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11-letter words containing r, y, e, b

  • goldenberry — the Cape gooseberry
  • gooney bird — any of several albatrosses, especially the black-footed albatross and the Laysan albatross, occurring on islands in the Pacific Ocean, often near naval bases.
  • gopherberry — bush huckleberry.
  • green bytes — (jargon)   (Or "green words") Meta-information embedded in a file, such as the length of the file or its name; as opposed to keeping such information in a separate description file or record. By extension, the non-data bits in any self-describing format. "A GIF file contains, among other things, green bytes describing the packing method for the image". At a meeting of the SHARE Systems Division, November 22, 1964, in Washington, DC, George Mealy of IBM described the new block tape format for FORTRAN in which unformatted binary records had a Control Word. George used green chalk to describe it. No one liked the contents of the Green Word (not information, wrong location, etc.) so Conrad Weisert and Channing Jackson made badges saying "Stamp out Green Words". This was the first computer badge. Compare out-of-band, zigamorph, fence.
  • hebdomadary — Roman Catholic Church. a member of a church or monastery appointed for one week to sing the chapter Mass and lead in the recitation of the breviary.
  • hobby-horse — You describe a subject or idea as your hobby-horse if you have strong feelings on it and like talking about it whenever you have the opportunity.
  • hobbyhorses — Plural form of hobbyhorse.
  • holly berry — a bitter, slightly poisonous berry that grows on holly trees or shrubs
  • honesty bar — an unattended area in a hotel, resort, etc, where patrons may serve themselves drinks and are expected to leave money to pay for them
  • huckleberry — the dark-blue or black edible berry of any of various shrubs belonging to the genus Gaylussacia of the heath family.
  • hurtleberry — whortleberry.
  • hybernating — Present participle of hybernate.
  • hybernation — Obsolete spelling of hibernation.
  • hydroborate — (inorganic chemistry) Any of several anions containing hydrogen bound to boron, especially the simplest one BH4-; any salt or complex containing such an anion.
  • hyperbolise — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
  • hyperbolism — the use of hyperbole.
  • hyperbolist — One who uses hyperbole; an exaggerator.
  • hyperbolize — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
  • hyperboloid — a quadric surface having a finite center and some of its plane sections hyperbolas. Equation: x 2 / a 2 + y 2 / b 2 − z 2 / c 2 = 1.
  • hyperboreal — Hyperborean.
  • hyperborean — Classical Mythology. one of a people supposed to live in a land of perpetual sunshine and abundance beyond the north wind.
  • hypercarbia — (medicine) the condition of having an abnormally high concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood.
  • illiberally — In an illiberal manner.
  • impermeably — In an impermeable manner.
  • impregnably — In an impregnable manner; in a manner to defy attack.
  • impressibly — In an impressible manner.
  • inalterably — In an inalterable way.
  • inheritably — capable of being inherited.
  • innumerably — very numerous.
  • inseparably — In an inseparable manner.
  • insuperably — In an insuperable manner.
  • intolerably — not tolerable; unendurable; insufferable: intolerable pain.
  • irreducibly — In an irreducible manner, or state.
  • irrefutably — not capable of being refuted or disproved: irrefutable logic.
  • irremovably — So as not to be removable.
  • irreparably — not reparable; incapable of being rectified, remedied, or made good: an irreparable mistake.
  • irresolubly — In a irresoluble manner.
  • irrevocably — not to be revoked or recalled; unable to be repealed or annulled; unalterable: an irrevocable decree.
  • jabberingly — in a jabbering manner
  • jabberwocky — a playful imitation of language consisting of invented, meaningless words; nonsense; gibberish.
  • jerry-build — to build cheaply and flimsily.
  • jerry-built — built cheaply and flimsily.
  • jewelry box — case for valuable accessories
  • jubal early — Jubal Anderson [joo-buh l] /ˈdʒu bəl/ (Show IPA), 1816–94, Confederate general in the U.S. Civil War.
  • keyboarders — Plural form of keyboarder.
  • keyboarding — the row or set of keys on a piano, organ, or the like.
  • keyboardist — the row or set of keys on a piano, organ, or the like.
  • khyber pass — the chief mountain pass between Pakistan and Afghanistan, W of Peshawar. 33 miles (53 km) long; 6825 feet (2080 meters) high.
  • krebs cycle — a cycle of enzyme-catalyzed reactions in living cells that is the final series of reactions of aerobic metabolism of carbohydrates, proteins, and fatty acids, and by which carbon dioxide is produced, oxygen is reduced, and ATP is formed.
  • lay brother — a man who has taken religious vows and habit but is employed by his order chiefly in manual labor.
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