20-letter words containing b, w
- (whole) new ballgame — a situation changed so drastically as to need new approaches or solutions
- a double-edged sword — If you say that something is a double-edged sword or a two-edged sword, you mean that it has negative effects as well as positive effects.
- absent without leave — absent from duty without official permission but with no intention of deserting
- american globeflower — a plant, Trollius laxus, of the buttercup family, of the northeastern and Great Lakes coastal areas of the U.S., having solitary, yellowish-green flowers.
- back the wrong horse — to bet on a horse that loses the race
- backward and forward — If someone or something moves backward and forward, they move repeatedly first in one direction and then in the opposite direction.
- backwards compatible — backward compatibility
- ballet-wrap cardigan — a cardigan with wrapover fronts which are fastened with wraparound ties
- bats-wing coral-tree — a small tree, Erythrina verspertilio, of tropical and subtropical Australia with red flowers and leaves shaped like the wings of a bat
- be (or get) wise to — to be (or become) aware of; have (or attain) a proper understanding of
- be getting somewhere — If you say that you are getting somewhere, you mean that you are making progress towards achieving something.
- be set in one's ways — If you say that someone is set in their ways, you are being critical of the fact that they have fixed habits and ideas which they will not easily change, even though they may be old-fashioned.
- be shot through with — If something is shot through with an element or feature, it contains a lot of that element or feature.
- be-twixt and between — betwixt and between, neither the one nor the other; in a middle or unresolved position: Not wanting to side with either her father or her mother, she was betwixt and between.
- blackburnian warbler — a black-and-white North American wood warbler, Dendroica fusca, having an orange throat and an orange and black head.
- bloodied but unbowed — wounded but not defeated
- blow up in sb's face — If something that you have planned blows up in your face, it goes wrong unexpectedly, with the result that you suffer.
- bowling on the green — lawn bowling.
- bowling-on-the-green — a game played with wooden balls on a level, closely mowed green having a slight bias, the object being to roll one's ball as near as possible to a smaller white ball at the other end of the green. Also called bowls, bowling on the green. Compare bowl2 (def 2), bowling green, jack1 (def 7), rink (def 5).
- brazilian bikini wax — the act or instance of removing all or almost all of a woman's pubic hair for cosmetic reasons
- bring down the house — to receive enthusiastic applause from the audience
- bring into the world — (of a midwife, doctor, etc) to deliver (a baby)
- bring the house down — to win great applause
- brown lung (disease) — a chronic disease of the lungs caused by inhalation of fine textile fibers, esp. cotton; byssinosis
- brown recluse spider — a very poisonous, medium-sized spider (Loxosceles reclusa), common in the U.S., having a violin-shaped mark on its cephalothorax and only six eyes
- by their own account — If you say that something concerning a particular person is true by his or her own account, you mean that you believe it because that person has said it is true.
- climbing bittersweet — bittersweet (def 4).
- climbing-bittersweet — Also called woody nightshade. a climbing or trailing plant, Solanum dulcamara, of the nightshade family, having small, violet, star-shaped flowers with a protruding yellow center and scarlet berries.
- combination sandwich — a big sandwich with a mixed filling
- curry favour with sb — If one person tries to curry favour with another, they do things in order to try to gain their support or co-operation.
- disability allowance — an amount of money paid by the government to people who are unable to work because of a disability. This is a general term or, in the UK, a shorter way of referring to what is officially called the Disability Living Allowance
- first world problems — If you say that someone has First World problems, you mean that their problems are not really very important.
- for better for worse — whatever the subsequent events or changes may be
- friend with benefits — (used as a euphemism) a friend with whom one has sex without a romantic relationship or commitment.
- give a wide berth to — to keep clear of; avoid
- go from bad to worse — worsen
- greatest lower bound — a lower bound that is greater than or equal to all the lower bounds of a given set: 1 is the greatest lower bound of the set consisting of 1, 2, 3. Abbreviation: glb.
- grey-crowned babbler — an insect-eating Australian bird, Pomatostomus temporalis of the family Timaliidae
- how about something? — what is your wish, opinion, or information concerning something (or someone)?
- in contact (with sb) — If you are in contact with someone, you regularly meet them or communicate with them.
- law of large numbers — the theorem in probability theory that the number of successes increases as the number of experiments increases and approximates the probability times the number of experiments for a large number of experiments.
- mecklenburg-schwerin — a former state in NE Germany, formed in 1934 from two states (Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz)
- microwave background — a background of microwave electromagnetic radiation with a black-body spectrum discovered in 1965, understood to be the thermal remnant of the big bang with which the universe began
- neighbourhood warden — a person employed by a local authority to patrol residential areas and deal with antisocial behaviour
- new siberian islands — an archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, off the N mainland of Russia, in the Sakha Republic. Area: about 37 555 sq km (14 500 sq miles)
- no love lost between — no liking or affection existing between
- no two ways about it — If you say that there are no two ways about it, you are emphasizing that there is no doubt at all about a particular situation or about how it should be interpreted.
- on the drawing board — in the planning stage
- on the starboard bow — within 45 degrees to the starboard of straight ahead
- particle beam weapon — a weapon that fires particle beams into the atmosphere or space
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