18-letter words containing a, b, s, e

seven-league boots — mythical boots that allowed the wearer to travel seven leagues (a former unit of measurement), ie a great length, at each step
shorthand notebook — a notebook used by a shorthand writer
sierra blanca peak — a mountain in S New Mexico: highest peak in the Sacramento Mountains. 11,997 feet (3651 meters).
simone de beauvoir — Simone [see-mawn] /siˈmɔn/ (Show IPA), (Lucie Ernestine Marie Bertrand) 1908–86, French playwright, novelist, and essayist.
sindbad the sailor — (in The Arabian Nights' Entertainments), a wealthy citizen of Baghdad who relates the adventures of his seven wonderful voyages.
skinny-rib sweater — a tight-fitting ribbed woollen jumper or pullover
slobodan milosevic — Slobodan [sloh-buh-dain] /ˈsloʊ bəˌdɛən/ (Show IPA), 1941–2006, Yugoslav and Serbian politician: president of Serbia 1989–97, president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1997–2000, accused of war crimes 2001.
small pastern bone — the part of the foot of a horse, cow, etc., between the fetlock and the hoof.
smart battery data — (hardware, protocol) (SBD) A method to monitor a rechargeable battery pack, initiated by Duracell and Intel. An special IC in the battery pack monitors the battery and reports information to the SMBus. This information might include: type, model number, manufacturer, characteristics, discharge rate, predicted remaining capacity, almost-discharged alarm so that the PC can shut down gracefully; temperature and voltage to provide safe fast-charging.
sodium bicarbonate — a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, in powder or granules, NaHCO 3 , usually prepared by the reaction of soda ash with carbon dioxide or obtained from the intermediate product of the Solvay process by purification: used chiefly in the manufacture of sodium salts, baking powder, and beverages, as a laboratory reagent, as a fire extinguisher, and in medicine as an antacid.
sodium tetraborate — borax1 .
software backplane — (programming, tool) A CASE framework from Atherton.
southeast by south — a point on the compass 11°15′ south of southeast. Abbreviation: SEbS.
specrate_base_fp92 — (benchmark) A variant of SPECrate_fp92 that reports "baseline" results, using stricter run rules.
stand-by generator — an electrical system which operates automatically in case the usual system malfunctions
stand-by passenger — someone who buys a (usually cheaper) ticket, if they are still available, on a plane just before it is about to leave rather than booking in advance
stationary bicycle — an exercise bike
statistical tables — tables showing the values of the cumulative distribution functions, probability functions, or probability density functions of certain common distributions for different values of their parameters, and used esp to determine whether or not a particular statistical result exceeds the required significance level
stomach sweetbread — sweetbread (def 1).
strangeness number — a quantum number, designating the strangeness of an elementary particle, equivalent to the hypercharge minus the baryon number
stroustrup, bjarne — Bjarne Stroustrup
subatomic particle — physics:
subliminal message — a message passed to the human mind without the mind being consciously aware of it, as, for example, in advertising
submarine sandwich — a sandwich made with a long cylindrical bread roll
subordinate clause — a clause that modifies the principal clause or some part of it or that serves a noun function in the principal clause, as when she arrived in the sentence I was there when she arrived or that she has arrived in the sentence I doubt that she has arrived.
subsistence farmer — a farmer who consumes most of the produce he grows, leaving little or nothing to be marketed
substitute teacher — educator: replaces sb temporarily
supraorbital ridge — browridge.
take a shine to sb — If you say that someone has taken a shine to another person, you mean that he or she liked them very much at their first meeting.
talk a blue streak — speak rapidly and incessantly
talk between ships — TBS (def 1).
television cabinet — a cabinet on which a television set is placed or in which it is encased
the baptist church — any of various Protestant churches that believe in the baptism of believers
the bird has flown — the person in question has fled or escaped
the black and tans — a specially recruited armed auxiliary police force sent to Ireland in 1921 by the British Government to combat Sinn Féin
the blue hen state — a nickname for the state of Delaware
the powers that be — You can refer to people in authority as the powers that be, especially when you want to say that you disagree with them or do not understand what they say or do.
the queen of sheba — a queen of the Sabeans, who visited Solomon (I Kings 10:1–13)
the stars and bars — the flag of the Confederate States of America
the welsh assembly — the elected assembly for Wales, based in Cardiff, that has certain powers devolved from the UK government
the-master-builder — a play (1892) by Ibsen.
tick all the boxes — to satisfy all of the apparent requirements for success
timber rattlesnake — a rattlesnake, Crotalus horridus horridus, of the eastern U.S., usually having the body marked with dark crossbands.
to bare one's soul — If you bare your soul, you tell someone your most secret thoughts and feelings.
to be caught short — If you are caught short or are taken short, you feel a sudden strong need to urinate, especially when you cannot easily find a toilet.
to be said for sth — If you say there is a lot to be said for something, you mean you think it has a lot of good qualities or aspects.
to bear witness to — If a person or thing bears witness to something, they show or say that it exists or happened.
to get a bad press — If someone or something gets a bad press, they are criticized, especially in the newspapers, on television, or on radio. If they get a good press, they are praised.
to put years on sb — if you say that something such as an experience or a way of dressing has put years on someone, you mean that it has made them look or feel much older
to spill the beans — If you spill the beans, you tell someone something that people have been trying to keep secret.

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