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16-letter words containing b, e, s, h

  • the great gatsby — a novel (1925) by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
  • the green berets — a force of the US army also known as the United States Army Special Forces. Their missions included counter-terrorism and internal defense, and the troops are trained for guerrilla warfare
  • the public purse — money from or controlled by the government
  • the red brigades — a group of urban guerrillas, based in Italy, who kidnapped and murdered the former Italian prime minister Aldo Moro (1916–78) in 1978
  • the subconscious — subconscious mental activity
  • the subsidiariat — a collective term for the news sources that would not survive without being subsidized directly (by a government, etc), or indirectly (through sharing a parent company with another more profitable revenue source)
  • the unobservable — something that cannot be observed
  • the war-disabled — those people who have been disabled by war
  • the wheel blacks — the international wheelchair rugby football team of New Zealand
  • thrilled to bits — If someone is thrilled, they are extremely pleased about something.
  • thrombophlebitis — the presence of a thrombus in a vein accompanied by inflammation of the vessel wall.
  • thumb one's nose — the short, thick, inner digit of the human hand, next to the forefinger.
  • thumbnail sketch — small preliminary drawing
  • tibetan buddhism — the form of Mahayana Buddhism that developed and is practiced primarily in Tibet and some nearby nations: its spiritual leader is the Dalai Lama
  • to be out of sth — if you are out of something, you no longer have any of it
  • to bite the dust — If you say that something has bitten the dust, you are emphasizing that it no longer exists or that it has failed.
  • to miss the boat — If you say that someone has missed the boat, you mean that they have missed an opportunity and may not get another.
  • to pass the buck — If you pass the buck, you refuse to accept responsibility for something, and say that someone else is responsible.
  • tread the boards — to set down the foot or feet in walking; step; walk.
  • un-reprehensible — deserving of reproof, rebuke, or censure; blameworthy.
  • unaccomplishable — to bring to its goal or conclusion; carry out; perform; finish: to accomplish one's mission.
  • uncomprehensible — capable of being comprehended or understood; intelligible.
  • under sb's thumb — If you are under someone's thumb, you are under their control, or very heavily influenced by them.
  • union membership — members of a trade union
  • unpublished work — a literary work that has not been reproduced for sale or publicly distributed.
  • up to the elbows — deeply engaged (in work, etc.)
  • vestibule school — a school in an industrial establishment where new employees are given specific training in the jobs they are to perform.
  • well-established — permanently founded; settled; firmly set: a well-established business; a well-established habit.
  • whatever sb does — You say whatever you do when giving advice or warning someone about something.
  • witches' sabbath — Sabbat.
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