10-letter words containing i, n, e, b, r
- stringbean — any of various kinds of bean, as the green bean, the unripe pods of which are used as food, usually after stripping off the fibrous thread along the side.
- strobiline — of or relating to a strobilus
- subjoinder — something subjoined, as an additional comment.
- submariner — a member of the crew of a submarine.
- submarines — a vessel that can be submerged and navigated under water, usually built for warfare and armed with torpedoes or guided missiles.
- submersion — to submerge.
- subnitrate — a basic salt of nitric acid.
- subphrenic — underneath the diaphragm
- subreption — Canon Law. a concealment of the pertinent facts in a petition, as for dispensation or favor, that in certain cases nullifies the grant. Compare obreption (def 1).
- subroutine — an instruction sequence in a machine or assembly language program that can be prewritten and referred to as often as needed. Compare procedure (def 4a).
- subterrain — a cave or subterranean room.
- subversion — an act or instance of subverting.
- superbeing — the fact of existing; existence (as opposed to nonexistence).
- superbrain — (computer) A personal computer released in 1980 by Intertec. The Superbrain had two Z80A microprocessors running at 4 MHz, one for the main processing and the other for peripheral activities. It had an integrated keyboard and display. It was sold with the CP/M operating system, Microsoft Basic, an 8080 assembler and Microsoft Cobol 74. The base model, the "Superbrain 10", had no drives, only a network connection. Other models added one or two 5" floppy disc units. The "Jr" had 170K drives (single-sided), the "QD" had 340 KB drives (double-sided) and the "SD" had 780k. Intertec did not sell or support a hard drive or an S-100 bus for these machines. The network version of the SuperBrain was called CompuStar. The network was a large gray parallel cable. CompuStar had three "file servers" that accepted up to 255 machines. These were the "DSS-10" with a 10MB 8" Winchester drive; the "CDC" with 96MB consisting of 80MB fixed and a 16MB removable platter; and the "Priam" with a 144MB 14" platter winchester. Intertec manufactured the controllers for the last two and an enclosure and power supply for the Priam. CDC had to go on-site to install the 96MB. The SuperBrain was succeeded in 1982 by the SuperBrain II.
- swinglebar — a whiffletree.
- tambourine — a small drum consisting of a circular frame with a skin stretched over it and several pairs of metal jingles attached to the frame, played by striking with the knuckles, shaking, and the like.
- tenebrific — producing darkness.
- tenebrious — dark; gloomy; obscure.
- terminable — capable of being terminated.
- thunbergia — any of various plants, vines, or shrubs belonging to the genus Thunbergia, of the acanthus family, native to Africa and southern Asia, having variously colored flowers and often cultivated as ornamentals in warm regions.
- tick-borne — carried or transmitted by ticks: tick-borne disease.
- timberland — land covered with timber-producing forests.
- timberline — the altitude above sea level at which timber ceases to grow.
- tithe barn — a large barn where, formerly, the agricultural tithe of a parish was stored
- torbernite — a mineral, hydrated copper uranium phosphate, CuU 2 P 2 O 12 ⋅12H 2 O, occurring in square tabular crystals of a bright-green color: a minor ore of uranium; copper uranite.
- transcribe — to make a written copy, especially a typewritten copy, of (dictated material, notes taken during a lecture, or other spoken material).
- tube train — an underground train, esp in London
- tuberculin — a sterile liquid prepared from cultures of the tubercle bacillus, used in the diagnosis and, formerly, in the treatment of tuberculosis.
- turbinated — shaped like a top
- twice-born — Hinduism. of or relating to members of the Indian castes of Brahmins, Kshatriyas, and Vaisyas, who undergo a spiritual rebirth and initiation in adolescence.
- uberlandia — a city in E Brazil.
- unabridged — not abridged or shortened, as a book.
- unbeliever — a person who does not believe.
- unberthing — a shelflike sleeping space, as on a ship, airplane, or railroad car.
- unbribable — not able to be bribed
- uncredible — not able to be believed
- underbuild — (in the construction trade) to strengthen by building a support underneath
- undrivable — to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
- unforcible — not able to be forced
- unhireable — able to be hired; fit for hiring.
- unprisable — not able to be prised or released from a grip
- unprizable — not worthy to be prized; of little worth.
- unreliable — not reliable; not to be relied or depended on.
- unreliably — in an untrustworthy or unreliable manner
- unrideable — (of a horse, etc) not able to be ridden; (of terrain) not able to be ridden over
- untimbered — (of land) not timbered or wooded; not covered in forest
- unvariable — invariable; unchangeable or unchanging
- vanderbilt — Cornelius, 1794–1877, U.S. financier.
- vibraphone — vibraharp.
- vidarabine — an antiviral substance, C 10 H 15 N 5 O 4 , produced by the bacterium Streptomyces antibioticus and used in immunosuppressed patients for the treatment of serious infections caused by herpesviruses.