18-letter words containing e, b, i, t

skinny-rib sweater — a tight-fitting ribbed woollen jumper or pullover
sodium bicarbonate — a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, in powder or granules, NaHCO 3 , usually prepared by the reaction of soda ash with carbon dioxide or obtained from the intermediate product of the Solvay process by purification: used chiefly in the manufacture of sodium salts, baking powder, and beverages, as a laboratory reagent, as a fire extinguisher, and in medicine as an antacid.
sodium tetraborate — borax1 .
squirting cucumber — a Mediterranean plant, Ecballium elaterium, of the gourd family, whose ripened fruit forcibly ejects the seeds and juice.
stationary bicycle — an exercise bike
statistical tables — tables showing the values of the cumulative distribution functions, probability functions, or probability density functions of certain common distributions for different values of their parameters, and used esp to determine whether or not a particular statistical result exceeds the required significance level
stick one's bib in — to interfere
street credibility — street cred.
subatomic particle — physics:
subordinate clause — a clause that modifies the principal clause or some part of it or that serves a noun function in the principal clause, as when she arrived in the sentence I was there when she arrived or that she has arrived in the sentence I doubt that she has arrived.
subsistence farmer — a farmer who consumes most of the produce he grows, leaving little or nothing to be marketed
substitute teacher — educator: replaces sb temporarily
supraorbital ridge — browridge.
symbolist movement — a movement beginning in French and Belgian poetry towards the end of the 19th century with the verse of Mallarmé, Valéry, Verlaine, Rimbaud, Maeterlinck, and others, and seeking to express states of mind rather than objective reality by making use of the power of words and images to suggest as well as denote
take a bite out of — If something takes a bite out of a sum of money, part of the money is spent or taken away in order to pay for it.
take a shine to sb — If you say that someone has taken a shine to another person, you mean that he or she liked them very much at their first meeting.
talk between ships — TBS (def 1).
tectorial membrane — membrane in the inner ear that covers the organ of Corti
teleobjective lens — telephoto lens.
television cabinet — a cabinet on which a television set is placed or in which it is encased
the baptist church — any of various Protestant churches that believe in the baptism of believers
the beautiful game — football
the bird has flown — the person in question has fled or escaped
the black mountain — a mountain range in S Wales, in E Carmarthenshire and W Powys. Highest peak: Carmarthen Van, 802 m (2632 ft)
the bottomless pit — the underworld; hell
the general public — the people in a society; people in general
the heebie-jeebies — apprehension and nervousness
the-master-builder — a play (1892) by Ibsen.
tick all the boxes — to satisfy all of the apparent requirements for success
tighten one's belt — a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
timber rattlesnake — a rattlesnake, Crotalus horridus horridus, of the eastern U.S., usually having the body marked with dark crossbands.
tip of the iceberg — a large floating mass of ice, detached from a glacier and carried out to sea.
to be said for sth — If you say there is a lot to be said for something, you mean you think it has a lot of good qualities or aspects.
to be tickled pink — If you are tickled pink, you are extremely pleased about something.
to bear witness to — If a person or thing bears witness to something, they show or say that it exists or happened.
to bite the bullet — If someone bites the bullet, they accept that they have to do something unpleasant but necessary.
to kick the bucket — If you say that someone has kicked the bucket, you mean that they have died.
to let it be known — If you let it be known that something is the case, or you let something be known, you make sure that people know it or can find out about it.
to spill the beans — If you spill the beans, you tell someone something that people have been trying to keep secret.
transfinite number — an infinite cardinal or ordinal number.
transmission brake — A transmission brake is a brake that operates on the transmission system of a vehicle rather than directly on the wheels.
transporter bridge — a bridge for carrying passengers and vehicles by means of a platform suspended from a trolley.
travelling library — a mobile library in which a vehicle such as a van delivers books to be borrowed
treaty obligations — obligations or duties that must be carried out by a party as according to a treaty they have entered into
trobriand islander — a native or inhabitant of the Trobriand Islands of Papua New Guinea
turbine ventilator — a ventilator, usually mounted on the roof of a building, deck of a ship, etc., having at its head a globular, vaned rotor that is rotated by the wind, conveying air through a duct to and from a chamber below.
united arab states — a former (1958–61) federation of the United Arab Republic (Egypt and Syria) and Yemen.
universalizability — the thesis that any moral judgment must be equally applicable to every relevantly identical situation
urban homesteading — homesteading (def 2).
uriniferous tubule — a urine-bearing tubule in a nephron of a kidney.

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