15-letter words containing b, o, r, w
- sb of few words — A person of few words says very little, especially about their opinions or feelings.
- strawberry roan — a horse with a reddish coat that is liberally flecked with white hairs.
- sweep the board — (in gambling) to win all the cards or money
- throw overboard — to reject or abandon
- to draw a blank — If you draw a blank when you are looking for someone or something, you do not succeed in finding them.
- tobacco budworm — the larva of a noctuid moth, Heliothis virescens, that damages the buds and young leaves of tobacco.
- troubled waters — a confused or chaotic state of affairs: The situation was terrible, but like many politicians he was attracted by troubled waters.
- upward mobility — movement from one social level to a higher one (upward mobility) or a lower one (downward mobility) as by changing jobs or marrying.
- upwardly mobile — See under vertical mobility (def 1).
- wager of battle — (in medieval Britain) a pledge to do battle for a cause, esp to decide guilt or innocence by single combat
- walloon brabant — a province of central Belgium, formed in 1995 from the S part of Brabant province: densely populated and intensively farmed, with large industrial centres. Pop: 360 717 (2004 est). Area: 1091 sq km (421 sq miles)
- weather balloon — sounding balloon.
- weatherboarding — an early type of board used as a siding for a building.
- well-brought-up — If you say that someone, especially a child, is well-brought-up, you mean that they are very polite because they have been taught good manners.
- well-elaborated — worked out with great care and nicety of detail; executed with great minuteness: elaborate preparations; elaborate care. Synonyms: perfected, painstaking. Antonyms: simple.
- wheelchairbound — Confined to a wheelchair.
- winesburg, ohio — a cycle of short stories (1919) by Sherwood Anderson.