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17-letter words containing b, o, a, t, s

  • steamboat springs — a town in NW Colorado: ski resort.
  • strawberry blonde — woman: with reddish fair hair
  • strawberry tomato — the small, edible, tomato-like fruit of the plant Physalis pruinosa, of the nightshade family.
  • subject catalogue — a catalogue with entries arranged by subject in a classified sequence
  • subordinated debt — a debt that an unsecured creditor can only claim, in the event of a liquidation, after the claims of secured creditors have been paid
  • subscription rate — the price charged for a subscription
  • subtractive color — cyan, yellow, or magenta, as used in the subtractive process of color photography.
  • sunbury-on-thames — a town in SE England, in N Surrey. Pop: 27 415 (2001)
  • surrender to bail — to present oneself at court at the appointed time after having been on bail
  • take some beating — to be difficult to improve upon
  • take sth by storm — If someone or something takes a place by storm, they are extremely successful.
  • take to one's bed — to remain in bed, esp because of illness
  • take years off sb — If you say that something such as an experience or a way of dressing has taken years off someone, you mean that it has made them look or feel much younger.
  • terrestrial globe — the planet Earth (usually preceded by the).
  • the bag of tricks — every device; everything
  • the barbary coast — a historic name for the Mediterranean coast of North Africa: a centre of piracy against European shipping from the 16th to the 19th centuries
  • the carboniferous — the Carboniferous period or rock system
  • the tabloid press — (considered as a whole) newspapers with pages about 30 cm (12 inches) by 40 cm (16 inches), usually characterized by an emphasis on photographs and a concise and often sensational style
  • the whole shebang — The whole shebang is the whole situation or business that you are describing.
  • throat sweetbread — sweetbread (def 2).
  • to best advantage — If something is shown to good advantage or to best advantage, it is shown in a way that reveals its best features.
  • to read sb's mind — If you can read someone's mind, you know what they are thinking without them saying anything.
  • transferable vote — a vote that is transferred to a second candidate indicated by the voter if the first is eliminated from the ballot
  • transonic barrier — sound barrier.
  • triskaidekaphobia — fear or a phobia concerning the number 13.
  • trobriand islands — a group of coral islands in the Solomon Sea, north of the E part of New Guinea: part of Papua New Guinea. Area: about 440 sq km (170 sq miles)
  • turbinado (sugar) — a partially refined, granulated, pale-brown sugar obtained by washing raw sugar in a centrifuge until most of the molasses is removed
  • turbosupercharger — (formerly) a turbocharger.
  • uncle tom's cabin — an antislavery novel (1852) by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
  • uncomfortableness — causing discomfort or distress; painful; irritating.
  • visible radiation — electromagnetic radiation that causes the sensation of sight; light. It has wavelengths between about 380 and 780 nanometres
  • wang laboratories — (body)   Computer manufacturer, known for their office automation products and the Wang PC. Quarterly sales $208M, profits $3M (Aug 1994).
  • wardrobe mistress — a woman in charge of keeping theatrical costumes cleaned, pressed, and in wearable condition.
  • welshman's button — an angler's name for a species of caddis fly, Sericostoma personatum
  • what does sb know — You can use expressions such as What does she know? and What do they know? when you think that someone has no right to comment on a situation because they do not understand it.
  • wheatstone bridge — a circuit for measuring an unknown resistance by comparing it with known resistances.
  • working substance — a substance, usually a fluid, that undergoes changes in pressure, temperature, volume, or form as part of a process for accomplishing work.
  • zebra swallowtail — a swallowtail butterfly, Papilio marcellus, having black and greenish-white stripes on the wings.
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