16-letter words containing r, i, b

one-armed bandit — slot machine (def 1).
operating budget — money allocated to a project
orbital velocity — the minimum velocity at which a body must move to maintain a given orbit.
ordinary jubilee — the celebration of any of certain anniversaries, as the twenty-fifth (silver jubilee) fiftieth (golden jubilee) or sixtieth or seventy-fifth (diamond jubilee)
organized labour — labour carried out by workers in trade unions, or the workers themselves
outboard profile — an exterior side elevation of a vessel, showing all deck structures, rigging, fittings, etc.
overexcitability — to excite too much.
oversubscription — to subscribe for more of than is available, expected, or required: The charity drive was oversubscribed by several thousand dollars.
overurbanization — the act or fact of urbanizing, or taking on the characteristics of a city: Urbanization has led to more air pollution and increasing childhood asthma.
oxidation number — the state of an element or ion in a compound with regard to the electrons gained or lost by the element or ion in the reaction that formed the compound, expressed as a positive or negative number indicating the ionic charge of the element or ion.
paint-by-numbers — formulaic; showing no original thought or creativity
paratuberculosis — Johne's disease.
pass-band filter — band-pass filter
personal liberty — the liberty of an individual to do his or her will freely except for those restraints imposed by law to safeguard the physical, moral, political, and economic welfare of others.
philip r. bagley — (person) A pioneer of computer document retrieval. See metadata.
phlebothrombosis — the presence of a thrombus in a vein.
pietermaritzburg — a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
pit bull terrier — American Staffordshire terrier.
plant bargaining — a form of bargaining within industry, involving either informal small groups of employees or collective agreements at plant level
pocket billiards — pool2 (def 1).
port phillip bay — a bay in SE Australia: the harbor of Melbourne. 31 miles (50 km) long; 25 miles (40 km) wide.
portable airtime — (communications, wireless) A wireless, digital communications system enabling user-to-user voice communication, "quicknotes", and alphanumeric messaging.
pourriture noble — noble rot.
powerfully built — (of a person, esp a man) big and physically strong, with large muscles
pre-subscription — a sum of money given or pledged as a contribution, payment, investment, etc.
presentation box — a specially designed and attractive box to hold a product, and make it look more impressive
pribilof islands — a group of islands in the Bering Sea, off SW Alaska, belonging to the US: the breeding ground of the northern fur seal. Area: about 168 sq km (65 sq miles)
prisoner of bill — (humour) (PoB) A derisory term, in use generally among Unix users, for anyone who uses Microsoft products either because they don't know there is anything better (i.e. Unix) or because they would be incapable of working anything more complex (i.e. Unix). The interesting and widespread presumption among users of the term is that (at least at the time of writing, 1998) using anything other than Unix or a Microsoft OS (whether VMS, Macintosh, Amiga) is so eccentric a choice as to be at least somewhat praiseworthy.
pro bono publico — for the public good or welfare.
pro-abolitionist — (especially prior to the Civil War) a person who advocated or supported the abolition of slavery in the U.S.
proboscis monkey — a reddish, arboreal monkey, Nasalis larvatus, of Borneo, the male of which has a long, flexible nose: an endangered species.
projection booth — a soundproof compartment in a theater where a motion-picture projector is housed and from which the picture is projected on the screen.
public ownership — ownership by the state; nationalization
public relations — (used with a plural verb) the actions of a corporation, store, government, individual, etc., in promoting goodwill between itself and the public, the community, employees, customers, etc.
public transport — fare-paying travel
put sb/sth first — If you put someone or something first, you treat or consider them as more important than anything else.
rack one's brain — If you rack your brains, you try very hard to think of something.
rainbow lorikeet — a small Australasian parrot, Trichoglossus haematodus, with brightly-coloured plumage
rainbow seaperch — an embiotocid fish, Hypsurus caryi, living off the Pacific coast of North America, having red, orange, and blue stripes on the body.
raise an eyebrow — If something causes you to raise an eyebrow or to raise your eyebrows, it causes you to feel surprised or disapproving.
rambunctiousness — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
ramen profitable — If a startup business is ramen profitable, it is barely profitable, just enough to allow the founder to live on the cheapest diet.
random vibration — Random vibration is a type of forced vibration in which the motion follows no regular pattern.
razor-billed auk — a black and white auk, Alca torda, of the American and European coasts of the northern North Atlantic, having a compressed black bill encircled by a white band.
re-establishment — the act or an instance of establishing.
reaction chamber — the chamber in a rocket engine in which the reaction or combustion of fuel occurs
reaction turbine — a turbine driven by the reactive force of a fluid passing through the rotor blades.
rectus abdominis — a long flat muscle that extends along the whole length of both sides of the abdomen. It flexes the vertebral column, particularly the lumbar portion; it also tenses the anterior abdominal wall and assists in compressing the abdominal contents
redbank whiteoak — a city in S Tennessee.
redistributional — a distribution performed again or anew.

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