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15-letter words containing b, e, s, t, o

  • strombuliferous — having organs coiled as spirals
  • sub-post office — (in Britain) a post office run by a sub-postmaster or sub-postmistress as a self-employed agent for the Post Office
  • subalimentation — hypoalimentation.
  • subcontraoctave — the octave below the contraoctave, which is three octaves below the middle C octave on a standard keyboard
  • subduction zone — an act or instance of subducting; subtraction or withdrawal.
  • subintellection — an implication that is more or less understood
  • subject catalog — a catalog having entries listed by subject only.
  • subject pronoun — pronoun in nominative case
  • subperiosteally — the normal investment of bone, consisting of a dense, fibrous outer layer, to which muscles attach, and a more delicate, inner layer capable of forming bone.
  • subreptitiously — in a subreptitious manner
  • substratosphere — the upper troposphere.
  • subtrochanteric — Anatomy. either of two knobs at the top of the femur, the greater on the outside and the lesser on the inside, serving for the attachment of muscles between the thigh and pelvis.
  • sweep the board — (in gambling) to win all the cards or money
  • symbol retailer — any member of a voluntary group of independent retailers, often using a common name or symbol, formed to obtain better prices from wholesalers or manufacturers in competition with supermarket chains
  • take sb to task — If you take someone to task, you criticize them or tell them off because of something bad or wrong that they have done.
  • television tube — a cathode-ray tube designed for the reproduction of television pictures
  • the lost tribes — the ten tribes deported from the N kingdom of Israel in 721 bc and believed never to have returned to Palestine
  • the-ambassadors — a novel (1903) by Henry James.
  • the-sketch-book — a collection of essays and stories (1819–20) by Washington Irving.
  • thomas a becket — Saint Thomas à, 1118?–70, archbishop of Canterbury: murdered because of his opposition to Henry II's policies toward the church.
  • thromboembolism — the blockage of a blood vessel by a thrombus carried through the bloodstream from its site of formation.
  • titius-bode law — Bode's law.
  • to be seen dead — If you say that you wouldn't be seen dead or be caught dead in particular clothes, places, or situations, you are expressing strong dislike or disapproval of them.
  • to do sb credit — If you say that something does someone credit, you mean that they should be praised or admired because of it.
  • to do your best — If you do your best or try your best to do something, you try as hard as you can to do it, or do it as well as you can.
  • to sb's defence — If you come to someone's defence, you help them by doing or saying something to protect them.
  • to sb's defense — If you come to someone's defense, you help them by doing or saying something to protect them.
  • torsion balance — an instrument for measuring small forces, as electric attraction or repulsion, by determining the amount of torsion or twisting they cause in a slender wire or filament.
  • tortoise beetle — any of several turtle-shaped leaf beetles, as Chelymorpha cassidea (argus tortoise beetle or milkweed tortoise beetle) which resembles the ladybird beetle and feeds primarily on bindweed and milkweed.
  • tortoise brooch — a domed, oval brooch worn in pairs by Viking women.
  • touch base with — the bottom support of anything; that on which a thing stands or rests: a metal base for the table.
  • troubled waters — a confused or chaotic state of affairs: The situation was terrible, but like many politicians he was attracted by troubled waters.
  • troubleshooting — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
  • turbinate bones — the thin scroll-shaped bones situated on the walls of the nasal passages
  • unconstrainable — unable to be confined
  • uncontrollables — incapable of being controlled or restrained: uncontrollable anger.
  • unobtrusiveness — not obtrusive; inconspicuous, unassertive, or reticent.
  • visible exports — goods sold to a foreign country or countries
  • visible imports — products that a company or country buys from other countries
  • whistle-blowing — a person who informs on another or makes public disclosure of corruption or wrongdoing.
  • widow's benefit — (in the British National Insurance scheme) a former weekly payment made to a widow
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