15-letter words containing b, i, f, o
- out of business — If a shop or company goes out of business or is put out of business, it has to stop trading because it is not making enough money.
- post office box — (in a post office) a locked compartment into which the mail of a box renter is put to be called for. Abbreviation: POB, P.O.B.
- post-office box — (in a post office) a locked compartment into which the mail of a box renter is put to be called for. Abbreviation: POB, P.O.B.
- public footpath — a footpath along which the public has right of way
- public offering — a sale of a new issue of securities to the general public through a managing underwriter (opposed to private placement): required to be registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
- rayside-balfour — a town in S Ontario, in S Canada.
- rightabout-face — a turning directly about so as to face in the opposite direction
- self-abnegation — self-denial or self-sacrifice.
- self-absorption — preoccupation with oneself or one's own affairs.
- self-combustion — the act or process of burning.
- self-compatible — able to be fertilized by its own pollen.
- self-exhibition — an exhibiting, showing, or presenting to view.
- six of the best — six strokes with a cane on the buttocks or hand
- snubfin dolphin — Australian dolphin with a small dorsal fin
- social benefits — the social welfare provision made available to those in need
- soft-boiled egg — boiled egg with runny yolk
- sons of liberty — any of several patriotic societies, originally secret, that opposed the Stamp Act and thereafter supported moves for American independence.
- stamford bridge — a village in N England, east of York: site of a battle (1066) in which King Harold of England defeated his brother Tostig and King Harald Hardrada of Norway, three weeks before the Battle of Hastings
- 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
- subprofessional — being below professional standards: subprofessional health care.
- syllabification — to form or divide into syllables.
- synod of whitby — the synod held in 664 at Whitby at which the Roman date for Easter was accepted and the Church in England became aligned with Rome
- the gift of gab — If someone has the gift of gab, they are able to speak easily and confidently, and to persuade people.
- think better of — to have a conscious mind, to some extent of reasoning, remembering experiences, making rational decisions, etc.
- to fit the bill — If you say that someone or something fits the bill or fills the bill, you mean that they are suitable for a particular job or purpose.
- unaffordability — that can be afforded; believed to be within one's financial means: attractive new cars at affordable prices.
- widow's benefit — (in the British National Insurance scheme) a former weekly payment made to a widow