18-letter words containing b, o, a, t, f
- notifiable disease — any one of a number of infectious diseases of humans and animals, that must be reported to the public health authorities
- oblique-slip fault — a fault on which the movement is along both the strike and the dip of the fault
- political football — a political issue that is continually debated but has not yet been resolved
- provably difficult — The set or property of problems for which it can be proven that no polynomial-time algorithm exists, only exponential-time algorithms.
- put a bold face on — to seem bold or confident about
- rabbit's-foot fern — hare's-foot fern.
- rabbit-foot clover — a plant, Trifolium arvense, having trifoliate leaves with narrow leaflets and fuzzy, cylindrical, grayish-pink flower heads.
- rabbit-proof fence — a fence through which rabbits are unable to pass
- range of stability — the angle to the perpendicular through which a vessel may be heeled without losing the ability to right itself.
- safety-deposit box — a lockable metal box or drawer, especially in a bank vault, used for safely storing valuable papers, jewelry, etc.
- scottish blackface — a common breed of hardy mountain sheep having horns and a black face, kept chiefly on the mainland of Scotland
- see the last of sb — not encounter sb anymore
- significant symbol — a verbal or nonverbal gesture, as a word or smile, that has acquired a conventionalized meaning.
- software backplane — (programming, tool) A CASE framework from Atherton.
- sub-classification — to arrange in subclasses.
- take a bite out of — If something takes a bite out of a sum of money, part of the money is spent or taken away in order to pay for it.
- the back of beyond — a very remote place
- the better part of — a large part of
- the bird has flown — the person in question has fled or escaped
- the queen of sheba — a queen of the Sabeans, who visited Solomon (I Kings 10:1–13)
- to be said for sth — If you say there is a lot to be said for something, you mean you think it has a lot of good qualities or aspects.
- too clever by half — If someone is too clever by half, they are very clever and they show their cleverness in a way that annoys other people.
- what has become of — If you wonder what has become of someone or something, you wonder where they are and what has happened to them.
- wingback formation — single wingback formation.