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17-letter words containing b, e, n, o, s, k

  • back on the rails — If something is back on the rails, it is beginning to be successful again after a period when it almost failed.
  • balance the books — do accounting
  • be on tenterhooks — If you are on tenterhooks, you are very nervous and excited because you are wondering what is going to happen in a particular situation.
  • beefsteak begonia — an ornamental plant, Begonia erythrophylla, having light-pink flowers and nearly round, thick, fleshy leaves that are red on the underside.
  • behind one's back — without one's knowledge; secretly or deceitfully
  • black-box testing — functional testing
  • blank endorsement — an endorsement on a bill of exchange, cheque, etc, naming no payee and thus making the endorsed sum payable to the bearer
  • break one's heart — to grieve or cause to grieve very deeply, esp through love
  • breakdown service — a service that provides assistance to motorists who break down
  • by the same token — You use by the same token to introduce a statement that you think is true for the same reasons that were given for a previous statement.
  • cardinal grosbeak — any of various mostly tropical American buntings, such as the cardinal and pyrrhuloxia, the males of which have brightly coloured plumage
  • close the book on — to bring to a definite end
  • get one's back up — the rear part of the human body, extending from the neck to the lower end of the spine.
  • goldbeater's skin — the prepared outside membrane of the large intestine of the ox, used by goldbeaters to lay between the leaves of the metal while they beat it into gold leaf.
  • histamine blocker — any of various substances that act at a specific receptor site to block certain actions of histamine.
  • john wilkes booth — Ballington [bal-ing-tuh n] /ˈbæl ɪŋ tən/ (Show IPA), 1859–1940, founder of the Volunteers of America 1896 (son of William Booth).
  • knowledgeableness — The state, quality, or measure of being knowledgeable; wisdom.
  • make noises about — to give indications of one's intentions
  • nervous breakdown — (not in technical use) any disabling mental disorder requiring treatment.
  • on someone's back — criticizing or pestering someone
  • on the pig's back — successful; established
  • one for the books — a handwritten or printed work of fiction or nonfiction, usually on sheets of paper fastened or bound together within covers.
  • put the kibosh on — nonsense.
  • rack one's brains — to strain in mental effort, esp to remember something or to find the solution to a problem
  • rybinsk reservoir — a vast water reservoir in W central Russia on the River Volga and its tributaries Sheksna and Mologa, formed by Rybinsk Hydroelectric Station dam
  • second balkan war — Balkan War (def 2).
  • shake one's booty — to dance
  • split keyboarding — the act or practice of editing data from one terminal on another terminal
  • take some beating — to be difficult to improve upon
  • take to one's bed — to remain in bed, esp because of illness
  • the joke is on sb — If you say that the joke is on a particular person, you mean that they have been made to look very foolish by something.
  • to get to know sb — If you get to know someone, you find out what they are like by spending time with them.
  • what does sb know — You can use expressions such as What does she know? and What do they know? when you think that someone has no right to comment on a situation because they do not understand it.
  • whiskey rebellion — a revolt of settlers in western Pennsylvania in 1794 against a federal excise tax on whiskey: suppressed by militia called out by President George Washington to establish the authority of the federal government.
  • working substance — a substance, usually a fluid, that undergoes changes in pressure, temperature, volume, or form as part of a process for accomplishing work.

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