social reasons
selective breeding — the raising of animals with particular genetic traits through careful choice of parents
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.
sierra blanca peak — a mountain in S New Mexico: highest peak in the Sacramento Mountains. 11,997 feet (3651 meters).
significant symbol — a verbal or nonverbal gesture, as a word or smile, that has acquired a conventionalized meaning.
simone de beauvoir — Simone [see-mawn] /siˈmɔn/ (Show IPA), (Lucie Ernestine Marie Bertrand) 1908–86, French playwright, novelist, and essayist.
sindbad the sailor — (in The Arabian Nights' Entertainments), a wealthy citizen of Baghdad who relates the adventures of his seven wonderful voyages.
skinny-rib sweater — a tight-fitting ribbed woollen jumper or pullover
slobodan milosevic — Slobodan [sloh-buh-dain] /ˈsloʊ bəˌdɛən/ (Show IPA), 1941–2006, Yugoslav and Serbian politician: president of Serbia 1989–97, president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1997–2000, accused of war crimes 2001.
social bookmarking — the practice of saving bookmarked Web pages to a public website as a way to share the links with other Internet users: Social bookmarking is a tool that allows you to add tags and comments to your bookmarks.
sodium bicarbonate — a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, in powder or granules, NaHCO 3 , usually prepared by the reaction of soda ash with carbon dioxide or obtained from the intermediate product of the Solvay process by purification: used chiefly in the manufacture of sodium salts, baking powder, and beverages, as a laboratory reagent, as a fire extinguisher, and in medicine as an antacid.
solomon rabinowitz — Solomon, Aleichem, Sholom.
spin stabilization — a technique by which a bullet, rocket, etc, is made to spin around its longitudinal axis to assist it in maintaining a steady flight path
squirting cucumber — a Mediterranean plant, Ecballium elaterium, of the gourd family, whose ripened fruit forcibly ejects the seeds and juice.
stationary bicycle — an exercise bike
stick one's bib in — to interfere
sub-classification — to arrange in subclasses.
sub-saharan africa — the region of Africa to the south of the Sahara desert
subliminal message — a message passed to the human mind without the mind being consciously aware of it, as, for example, in advertising
submarine sandwich — a sandwich made with a long cylindrical bread roll
submaxillary gland — submandibular gland.
subordinate clause — a clause that modifies the principal clause or some part of it or that serves a noun function in the principal clause, as when she arrived in the sentence I was there when she arrived or that she has arrived in the sentence I doubt that she has arrived.
subsidiary company — a company whose controlling interest is owned by another company.
subsistence farmer — a farmer who consumes most of the produce he grows, leaving little or nothing to be marketed
symbolist movement — a movement beginning in French and Belgian poetry towards the end of the 19th century with the verse of Mallarmé, Valéry, Verlaine, Rimbaud, Maeterlinck, and others, and seeking to express states of mind rather than objective reality by making use of the power of words and images to suggest as well as denote
take a shine to sb — If you say that someone has taken a shine to another person, you mean that he or she liked them very much at their first meeting.
talk between ships — TBS (def 1).
tectorial membrane — membrane in the inner ear that covers the organ of Corti
teleobjective lens — telephoto lens.
television cabinet — a cabinet on which a television set is placed or in which it is encased
the bird has flown — the person in question has fled or escaped
the black mountain — a mountain range in S Wales, in E Carmarthenshire and W Powys. Highest peak: Carmarthen Van, 802 m (2632 ft)
the general public — the people in a society; people in general
tighten one's belt — a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
timber rattlesnake — a rattlesnake, Crotalus horridus horridus, of the eastern U.S., usually having the body marked with dark crossbands.
to be tickled pink — If you are tickled pink, you are extremely pleased about something.

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