19-letter words containing b, o, r, s, t, a
- siberian forest cat — a breed of powerfully-built long-haired cat, typically tabby with a white ruff and white paws
- simple carbohydrate — a carbohydrate, as glucose, that consists of a single monosaccharide unit.
- southern crab apple — a tree, Malus angustifolia, of the eastern U.S., having oblong leaves, fragrant, pink or rose-colored flowers, and small, round, yellow-green fruit.
- stabilization print — a print made by the stabilization process.
- standing broad jump — a jump for distance from a standing position.
- stanford-binet test — a revised version of the Binet-Simon scale, prepared at Stanford University for use in the U.S.
- stationery cupboard — a cupboard where things like paper, pens and paper clips are kept
- stochastic variable — a random variable.
- strait of gibraltar — a narrow strait between the S tip of Spain and the NW tip of Africa, linking the Mediterranean with the Atlantic
- subtractive process — a process of color photography in which the colors are formed by combination of cyan, yellow, and magenta lights.
- take care of sth/sb — If you take care of someone or something, you look after them and prevent them from being harmed or damaged.
- telescopic umbrella — an umbrella having parts that telescope
- throw oneself at sb — If someone throws themselves at you, they make it very obvious that they want to begin a relationship with you, by behaving as though they are sexually attracted to you.
- throw sth overboard — If you throw something overboard, for example an idea or suggestion, you reject it completely.
- to be a showstopper — to be very impressive; to be sensational
- to be in the charts — (of a record or pop group) to be popular
- to blow a raspberry — If you blow a raspberry, you make a sound by putting your tongue out and blowing, in order to insult someone.
- to rack your brains — If you rack your brains, you try very hard to think of something.
- toshiba corporation — (company) A Japanese technology manufacturer with 364 subsidiaries worldwide. Toshiba makes and sells electronics for home, office, industry and health care including information and communication systems, electronic components, heavy electrical apparatus, consumer products and medical diagnostic imaging equipment. In FY 2003-4, Toshiba employed 161,286 people.
- total probable loss — A total probable loss is the highest degree of loss or damage that is probable if an insured event occurs.
- wandering albatross — a large albatross, Diomedea exulans, of southern waters, having the plumage mostly white with dark markings on the upper parts.
- wassermann antibody — reagin (def 1).
- websters-dictionary — Informal. a dictionary of the English language, especially American English, such as Dictionary.com.
- west dunbartonshire — a council area of W central Scotland, on Loch Lomond and the Clyde estuary: corresponds to part of the historical county of Dunbartonshire; part of Strathclyde Region from 1975 to 1996: engineering industries. Administrative centre: Dumbarton. Pop: 92 320 (2003 est). Area: 162 sq km (63 sq miles)
- work sb/os to death — If you say that someone works another person to death, you are emphasizing that they make them work very hard indeed, especially in a way that seems cruel or unfair.
- 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.