14-letter words containing b, e, o, s
- shoulder blade — the scapula.
- shoulder board — one of a pair of narrow, stiff, cloth patches bearing an insignia of rank and worn on the shoulders by a commissioned officer.
- shower cubicle — a shower enclosure
- silver bromide — a yellowish, water-insoluble powder, AgBr, which darkens on exposure to light, produced by the reaction of silver nitrate with a bromide: used chiefly in the manufacture of photographic emulsions.
- simaroubaceous — belonging to the Simaroubaceae, the quassia family of plants.
- single bedroom — a bedroom that is intended to accommodate a single bed and occupancy of one person
- skilled labour — labour or work that demands skill and which you usually have to be trained for, or the workers that provide this labour
- skin and bones — a condition or state of extreme thinness, usually the result of malnutrition; emaciation: Anorexia had reduced her to skin and bones.
- slide trombone — a musical wind instrument consisting of a cylindrical metal tube expanding into a bell and bent twice in a U shape, usually equipped with a slide (slide trombone)
- snow blindness — the usually temporary dimming of the sight caused by the glare of reflected sunlight on snow.
- snowflake baby — a baby born following the transfer of a surplus embryo produced during the in-vitro fertilization of one woman to the womb of another woman who was not a cell donor
- soba (noodles) — Japanese noodles containing buckwheat flour
- sobersidedness — the state or quality of being solemn or sobersided
- sobriety coach — a person who is employed to help another to refrain from drinking alcohol
- social climber — a person who attempts to gain admission into a group with a higher social standing.
- sodium bromide — a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble solid, NaBr, used chiefly in photography as a developer, and in medicine as a sedative.
- soldier beetle — a yellowish-red cantharid beetle, Rhagonycha fulva, having a somewhat elongated body
- soluble tablet — A soluble tablet is a tablet that is designed to be dissolved in water before it is swallowed.
- somoza debayle — Anastasio [ah-nahs-tah-syaw] /ˌɑ nɑsˈtɑ syɔ/ (Show IPA), 1925–80, Nicaraguan army officer, businessman, and political leader: president 1967–72, 1974–79 (brother of Luis Somoza Debayle).
- sovereign debt — the debt of a national government, esp debt that is issued in a foreign currency
- spruce budworm — the larva of a common tortricid moth, Choristoneura fumiferana, that is a destructive pest primarily of spruce and balsam fir in the northern and northeastern U.S. and in Canada.
- squeeze bottle — a flexible plastic bottle the contents of which can be forced out by squeezing.
- st. marylebone — former metropolitan borough of London: since 1965, part of Westminster
- staggering bob — a newborn calf.
- starch blocker — a substance ingested in the belief that it inhibits the body's ability to metabolize starch and thereby promotes weight loss: declared illegal in the U.S. by the FDA.
- stealth bomber — a type of US military aircraft using advanced technology to render it virtually undetectable to sight, radar, or infrared sensors
- stockbrokerage — a stockbroker's work or business
- strabismometer — an instrument that measures strabismus
- streptobacilli — any of various bacilli that form in chains.
- stumble across — to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.
- sub-government — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
- sub-peritoneal — the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
- sub-postmaster — (in Britain) a man who runs a sub-post office
- subaggregation — a subtotalling
- subarborescent — below or under trees
- subatmospheric — (of a quantity) having a value lower than that of the atmosphere: subatmospheric temperatures.
- subconsciouses — existing or operating in the mind beneath or beyond consciousness: the subconscious self. Compare preconscious, unconscious.
- subcontinental — a large, relatively self-contained landmass forming a subdivision of a continent: the subcontinent of India.
- subcontrariety — the quality or state of being subcontrary
- subcutaneously — situated or lying under the skin, as tissue.
- subdevelopment — a development within a larger or more important development
- subinfeudation — the granting of a portion of an estate by a feudal tenant to a subtenant, held from the tenant on terms similar to those of the grant to the tenant.
- subinfeudatory — a person who holds by subinfeudation.
- subject to sth — If an event will take place subject to a condition, it will take place only if that thing happens.
- subproletariat — the poorest group within the working class
- subspontaneous — coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation; natural and unconstrained; unplanned: a spontaneous burst of applause.
- suggestion box — receptacle for customers' comments
- suicide bomber — A suicide bomber is a terrorist who carries out a bomb attack, knowing that he or she will be killed in the explosion.
- superabsorbent — extremely or unusually absorbent: superabsorbent fibers.
- superambitious — extremely ambitious, highly ambitious