19-letter words containing b, o, g, s
- megabits per second — (unit) (Mbps, Mb/s) Millions of bits per second. A unit of data rate. 1 Mb/s = 1,000,000 bits per second (not 1,048,576). E.g. Ethernet can carry 10 Mbps.
- molecular biologist — a specialist in the study of biological phenomena at the molecular level
- non-distinguishable — to mark off as different (often followed by from or by): He was distinguished from the other boys by his height.
- not by a long sight — on no account; not at all
- personal belongings — possessions; things that belong to someone
- postal savings bank — any of the savings banks formerly operated by local post offices and limited to small accounts.
- pseudo-biographical — of or relating to a person's life: He's gathering biographical data for his book on Milton.
- registration number — number on vehicle licence plate
- rhodesian ridgeback — a large short-haired breed of dog characterized by a ridge of hair growing along the back in the opposite direction to the rest of the coat. It was originally a hunting dog from South Africa
- ring someone's bell — a hollow instrument of cast metal, typically cup-shaped with a flaring mouth, suspended from the vertex and rung by the strokes of a clapper, hammer, or the like.
- saber-toothed tiger — any of several extinct members of the cat family Felidae from the Oligocene to Pleistocene Epochs, having greatly elongated, saberlike upper canine teeth.
- sabre-toothed tiger — any of various extinct Tertiary felines of the genus Smilodon and related genera, with long curved upper canine teeth
- spaghetti bolognese — Italian dish of pasta and tomato sauce
- standing broad jump — a jump for distance from a standing position.
- strait of gibraltar — a narrow strait between the S tip of Spain and the NW tip of Africa, linking the Mediterranean with the Atlantic
- synchromesh gearbox — A synchromesh gearbox is a usually manually operated transmission in which a change of gears takes place between gears that are already revolving at the same speed.
- to be running short — If you are running short of something or running low on something, you do not have much of it left. If a supply of something is running short or running low, there is not much of it left.
- to be seeing things — to believe one is seeing or hearing something that is not really there
- to give sb a leg up — to help with climbing
- to let go of sb/sth — If you let go of someone or something, you stop holding them.
- wandering albatross — a large albatross, Diomedea exulans, of southern waters, having the plumage mostly white with dark markings on the upper parts.
- zero-base budgeting — a process in government and corporate finance of justifying an overall budget or individual budgeted items each fiscal year or each review period rather than dealing only with proposed changes from a previous budget. Abbreviation: ZBB.