19-letter words containing b, e, n, s, o
- ring someone's bell — a hollow instrument of cast metal, typically cup-shaped with a flaring mouth, suspended from the vertex and rung by the strokes of a clapper, hammer, or the like.
- san bernardino pass — a pass over the Lepontine Alps in SE Switzerland. Highest point: 2062 m (6766 ft)
- seat belt tensioner — A seat belt tensioner is a device in a vehicle that pulls a seat belt tight if there is a sudden movement or stop.
- self-responsibility — the state or fact of being responsible, answerable, or accountable for something within one's power, control, or management.
- semibituminous coal — a coal intermediate between bituminous and anthracite coal in hardness, yielding the maximum heat of any ordinary steam coal.
- seminiferous tubule — any of the coiled tubules of the testis in which spermatozoa are produced.
- short-tail business — Short-tail business is insurance business where it is known that claims will be made and settled quickly.
- shortness of breath — respiratory difficulty
- siberian forest cat — a breed of powerfully-built long-haired cat, typically tabby with a white ruff and white paws
- siberian wallflower — a North American plant, Erysimum asperum, of the mustard family, having orange-yellow flowers.
- son-of-a-bitch stew — (in the Old West) a stew often prepared by chuck-wagon cooks for working cowboys, containing tripe and often also the heart, liver, brains, kidney, etc., of a slaughtered steer.
- southern crab apple — a tree, Malus angustifolia, of the eastern U.S., having oblong leaves, fragrant, pink or rose-colored flowers, and small, round, yellow-green fruit.
- spaghetti bolognese — Italian dish of pasta and tomato sauce
- stanford-binet test — a revised version of the Binet-Simon scale, prepared at Stanford University for use in the U.S.
- stationery cupboard — a cupboard where things like paper, pens and paper clips are kept
- store refurbishment — Store refurbishment happens when a store needs to be redecorated, modernized or the layout changed. The store will often be closed to customers during this time.
- subsistence economy — an economy which produces only enough output for its own consumption and does not attempt to accumulate wealth
- substitution cipher — a cipher that replaces letters of the plain text with another set of letters or symbols.
- synchromesh gearbox — A synchromesh gearbox is a usually manually operated transmission in which a change of gears takes place between gears that are already revolving at the same speed.
- the best of friends — If two people are the best of friends, they are close friends, especially when they have had a disagreement or fight in the past.
- the compassion club — (in Canada) a nonprofit organization that provides uncontaminated cannabis for medical purposes and natural therapies in a safe environment
- the london assembly — the devolved legislature of London, based in City Hall, Southwark
- throw oneself at sb — If someone throws themselves at you, they make it very obvious that they want to begin a relationship with you, by behaving as though they are sexually attracted to you.
- thumb one's nose at — to deride or mock, esp by placing the thumb on the nose with fingers extended
- to be full of beans — If someone is full of beans, they are very lively and have a lot of energy and enthusiasm.
- to be headline news — to attract a lot of attention from newspapers
- to be in the charts — (of a record or pop group) to be popular
- to be running short — If you are running short of something or running low on something, you do not have much of it left. If a supply of something is running short or running low, there is not much of it left.
- to be seeing things — to believe one is seeing or hearing something that is not really there
- to plumb new depths — If you say that something plumbs new depths, you mean that it is worse than all the things of its kind that have existed before, even though some of them have been very bad.
- trouble someone for — to ask someone to pass, hand, give, etc. (something) to one
- upper carboniferous — Pennsylvanian (defs 2, 4).
- wandering albatross — a large albatross, Diomedea exulans, of southern waters, having the plumage mostly white with dark markings on the upper parts.
- wassermann antibody — reagin (def 1).
- websters-dictionary — Informal. a dictionary of the English language, especially American English, such as Dictionary.com.
- west dunbartonshire — a council area of W central Scotland, on Loch Lomond and the Clyde estuary: corresponds to part of the historical county of Dunbartonshire; part of Strathclyde Region from 1975 to 1996: engineering industries. Administrative centre: Dumbarton. Pop: 92 320 (2003 est). Area: 162 sq km (63 sq miles)
- zero-base budgeting — a process in government and corporate finance of justifying an overall budget or individual budgeted items each fiscal year or each review period rather than dealing only with proposed changes from a previous budget. Abbreviation: ZBB.