21-letter words containing f, o, r, s, b
- a breath of fresh air — a refreshing change from what one is used to
- basis of articulation — a configuration of the speech tract that represents the most neutral articulatory configuration for a given language.
- be run off one's feet — to be very busy
- before-and-after test — a test which compares the state or function of something before intervention or modification, and after it
- bernadette of lourdes — Saint. original name Marie Bernarde Soubirous. 1844–79, French peasant girl born in Lourdes, whose visions of the Virgin Mary led to the establishment of Lourdes as a centre of pilgrimage, esp for the sick or crippled. Feast day: Feb 18
- butterfly common lisp — A parallel version of Common LISP for the BBN Butterfly computer.
- by fair means or foul — If someone tries to achieve something by fair means or foul, they use every means possible in order to achieve it, and they do not care if their behaviour is dishonest or unfair.
- by no manner of means — definitely not
- caroline of brunswick — 1768–1821, wife of George IV of the United Kingdom: tried for adultery (1820)
- comfortably-furnished — containing comfortable furniture
- confused flour beetle — a brown flour beetle, Tribolium confusum, that feeds on stored grain and grain products.
- continental breakfast — A continental breakfast is breakfast that consists of food such as bread, butter, jam, and a hot drink. There is no cooked food.
- distribution function — (of any random variable) the function that assigns to each number the probability that the random variable takes a value less than or equal to the given number.
- federal reserve board — a U.S. federal banking system that is under the control of a central board of governors (Federal Reserve Board) with a central bank (Federal Reserve Bank) in each of 12 districts and that has wide powers in controlling credit and the flow of money as well as in performing other functions, as regulating and supervising its member banks.
- first baron ashburton — Alexander, 1st Baron Ashburton, 1774–1848, British statesman.
- flip someone the bird — give someone the finger (see phrase under finger)
- for someone's benefit — something that is advantageous or good; an advantage: He explained the benefits of public ownership of the postal system.
- for the benefit of sb — If you say that someone is doing something for the benefit of a particular person, you mean that they are doing it for that person.
- franco-belgian system — French system.
- from dan to beersheba — from one end of Israel to the other: Judg. 20:1
- go (in) to bat for sb — If you go to bat for someone or go in to bat for them, you give them your support.
- have heard sth before — If you say that you have heard something before, you mean that you are not interested in it, or do not believe it, or are not surprised about it, because you already know about it or have experienced it.
- illinois bundleflower — a warm-season perennial, Desmanthus illinoensis, having small brown legumes and fernlike leaves, native to North American prairies, glades, and pastures.
- joseph bonaparte gulf — an inlet of the Timor Sea in N Australia. Width: 360 km (225 miles)
- league of arab states — Arab League.
- lull before the storm — If you describe a situation as the lull before the storm, you mean that although it is calm now, there is going to be trouble in the future.
- mayor of casterbridge — a novel (1886) by Thomas Hardy.
- mistress of the robes — (in Britain) a lady of high rank in charge of the Queen's wardrobe
- nellis air force base — the largest air base in the U.S. Air Force's Tactical Air Command, located near Las Vegas, Nev., and developed from what began in 1941 as a U.S. Army Air Corps field.
- saponification number — the number of milligrams of potassium hydroxide required to saponify one gram of a given ester, especially a glyceride.
- satisficing behaviour — the form of behaviour demonstrated by firms who seek satisfactory profits and satisfactory growth rather than maximum profits
- steer clear of sb/sth — If you steer clear of someone or something, you deliberately avoid them.
- tetrabromofluorescein — eosin (def 1).
- the barber of seville — Italian Il barbiere di Siviglia. a comic opera (1816) by Gioacchino Rossini based on a comedy (1775) by Beaumarchais.
- theater of the absurd — theater in which standard or naturalistic conventions of plot, characterization, and thematic structure are ignored or distorted in order to convey the irrational or fictive nature of reality and the essential isolation of humanity in a meaningless world.
- theatre of the absurd — drama in which normal conventions and dramatic structure are ignored or modified in order to present life as irrational or meaningless
- to risk life and limb — If someone risks life and limb, they do something very dangerous that may cause them to die or be seriously injured.
- uniform business rate — a local tax in the UK paid by businesses, based on a local valuation of their premises and a rate fixed by central government that applies throughout the country
- venus's flower basket — a glass sponge of the genus Euplectella, inhabiting deep waters off the Philippines and Japan, having a cylindrical skeleton formed of an intricate latticework of siliceous spicules.
- william of malmesbury — William of, William of Malmesbury.
- writ of habeas corpus — law: petition for hearing
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