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18-letter words containing b, e, n, p

  • price on sb's head — If there is a price on someone 's head, an amount of money has been offered for the capture or killing of that person.
  • prometheus unbound — a drama in verse (1820) by Shelley.
  • protease inhibitor — a drug that inhibits the action of protease, especially any of a class of antiviral drugs that prevent the cleavage and replication of HIV proteins.
  • public convenience — a rest room, especially at a large public place, as at a railroad station.
  • public examination — an examination, such as a GCSE exam, that is set by a central examining board
  • public expenditure — spending by central government, local authorities, and public corporations
  • pulmonary embolism — the blockage of a pulmonary artery, often by a blood clot, that stops the flow of blood to the lungs and which can result in death if untreated
  • punishment beating — a form of corporal punishment carried out by a paramilitary organization on a member of another sectarian organization, usually in Northern Ireland
  • put a bold face on — to seem bold or confident about
  • pyramus and thisbe — (in Greek legend) two lovers of Babylon: Pyramus, wrongly supposing Thisbe to be dead, killed himself and she, encountering him in his death throes, did the same
  • rabbit-proof fence — a fence through which rabbits are unable to pass
  • ribbon development — housing or commercial buildings built along a stretch of road.
  • saint bernard pass — either of two passes over the Alps: the Great St Bernard Pass 2472 m (8110 ft) high, east of Mont Blanc between Italy and Switzerland, or the Little St Bernard Pass 2157 m (7077 ft) high, south of Mont Blanc between Italy and France
  • sierra blanca peak — a mountain in S New Mexico: highest peak in the Sacramento Mountains. 11,997 feet (3651 meters).
  • small pastern bone — the part of the foot of a horse, cow, etc., between the fetlock and the hoof.
  • software backplane — (programming, tool)   A CASE framework from Atherton.
  • 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
  • stroustrup, bjarne — Bjarne Stroustrup
  • subject complement — a word or a group of words, usually functioning as an adjective or noun, that is used in the predicate following a copula and describes or is identified with the subject of the sentence, as sleepy in The travelers became sleepy.
  • talk between ships — TBS (def 1).
  • the general public — the people in a society; people in general
  • to be tickled pink — If you are tickled pink, you are extremely pleased about something.
  • 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.
  • transporter bridge — a bridge for carrying passengers and vehicles by means of a platform suspended from a trolley.
  • up to one's elbows — the bend or joint of the human arm between upper arm and forearm.
  • urban contemporary — popular dance music incorporating elements of rap, rhythm-and-blues, funk, and soul.
  • visible panty line — the line of someone's underwear which can be seen through trousers
  • weberian apparatus — (in certain fishes) a chain of small bones and ligaments connecting the inner ear with the air bladder.
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