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14-letter words containing b, e, s, w

  • possible world — (in modal logic) a semantic device formalizing the notion of what the world might have been like. A statement is necessarily true if and only if it is true in every possible world
  • rainbow series — (publication)   Any of several series of technical manuals distinguished by cover colour. The original rainbow series was the NCSC security manuals (see Orange Book, crayola books); the term has also been commonly applied to the PostScript reference set (see Red Book, Green Book, Blue Book, White Book). Which books are meant by ""the" rainbow series" unqualified is thus dependent on one's local technical culture.
  • rainbow wrasse — a brightly coloured Mediterranean fish ( Coris julis) of the Labridae family
  • raise eyebrows — cause surprise
  • rewardableness — the quality or state of being rewardable
  • savi's warbler — a type of warbler; Locustella luscinioides.
  • shadow cabinet — (in the British Parliament) a group of prominent members of the opposition who are expected to hold positions in the cabinet when their party assumes power.
  • shower cubicle — a shower enclosure
  • 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
  • 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.
  • swanscombe man — a primitive human, Homo sapiens steinheimensis, of the middle Pleistocene Epoch, known from a fossil skull fragment found at Swanscombe, England.
  • sweated labour — workers forced to work in poor conditions for low pay
  • sweet viburnum — the sheepberry, Viburnum lentago.
  • to sweat blood — If you say that someone sweats blood trying to do something, you are emphasizing that they try very hard to do it.
  • tumbler switch — electrical control
  • virgin's-bower — any of several American clematis plants, esp Clematis virginiana, of E North America, which has clusters of small white flowers
  • warehouse club — A warehouse club is a large shop which sells goods at reduced prices to people who pay each year to become members of the organization that runs the shop.
  • web-publishing — a person or company that uploads, creates, or edits content on Web pages; one who maintains or manages a website.
  • webliographies — Plural form of webliography.
  • webster groves — a city in E Missouri, near St. Louis.
  • well described — to tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an account of: He described the accident very carefully.
  • well-described — to tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an account of: He described the accident very carefully.
  • well-published — to issue (printed or otherwise reproduced textual or graphic material, computer software, etc.) for sale or distribution to the public.
  • west berkshire — a unitary authority in S England, in Berkshire. Pop: 144 200 (2003 est). Area: 705 sq km (272 sq miles)
  • whistle blower — a person who informs on another or makes public disclosure of corruption or wrongdoing.
  • whistle-blower — a person who informs on another or makes public disclosure of corruption or wrongdoing.
  • whistleblowers — Plural form of whistleblower.
  • whistleblowing — The disclosure to the public or to authorities, usually by an employee, of wrongdoing in a company or government department.
  • white sea bass — a large weakfish, Atractoscion nobilis, occurring along the Pacific coast of North America and popular as a sport and food fish.
  • whortleberries — Plural form of whortleberry.
  • witches'-besom — witches'-broom.
  • witches'-broom — an abnormal, brushlike growth of small thin branches on woody plants, caused especially by fungi, viruses, and mistletoes.
  • women's libber — a movement to combat sexual discrimination and to gain full legal, economic, vocational, educational, and social rights and opportunities for women, equal to those of men.
  • worcesterberry — a North American wild gooseberry, Ribes divaricatum
  • word blindness — alexia.
  • wrecker's ball — a heavy metal ball swung on a cable from a crane and used in demolition work.
  • writer's block — a usually temporary condition in which a writer finds it impossible to proceed with the writing of a novel, play, or other work.
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