21-letter words containing o, s, b, r, n

franco-belgian system — French system.
from dan to beersheba — from one end of Israel to the other: Judg. 20:1
gas blanketed storage — Gas blanketed storage is the use of gas to fill empty space in a storage tank.
gaussian distribution — normal distribution
get one's breath back — When you get your breath back after doing something energetic, you start breathing normally again.
give sb the runaround — If someone gives you the runaround, they deliberately do not give you all the information or help that you want, and send you to another person or place to get it.
give someone the bird — to tell someone rudely to depart; scoff at; hiss
go (in) to bat for sb — If you go to bat for someone or go in to bat for them, you give them your support.
go someone one better — of superior quality or excellence: a better coat; a better speech.
gobject introspection — (programming) A GNOME project that defines a syntax for introspection annotation pragmas to be used in the GObject library source code. Rather than actual introspection, these are intended to allow automatic generation of bindings (APIs) to expose the library to higher-level languages. The sort of information provided is the type and direction (in, out, inout) of function parameters and the responsibility for freeing memory used by data structures.
gold bullion standard — a gold standard in which gold is not coined but may be purchased at a fixed price for foreign exchange.
goldbach's conjecture — the conjecture that every even number greater than two is the sum of two prime numbers
greenwich observatory — the national astronomical observatory of Great Britain, housed in a castle in E Sussex; formerly located at Greenwich.
have someone's number — a numeral or group of numerals.
horizontal stabilizer — the horizontal surface, usually fixed, of an aircraft empennage, to which the elevator is hinged.
ibm customer engineer — (job) (CE) A hardware guy from IBM.
illinois bundleflower — a warm-season perennial, Desmanthus illinoensis, having small brown legumes and fernlike leaves, native to North American prairies, glades, and pastures.
integer specbaseratio — SPECbase_int92
jobseeker's allowance — (in Britain) a National Insurance or social security payment for unemployed people; replaced unemployment benefit in 1996
joseph bonaparte gulf — an inlet of the Timor Sea in N Australia. Width: 360 km (225 miles)
keyboard send receive — (hardware) (KSR) Part of a designation for a hard-copy terminal, manufactured by Teletype Corporation. The KSR range were lower cost versions of the ASR models.
language-based editor — language-sensitive editor
lap and shoulder belt — a car seat belt
loch ness monster bug — (humour) (Or "Bugfoot") A bug which cannot be reproduced or has only been sighted by one person. Named after the mythical creature claimed to inhabit Loch Ness in Scotland.
long-term liabilities — Long-term liabilities are debts that a company does not have to pay back for a year or more.
mauna kea observatory — an astronomical observatory on Mauna Kea, Hawaii, situated at an altitude of 13,600 feet (4145 meters).
negotiable instrument — order or promise to pay money
negotiable securities — securities that are legally transferable in title from one party to another
nellis air force base — the largest air base in the U.S. Air Force's Tactical Air Command, located near Las Vegas, Nev., and developed from what began in 1941 as a U.S. Army Air Corps field.
night-blooming cereus — any of various cacti of the genera Hylocereus, Peniocereus, Nyctocereus, or Selenicereus, having large, usually white flowers that open at night.
northumberland strait — the part of the Gulf of St. Lawrence that separates Prince Edward Island from New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, in SE Canada. About 200 miles (320 km) long; 9–30 miles (15–48 km) wide.
not hold one's breath — If you say that you won't hold your breath, you mean that you do not expect something to happen even though someone has suggested that it might.
observation satellite — an unmanned satellite that observes the earth and gathers data
on o's best behaviour — If someone is on their best behaviour, they are trying very hard to behave well.
open graphics library — (graphics, library) (OpenGL) A multi-platform software interface to graphics hardware, supporting rendering and imaging operations. The OpenGL interface was developed by Silicon Graphics, who license it to other vendors. The OpenGL graphics interface consists of several hundred functions operating on 2D and 3D objects, supporting basic techniques, such as modelling and smooth shading, and advanced techniques, such as texture mapping and motion blur. Many operations require a frame buffer. OpenGL is network-transparent, and a common extension to the X Window System allows an OpenGL client to communicate across a network with a different vendor's OpenGL server. OpenGL is based on Silicon Graphics' proprietary IRIS GL.
pick someone's brains — to obtain information or ideas from someone
poke borak at someone — to jeer at someone
poor robin's plantain — the rattlesnake weed, Hieracium venosum.
portable common loops — (PCL) A language which started out as an implementation of CommonLoops and turned into a portable CLOS implementation. Version 1992-08-28. It runs under Lucid Common LISP 4.0.1 and CMU Common LISP 16e.
potassium bicarbonate — a white, crystalline, slightly alkaline, salty-tasting, water-soluble powder, KHCO 3 , produced by the passage of carbon dioxide through an aqueous potassium carbonate solution: used in cookery as a leavening agent and in medicine as an antacid.
premium savings bonds — (in Britain) bonds issued by the Treasury since 1956 for purchase by the public. No interest is paid but there is a monthly draw for cash prizes of various sums
public administration — the implementation of public policy, largely by the executive branch.
public transportation — means of fare-paying travel
rayleigh distribution — (mathematics) A curve that yields a good approximation to the actual labour curves on software projects.
recompression chamber — hyperbaric chamber.
rub someone's nose in — to keep reminding someone of something unpleasant, as a mistake made
salam-weinberg theory — the electroweak theory.
sampling distribution — the distribution of a statistic based on all possible random samples that can be drawn from a given population.
san gabriel mountains — a mountain range in S California, N of Los Angeles. Highest peak, San Antonio Peak, 10,080 feet (3072 meters).
sao bernardo do campo — a city in SE Brazil, SE of São Paulo.

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