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

  • post-boost phase — the part of a multistage missile flight when the warheads are released.
  • post-elizabethan — of or relating to the reign of Elizabeth I, queen of England, or to her times: Elizabethan diplomacy; Elizabethan music.
  • pre-subscription — a sum of money given or pledged as a contribution, payment, investment, etc.
  • presentation box — a specially designed and attractive box to hold a product, and make it look more impressive
  • prometheus bound — a tragedy (c457 b.c.) by Aeschylus.
  • public relations — (used with a plural verb) the actions of a corporation, store, government, individual, etc., in promoting goodwill between itself and the public, the community, employees, customers, etc.
  • questionableness — The state or condition of being questionable; dubiousness.
  • rambunctiousness — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
  • reasonable doubt — law: grounds for believing sb is innocent
  • rectus abdominis — a long flat muscle that extends along the whole length of both sides of the abdomen. It flexes the vertebral column, particularly the lumbar portion; it also tenses the anterior abdominal wall and assists in compressing the abdominal contents
  • redistributional — a distribution performed again or anew.
  • responsibilities — the state or fact of being responsible, answerable, or accountable for something within one's power, control, or management.
  • robert t. morris — The creator of the "Internet Worm" that wreaked havoc on many Internet systems for a day or two. Morris, the son of an NSA spook, did some jail time for releasing the worm.
  • safe deposit box — A safe deposit box is a small box, usually kept in a special room in a bank, in which you can store valuable objects.
  • safe-deposit box — a lockable metal box or drawer, especially in a bank vault, used for safely storing valuable papers, jewelry, etc.
  • sandlot baseball — a form of baseball played by children on an area of vacant ground
  • santiago de cuba — a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
  • scotch blackface — one of a Scottish breed of mountain sheep having a black face and growing long, coarse wool.
  • scottish borders — a council area in SE Scotland, on the English border: created in 1996, it has the same boundaries as the former Borders Region: it is mainly hilly, with agriculture (esp sheep farming) the chief economic activity. Administrative centre: Newtown St Boswells. Pop: 108 280 (2003 est). Area: 4734 sq km (1827 sq miles)
  • self-abandonment — absence or lack of personal restraint.
  • self-approbation — approval; commendation.
  • self-elaboration — an act or instance of elaborating.
  • self-lubrication — the process of becoming lubricated without external factors
  • self-observation — an act or instance of noticing or perceiving.
  • self-subjugation — the act, fact, or process of subjugating, or bringing under control; enslavement: The subjugation of the American Indians happened across the country.
  • semi-hibernation — Zoology. to spend the winter in close quarters in a dormant condition, as bears and certain other animals. Compare estivate.
  • shoot one's bolt — a movable bar or rod that when slid into a socket fastens a door, gate, etc.
  • shoot the breeze — a wind or current of air, especially a light or moderate one.
  • shoot-to-disable — of or relating to shooting by soldiers or police that is intended to disable rather than kill
  • showbiz reporter — a journalist who writes about the entertainment industry
  • siberian mammoth — a shaggy-coated mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius, that lived in cold regions across Eurasia and North America during the Ice Age, known from fossils, cave paintings, and well-preserved frozen carcasses.
  • slap on the back — to congratulate
  • slow metabolizer — A slow metabolizer is someone whose body is slow to break down, absorb, or use a particular substance.
  • smooth breathing — a symbol (') used in the writing of Greek to indicate that the initial vowel over which it is placed is unaspirated.
  • sodium bisulfate — a colorless crystalline compound, NaHSO 4 , soluble in water: used in dyeing, in the manufacture of cement, paper, soap, and an acid-type cleaner.
  • sodium bisulfite — Sodium bisulfite is a crystalline compound used as an antioxidant and stabilizing agent.
  • sodium carbonate — Also called soda ash. an anhydrous, grayish-white, odorless, water-soluble powder, Na 2 CO 3 , usually obtained by the Solvay process and containing about 1 percent of impurities consisting of sulfates, chlorides, and bicarbonates of sodium: used in the manufacture of glass, ceramics, soaps, paper, petroleum products, sodium salts, as a cleanser, for bleaching, and in water treatment.
  • sodium perborate — a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, NaBO 2 ⋅3H 2 O or NaBO 3 ⋅4H 2 O, used chiefly as a bleaching agent and antiseptic.
  • software library — a collection of programs that are used to develop software
  • south sea bubble — the financial crash that occurred in 1720 after the South Sea Company had taken over the national debt in return for a monopoly of trade with the South Seas, causing feverish speculation in their stocks
  • southerly buster — a sudden violent cold wind on the SE coast of Australia causing a rapid drop in temperature
  • southern baptist — a member of the Southern Baptist Convention, founded in Augusta, Georgia, in 1845, that is strictly Calvinistic and active in religious publishing and education.
  • spectacled cobra — Indian cobra.
  • spectrobolometer — an instrument consisting of a spectroscope and a bolometer, for determining the distribution of radiant energy in a spectrum.
  • st. john's-bread — carob (def 2).
  • steamboat gothic — a florid architectural style suggesting the gingerbread-decorated construction of river boats of the Victorian period.
  • stockbroker belt — The stockbroker belt is an area outside a city, especially London, where rich people who travel to work in the city live.
  • stone-cold sober — If someone is stone-cold sober, they are not drunk at all.
  • strawberry blond — reddish blond.
  • sub-postmistress — (in Britain) a woman who runs a sub-post office
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