15-letter words containing f, o, r, b
- public offering — a sale of a new issue of securities to the general public through a managing underwriter (opposed to private placement): required to be registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
- rayside-balfour — a town in S Ontario, in S Canada.
- refectory table — a long, narrow table having a single stretcher between trestlelike supports at the ends.
- rightabout-face — a turning directly about so as to face in the opposite direction
- samuel fb morse — Jedidiah [jed-i-dahy-uh] /ˌdʒɛd ɪˈdaɪ ə/ (Show IPA), 1761–1826, U.S. geographer and Congregational clergyman (father of Samuel F. B. Morse).
- sb of few words — A person of few words says very little, especially about their opinions or feelings.
- self-abhorrence — a feeling of extreme repugnance or aversion; utter loathing; abomination.
- self-absorption — preoccupation with oneself or one's own affairs.
- short of breath — If you are short of breath, you find it difficult to breathe properly, for example because you are ill. You can also say that someone suffers from shortness of breath.
- soft-shell crab — a crab, especially the blue crab, that has recently molted and therefore has a soft, edible shell.
- sons of liberty — any of several patriotic societies, originally secret, that opposed the Stamp Act and thereafter supported moves for American independence.
- stamford bridge — a village in N England, east of York: site of a battle (1066) in which King Harold of England defeated his brother Tostig and King Harald Hardrada of Norway, three weeks before the Battle of Hastings
- strombuliferous — having organs coiled as spirals
- subprofessional — being below professional standards: subprofessional health care.
- think better of — to have a conscious mind, to some extent of reasoning, remembering experiences, making rational decisions, etc.
- to go for broke — If you go for broke, you take the most extreme or risky of the possible courses of action in order to try and achieve success.
- to grab hold of — Hold is used in expressions such as grab hold of, catch hold of, and get hold of, to indicate that you close your hand tightly around something, for example to stop something moving or falling.
- unaffordability — that can be afforded; believed to be within one's financial means: attractive new cars at affordable prices.
- under sb's roof — If something happens under your roof, it happens in your home.
- wager of battle — (in medieval Britain) a pledge to do battle for a cause, esp to decide guilt or innocence by single combat