14-letter words containing o, b, r, i
- branchiostegal — of or relating to the operculum covering the gill slits of fish
- brazing solder — an alloy of copper and zinc for joining two metal surfaces by melting the alloy so that it forms a thin layer between the surfaces
- bread poultice — a poultice made from breadcrumbs
- breaking point — If something or someone has reached breaking point, they have so many problems or difficulties that they can no longer cope with them, and may soon collapse or be unable to continue.
- brecknockshire — a historic county in S Wales, now part of Powys, Gwent, and Mid Glamorgan.
- breech-loading — (of a firearm) loaded at the breech
- breeding stock — animals specifically kept to breed from
- brickor mortis — a period of difficult times in the housing industry, where house prices and sales of properties are falling and credit for new purchases is difficult to obtain
- brief of title — abstract of title
- bring onstream — To bring onstream a plant, mine, oilfield, etc. is to start production there.
- bring sth home — To bring something home to someone means to make them understand how important or serious it is.
- bring to light — something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.
- bring to terms — to reduce to submission; force to agree
- britannia coin — any of four British gold coins introduced in 1987 for investment purposes; their denominations are £100, £50, £25, and £10
- british dollar — any of several coins formerly issued by the British Empire for use in certain territories, as the Straits dollar or the Hong Kong dollar.
- british legion — (in Britain) a national social club for veterans of the armed forces.
- broad daylight — of great breadth: The river was too broad to swim across.
- brobdingnagian — gigantic; huge; immense
- broken society — a perceived or apparent general decline in moral values
- bronchial tube — Your bronchial tubes are the two tubes which connect your windpipe to your lungs.
- bronchiectasis — chronic dilation of the bronchi or bronchial tubes, which often become infected
- bronchodilator — any drug or other agent that causes dilation of the bronchial tubes by relaxing bronchial muscle: used, esp in the form of aerosol sprays, for the relief of asthma
- bronchorrhagia — hemorrhage from the bronchial tubes.
- bronchospastic — of or relating to bronchospasms
- brood parasite — a young bird hatched and reared by birds of a different species as a result of brood parasitism.
- brother-in-law — Someone's brother-in-law is the brother of their husband or wife, or the man who is married to their sister.
- brownie guider — the adult leader of a pack of Brownie Guides
- brownie points — a credit toward advancement or good standing gained especially by currying favor.
- browntail moth — kind of moth
- bucking bronco — an untamed horse that cowboys try to ride in a rodeo
- builder's knot — clove hitch
- building works — construction projects
- bulletin board — A bulletin board is a board which is usually attached to a wall in order to display notices giving information about something.
- bullion fringe — a thick gold or silver wire or fringed cord used as a trimming, as on military uniforms
- burn-in period — 1. (testing) A factory soak test intended to increase the chance that components that fail early due to infant mortality will fail before the system leaves the factory. 2. (jargon) When one is so intensely involved in a new project that one forgets basic needs such as food, drink and sleep. Excessive burn-in can lead to burn-out. See hack mode, larval stage.
- burnt offering — a sacrificial offering burnt, usually on an altar, to honour, propitiate, or supplicate a deity
- bursting point — the point at which normal capacity is exceeded.
- burying ground — a burial ground.
- business hours — Business hours are the hours of the day in which a shop or a company is open for business.
- businessperson — Businesspeople are people who work in business.
- cadmium bronze — an alloy of copper with about 1 percent cadmium.
- carbon dioxide — Carbon dioxide is a gas. It is produced by animals and people breathing out, and by chemical reactions.
- carbon trading — Carbon trading is the practice of buying and selling the right to produce carbon dioxide emissions, so that people, countries or companies who use a lot of fuel and electricity can buy rights from those that do not use so much.
- cardboard city — an area of a city in which homeless people sleep rough, often in cardboard boxes
- carpet bombing — Carpet bombing is heavy bombing from aircraft, with the intention of hitting as many places as possible in a particular area.
- carpet bowling — a form of bowls played indoors on a strip of carpet, at the centre of which lies an obstacle round which the bowl has to pass
- carrion beetle — any beetle of the family Silphidae that track carrion by a keen sense of smell
- cartilage bone — any bone that develops within cartilage rather than in a fibrous tissue membrane
- chopping board — A chopping board is a wooden or plastic board that you chop meat and vegetables on.
- chronobiologic — relating to chronobiology