22-letter words containing b, s, e, t

ten-spined stickleback — a small teleost fish, Gasterosteus pungitius, of the family Gasterosteidae, of rivers and coastal regions, having ten spines along the back and occurring in cold and temperate northern regions
the brothers karamazov — a novel (1880) by Dostoevsky.
the edinburgh festival — an arts festival held in Edinburgh in August
the muslim brotherhood — a transnational Islamic religious and political organization dedicated to the establishment of a nation based on Islamic principles, founded in Egypt in 1928
the opposition benches — the area of a parliament where members of the party opposed to the ruling party or government sit
the sb/sth before last — You use expressions such as the night before last, the election before last and the leader before last to refer to the period of time, event, or person that came immediately before the most recent one in a series.
threespine stickleback — a widely distributed stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus, occurring in marine, brackish, or fresh waters throughout the northern hemisphere.
tip the scales/balance — If something tips the scales or tips the balance, it gives someone a slight advantage.
to be a one-way street — if you describe an agreement or a relationship as a one-way street, you mean that only one of the sides in the agreement or relationship is offering something or is benefitting from it
to be full to bursting — to be very full
to be knocked sideways — If you are knocked sideways by something, it makes you feel very surprised, confused, or upset.
to be mixed up with sb — if you are mixed up with someone, usually someone that other people disapprove of, you are emotionally or sexually involved with them
to be on the safe side — If you say you are doing something to be on the safe side, you mean that you are doing it in case something undesirable happens, even though this may be unnecessary.
to be sb's second home — to be a place where somebody feels at home and spends a lot of time
to beat about the bush — If you tell someone not to beat about the bush, you mean that you want them to tell you something immediately and quickly, rather than in a complicated, indirect way.
to bend over backwards — If you say that someone is bending over backwards to be helpful or kind, you are emphasizing that they are trying very hard to be helpful or kind.
to fall by the wayside — If a person or plan falls by the wayside, they fail or stop before they complete what they set out to do.
to fall to bits/pieces — To fall to pieces, or in British English to fall to bits, means the same as to fall apart.
to twiddle your thumbs — If you say that someone is twiddling their thumbs, you mean that they do not have anything to do and are waiting for something to happen.
torpedo-boat destroyer — a vessel somewhat larger than the ordinary torpedo boat, designed for destroying torpedo boats or as a more powerful form of torpedo boat.
trans-siberian railway — a railway in S Russia, extending from Moscow to Vladivostok on the Pacific: constructed between 1891 and 1916, making possible the settlement and industrialization of sparsely inhabited regions. Length: 9335 km (5800 miles)
underground combustion — Underground combustion is the process of heating oil to allow it to flow more easily and make it easier to recover.
volume of distribution — A volume of distribution is the hypothetical volume of body fluid that would be required to dissolve the amount of drug needed to achieve the same concentration in the blood.
war between the states — the American Civil War: used especially in the South.
was not born yesterday — is not gullible or foolish
what sb/sth looks like — If you ask what someone or something looks like, you are asking for a description of them.
william's bon chrétien — a variety of pear that has large yellow juicy sweet fruit
within-subjects design — (of an experiment) concerned with measuring the value of the dependent variable for the same subjects under the various experimental conditions
woman police constable — a policewoman of the lowest rank
ysbaddaden chief-giant — the father of Olwen.

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