19-letter words containing e, m, b, o, u
- sb's spiritual home — your spiritual home is the place where you feel that you belong, usually because your ideas or attitudes are the same as those of the people who live there
- semibituminous coal — a coal intermediate between bituminous and anthracite coal in hardness, yielding the maximum heat of any ordinary steam coal.
- seminiferous tubule — any of the coiled tubules of the testis in which spermatozoa are produced.
- store refurbishment — Store refurbishment happens when a store needs to be redecorated, modernized or the layout changed. The store will often be closed to customers during this time.
- subsistence economy — an economy which produces only enough output for its own consumption and does not attempt to accumulate wealth
- telescopic umbrella — an umbrella having parts that telescope
- the compassion club — (in Canada) a nonprofit organization that provides uncontaminated cannabis for medical purposes and natural therapies in a safe environment
- the labour movement — a movement campaigning for the interests of working people, for example for better working conditions, better treatment from employers, etc
- thumb one's nose at — to deride or mock, esp by placing the thumb on the nose with fingers extended
- to make a fast buck — When someone makes a fast buck or makes a quick buck, they earn a lot of money quickly and easily, often by doing something which is considered to be dishonest.
- to plumb new depths — If you say that something plumbs new depths, you mean that it is worse than all the things of its kind that have existed before, even though some of them have been very bad.
- to plumb the depths — If someone plumbs the depths of an unpleasant emotion or quality, they experience it or show it to an extreme degree.
- trouble someone for — to ask someone to pass, hand, give, etc. (something) to one
- turbo-ramjet engine — a combination engine that can be operated as a turbojet or ramjet engine.