19-letter words containing br
- intervertebral disc — any of the cartilaginous discs between individual vertebrae, acting as shock absorbers
- intervertebral disk — the plate of fibrocartilage between the bodies of adjacent vertebrae.
- ipratropium bromide — an anticholinergic bronchodilator, C 20 H 30 BrNO 3 , used in the treatment of chronic bronchitis and in airway obstruction diseases.
- john c breckinridge — John Cabell, 1821–75, vice president of the U.S. 1857–61: Confederate general in the American Civil War.
- jumping bristletail — any of several thysanuran insects that live in dark, warm, moist places, as under leaves, bark, and dead tree trunks and along rocky seacoasts, and are active jumpers, making erratic leaps when disturbed.
- kansas-nebraska act — the act of Congress in 1854 annulling the Missouri Compromise, providing for the organization of the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, and permitting these territories self-determination on the question of slavery.
- kellogg-briand pact — a treaty renouncing war as an instrument of national policy and urging peaceful means for the settlement of international disputes, originally signed in 1928 by 15 nations, later joined by 49 others.
- king's remembrancer — (in Great Britain) a judiciary official who collects debts owed to the king.
- library of congress — one of the major library collections in the world, located in Washington, D.C., and functioning in some ways as the national library of the U.S. although not officially designated as such: established by Congress in 1800 for service to its members, but now also serving government agencies, other libraries, and the public.
- minimum iron fabric — cloth used to make clothes that require little ironing
- pancreatic fibrosis — cystic fibrosis.
- peridental membrane — periodontal membrane.
- redbrick university — any new or little-known university, especially one built since World War II to educate students in industrial regions, emphasizing technical subjects rather than the classics, and often partially supported by government funds.
- sabre-toothed tiger — any of various extinct Tertiary felines of the genus Smilodon and related genera, with long curved upper canine teeth
- shortness of breath — respiratory difficulty
- standing broad jump — a jump for distance from a standing position.
- strait of gibraltar — a narrow strait between the S tip of Spain and the NW tip of Africa, linking the Mediterranean with the Atlantic
- telescopic umbrella — an umbrella having parts that telescope
- the british disease — the pattern of strikes and industrial unrest in the 1970s and early 1980s supposed by many during this time to be endemic in Britain and to weaken the British economy
- thermal equilibrium — the relationship between two systems connected only by a diathermic wall.
- to be born and bred — Someone who was born and bred in a place was born there and grew up there.
- to break new ground — If you break new ground, you do something completely different or you do something in a completely different way.
- to fight for breath — If you fight for breath, you try to breathe but find it very difficult.
- to hold your breath — If you hold your breath, you make yourself stop breathing for a few moments, for example because you are under water.
- to rack your brains — If you rack your brains, you try very hard to think of something.
- zebra-tailed lizard — a lizard, Callisaurus draconoides, inhabiting sandy deserts of Mexico and the southwestern U.S., having a long tail marked with black bands.