18-letter words containing g, e, t, b
- north attleborough — a city in SE Massachusetts.
- obedience training — the training of an animal, especially a dog, to obey certain commands.
- objective genitive — a use of the genitive case to express an objective relationship, as in Latin timor mortis (fear of death)
- optical brightener — an additive that dyes and brightens fabric or paper
- pattern bargaining — a collective bargaining technique in which contract terms in one settlement are used as models to be imposed on other negotiating parties within an industry.
- petite bourgeoisie — the portion of the bourgeoisie having the least wealth and lowest social status; the lower middle class.
- point-bearing pile — a pile depending on the soil or rock beneath its foot for support.
- punishment beating — a form of corporal punishment carried out by a paramilitary organization on a member of another sectarian organization, usually in Northern Ireland
- range of stability — the angle to the perpendicular through which a vessel may be heeled without losing the ability to right itself.
- relational algebra — (database, theory) A family of algebra with a well-founded semantics used for modelling the data stored in relational databases, and defining queries on it. The main operations of the relational algebra are the set operations (such as union, intersection, and cartesian product), selection (keeping only some lines of a table) and the projection (keeping only some columns). The relational data model describes how the data is structured.
- risk based testing — (testing) Testing based on identification of potential risks (or "candidate risks"), which should be analysed by the project stakeholder or which might appear during the project's development.
- selective breeding — the raising of animals with particular genetic traits through careful choice of parents
- seven-league boots — mythical boots that allowed the wearer to travel seven leagues (a former unit of measurement), ie a great length, at each step
- sir george gilbert — Barbara Ann, 1928–2012, Canadian figure skater.
- squirting cucumber — a Mediterranean plant, Ecballium elaterium, of the gourd family, whose ripened fruit forcibly ejects the seeds and juice.
- stand-by generator — an electrical system which operates automatically in case the usual system malfunctions
- stand-by passenger — someone who buys a (usually cheaper) ticket, if they are still available, on a plane just before it is about to leave rather than booking in advance
- strangeness number — a quantum number, designating the strangeness of an elementary particle, equivalent to the hypercharge minus the baryon number
- supraorbital ridge — browridge.
- the beautiful game — football
- the general public — the people in a society; people in general
- tighten one's belt — a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- tip of the iceberg — a large floating mass of ice, detached from a glacier and carried out to sea.
- to be above ground — to be alive
- to be caught short — If you are caught short or are taken short, you feel a sudden strong need to urinate, especially when you cannot easily find a toilet.
- to get a bad press — If someone or something gets a bad press, they are criticized, especially in the newspapers, on television, or on radio. If they get a good press, they are praised.
- 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
- urban homesteading — homesteading (def 2).
- westinghouse brake — a railroad air brake operated by compressed air.
- wood-burning stove — cooker: fueled by wood