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23-letter words containing o, m, n, i, b

  • programmer brain damage — (humour)   (PBD) A classification of a bug which was obviously introduced by an incompetent or short-sighted programmer. Compare UBD. See also brain-damaged.
  • public enemy number one — (not in official use) a criminal at the top of the FBI's list of the ten most wanted criminals.
  • publicly-quoted company — a company whose shares are traded on a stock exchange
  • put the bite on someone — to ask someone for money
  • rate-of-climb indicator — a flight instrument that indicates the rate of climb or descent of an aircraft.
  • relative sunspot number — a number indicating the degree of sunspot activity on the sun as a factor of observer idiosyncrasies, the number of sunspot groups, and the number of individual sunspots.
  • rocky mountain beeplant — a rank-smelling plant, Cleome serrulata, of the caper family, native to the western U.S., having showy, dense clusters of pink or white flowers, frequented by bees.
  • rolling-element bearing — a roller bearing or ball bearing.
  • sb doesn't miss a trick — If you say that someone does not miss a trick, you mean that they always know what is happening and take advantage of every situation.
  • severinus de monzambano — Samuel von [zah-moo-uh l fuh n] /ˈzɑ mu əl fən/ (Show IPA), ("Severinus de Monzambano") 1632–94, German jurist and historian.
  • short-billed marsh wren — sedge wren.
  • silicone breast implant — silicone filled bags that are implanted into a woman in order to increase the size of her breasts
  • social insurance number — a nine-digit number used by the federal government to identify a citizen
  • stick to someone's ribs — to be nourishing and satisfying
  • sustainable development — supporting economy via renewable resources
  • symbolic interactionism — a theory that human interaction and communication is facilitated by words, gestures, and other symbols that have acquired conventionalized meanings.
  • thompson submachine gun — a portable, .45-caliber, automatic weapon designed to be fired from the shoulder or hip.
  • uniform resource number — Former name for Uniform Resource Name.
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