18-letter words containing o, b, r, i, e, n
- price on sb's head — If there is a price on someone 's head, an amount of money has been offered for the capture or killing of that person.
- protease inhibitor — a drug that inhibits the action of protease, especially any of a class of antiviral drugs that prevent the cleavage and replication of HIV proteins.
- pulmonary embolism — the blockage of a pulmonary artery, often by a blood clot, that stops the flow of blood to the lungs and which can result in death if untreated
- rabbit's-foot fern — hare's-foot fern.
- rabbit-proof fence — a fence through which rabbits are unable to pass
- radio range beacon — a radio transmitter that utilizes two or more directional antennas and transmits signals differing with direction, permitting a flier receiving a signal to determine his or her approximate bearing from the transmitter without a radio compass.
- range of stability — the angle to the perpendicular through which a vessel may be heeled without losing the ability to right itself.
- 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.
- 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.
- rubbish collection — the collection of domestic refuse for disposal
- saint john's bread — carob (def 2).
- selective abortion — the aborting of particular embryos for medical or social reasons
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- stationary bicycle — an exercise bike
- 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.
- tectorial membrane — membrane in the inner ear that covers the organ of Corti
- the bird has flown — the person in question has fled or escaped
- to bear witness to — If a person or thing bears witness to something, they show or say that it exists or happened.
- transmission brake — A transmission brake is a brake that operates on the transmission system of a vehicle rather than directly on the wheels.
- transporter bridge — a bridge for carrying passengers and vehicles by means of a platform suspended from a trolley.
- treaty obligations — obligations or duties that must be carried out by a party as according to a treaty they have entered into
- trobriand islander — a native or inhabitant of the Trobriand Islands of Papua New Guinea
- turbine ventilator — a ventilator, usually mounted on the roof of a building, deck of a ship, etc., having at its head a globular, vaned rotor that is rotated by the wind, conveying air through a duct to and from a chamber below.
- urban homesteading — homesteading (def 2).
- uriniferous tubule — a urine-bearing tubule in a nephron of a kidney.
- wardrobe assistant — a person who assists the wardrobe mistress in a theatre
- water on the brain — hydrocephalus.
- westinghouse brake — a railroad air brake operated by compressed air.
- women's liberation — a movement to combat sexual discrimination and to gain full legal, economic, vocational, educational, and social rights and opportunities for women, equal to those of men.
- wood-burning stove — cooker: fueled by wood
- working men's club — A working men's club is a place where working people, especially men, can go to relax, drink alcoholic drinks, and sometimes watch live entertainment.