18-letter words containing b, o, p
- subsidiary company — a company whose controlling interest is owned by another company.
- supraorbital ridge — browridge.
- the better part of — a large part of
- the bottomless pit — the underworld; hell
- the powers that be — You can refer to people in authority as the powers that be, especially when you want to say that you disagree with them or do not understand what they say or do.
- three-body problem — the problem of calculating the motions of three bodies in space moving under the influence of only their mutual gravitational attraction.
- tip of the iceberg — a large floating mass of ice, detached from a glacier and carried out to sea.
- to be tickled pink — If you are tickled pink, you are extremely pleased about something.
- to get a bad press — If someone or something gets a bad press, they are criticized, especially in the newspapers, on television, or on radio. If they get a good press, they are praised.
- to gussy sb/sth up — to give (a person or thing) a smarter or more interesting appearance
- to put years on sb — if you say that something such as an experience or a way of dressing has put years on someone, you mean that it has made them look or feel much older
- to spill the beans — If you spill the beans, you tell someone something that people have been trying to keep secret.
- to sweep the board — If someone sweeps the board in a competition or election, they win nearly everything that it is possible to win.
- transporter bridge — a bridge for carrying passengers and vehicles by means of a platform suspended from a trolley.
- up to one's elbows — the bend or joint of the human arm between upper arm and forearm.
- up to the eyeballs — You use up to the eyeballs to emphasize that someone is in an undesirable state to a very great degree.
- urban contemporary — popular dance music incorporating elements of rap, rhythm-and-blues, funk, and soul.