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15-letter words containing f, o, t, b

  • not a bit of it — You say not a bit of it to emphasize that something that you might expect to be the case is not the case.
  • not be yourself — If you say that you are not yourself, you mean you are not feeling well.
  • not before time — If you say not before time after a statement has been made about something that has been done, you are saying in an emphatic way that you think it should have been done sooner.
  • objectification — to present as an object, especially of sight, touch, or other physical sense; make objective; externalize.
  • one of the boys — If a man is described as one of the boys, he is accepted by a group of male friends who do things that are thought of as typically masculine.
  • order of battle — the organization or hierarchy of military forces in preparation for a battle.
  • out of business — If a shop or company goes out of business or is put out of business, it has to stop trading because it is not making enough money.
  • out of the blue — the pure color of a clear sky; the primary color between green and violet in the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 450 and 500 nm.
  • post office box — (in a post office) a locked compartment into which the mail of a box renter is put to be called for. Abbreviation: POB, P.O.B.
  • post-office box — (in a post office) a locked compartment into which the mail of a box renter is put to be called for. Abbreviation: POB, P.O.B.
  • power breakfast — If business people have a power breakfast, they go to a restaurant early in the morning so that they can have a meeting while they eat breakfast.
  • public footpath — a footpath along which the public has right of way
  • 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
  • sb's cup of tea — If you say that someone or something is not your cup of tea, you mean that they are not the kind of person or thing that you like.
  • see the back of — to be rid of
  • self-abnegation — self-denial or self-sacrifice.
  • self-absorption — preoccupation with oneself or one's own affairs.
  • self-combustion — the act or process of burning.
  • self-compatible — able to be fertilized by its own pollen.
  • self-exhibition — an exhibiting, showing, or presenting to view.
  • selfabandonment — absence or lack of personal restraint.
  • 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.
  • six of the best — six strokes with a cane on the buttocks or hand
  • snowball effect — a process of continuously accelerating change in size, importance, etc
  • social benefits — the social welfare provision made available to those in need
  • soft-boiled egg — boiled egg with runny yolk
  • 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
  • sub-post office — (in Britain) a post office run by a sub-postmaster or sub-postmistress as a self-employed agent for the Post Office
  • syllabification — to form or divide into syllables.
  • synod of whitby — the synod held in 664 at Whitby at which the Roman date for Easter was accepted and the Church in England became aligned with Rome
  • the gift of gab — If someone has the gift of gab, they are able to speak easily and confidently, and to persuade people.
  • think better of — to have a conscious mind, to some extent of reasoning, remembering experiences, making rational decisions, etc.
  • to fit the bill — If you say that someone or something fits the bill or fills the bill, you mean that they are suitable for a particular job or purpose.
  • 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.
  • to sb's defence — If you come to someone's defence, you help them by doing or saying something to protect them.
  • to sb's defense — If you come to someone's defense, you help them by doing or saying something to protect them.
  • unaffordability — that can be afforded; believed to be within one's financial means: attractive new cars at affordable prices.
  • wager of battle — (in medieval Britain) a pledge to do battle for a cause, esp to decide guilt or innocence by single combat
  • widow's benefit — (in the British National Insurance scheme) a former weekly payment made to a widow
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