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

  • 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.
  • tamarisk gerbil — gerbil (def 2).
  • tangible assets — valuable items: cash, property, etc.
  • tariff barriers — a barrier to trade between certain countries or geographical areas which takes the form of abnormally high taxes levied by a government on imports or occasionally exports for purposes of protection, support of the balance of payments, or the raising of revenue
  • tennis bracelet — a bracelet consisting of a row of individually set, uniformly sized diamonds or other gemstones.
  • test ban treaty — a treaty which bans nations testing some or all types of nuclear weapons
  • the black ferns — the women's international Rugby Union football team of New Zealand
  • the black stump — an imaginary marker of the extent of civilization (esp in the phrase beyond the black stump)
  • the tall blacks — the international basketball team of New Zealand
  • the-ambassadors — a novel (1903) by Henry James.
  • thomas a becket — Saint Thomas à, 1118?–70, archbishop of Canterbury: murdered because of his opposition to Henry II's policies toward the church.
  • tibetan mastiff — a heavy well-built dog of a Tibetan breed with a long thick coat and a bushy tail carried curled over its back, often used as a guard dog
  • tibetan spaniel — one of a breed of small alert dogs originally developed in Tibet, with a double coat of any color, well-feathered, pendent ears, and a plumed tail curled over the back.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • touch base with — the bottom support of anything; that on which a thing stands or rests: a metal base for the table.
  • transferability — to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
  • transitive verb — a verb accompanied by a direct object and from which a passive can be formed, as deny, rectify, elect.
  • troubled waters — a confused or chaotic state of affairs: The situation was terrible, but like many politicians he was attracted by troubled waters.
  • turbinate bones — the thin scroll-shaped bones situated on the walls of the nasal passages
  • turn the tables — an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports: a kitchen table; an operating table; a pool table.
  • type 1 diabetes — diabetes (def 3).
  • type 2 diabetes — diabetes (def 4).
  • type i diabetes — diabetes (def 3).
  • ultraliberalism — a belief in or support for an extremely liberal political party or doctrine
  • unanswerability — the quality of not being answerable or contestable
  • unascertainable — to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine: to ascertain the facts.
  • unconstrainable — unable to be confined
  • uncontrollables — incapable of being controlled or restrained: uncontrollable anger.
  • unsubstantiated — not substantiated; unproved or unverified: unsubstantiated allegations.
  • unteachableness — the quality or condition of being unteachable
  • untransmissible — intransmissible
  • utter barrister — a barrister belonging to the outer bar.
  • vegetable salad — any salad consisting of vegetables, such as cabbage, carrots, beans, etc, not usually included in a green salad
  • vegetable sheep — any of various species of the genus Raoulia, esp R. mammillaris or R. eximia, of New Zealand rocky mountains: a small low bush having white flowers and hairy leaves which, from a distance, make it look like a sheep
  • vulnerabilities — capable of or susceptible to being wounded or hurt, as by a weapon: a vulnerable part of the body.
  • warrantableness — Quality of being warrantable.
  • water-based mud — Water-based mud is a type of drilling mud consisting mainly of water, which has additives to modify it and make it more effective.
  • west palm beach — a city in SE Florida: winter resort.
  • wild strawberry — uncultivated plant bearing red fruit
  • william webster — Daniel, 1782–1852, U.S. statesman and orator.
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