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20-letter words containing i, n, o, e, s, b

  • royal british legion — an organization founded in 1921 to provide services and assistance for former members of the armed forces
  • rub sb's nose in sth — To rub someone's nose in something that they do not want to think about, such as a failing or a mistake they have made, means to remind them repeatedly about it.
  • saint john ambulance — an organization that provides first aid and first-aid training
  • set the ball rolling — to open or initiate (an action, discussion, movement, etc)
  • short back and sides — If a man has a short back and sides, his hair is cut very short at the back and sides with slightly thicker, longer hair on the top of the head.
  • spectroscopic binary — a binary star having components that are not sufficiently separated to be resolved by a telescope, known to be a binary only bythe variations in wavelength of emitted light that are detected by a spectroscope.
  • spherical aberration — variation in focal length of a lens or mirror from center to edge, due to its spherical shape.
  • spontaneous abortion — miscarriage (def 1).
  • spontaneous-abortion — Also called voluntary abortion. the removal of an embryo or fetus from the uterus in order to end a pregnancy.
  • spotted crane's-bill — the American wild geranium, Geranium maculatum.
  • st. james-assiniboia — a city in SE Manitoba, in S central Canada: suburb of Winnipeg.
  • step into the breach — If you step into the breach, you do a job or task which someone else was supposed to do or has done in the past, because they are suddenly unable to do it.
  • subjective intension — the associations that an expression has for an individual; the intension he believes it to have
  • subscription edition — an edition of one or more volumes for which a number of prospective purchasers place orders, usually in advance of publication.
  • telephone subscriber — a person who subscribes to a telephone service
  • television broadcast — sth shown on tv
  • the toronto blessing — a variety of emotional reactions such as laughing, weeping, and fainting, experienced by participants in a form of charismatic Christian worship
  • to be a warning shot — to be a warning
  • to burst into flames — If something bursts into flames or bursts into flame, it suddenly starts burning strongly.
  • to cross the rubicon — If you say that someone has crossed the Rubicon, you mean that they have reached a point where they cannot change a decision or course of action.
  • to get your bearings — to find out where one is or to find out what one should do next
  • to have it in for sb — If someone has it in for you, they do not like you and they want to make life difficult for you.
  • to sb's disadvantage — If something is to your disadvantage or works to your disadvantage, it creates difficulties for you.
  • tropical disturbance — a very weak, or incipient, tropical cyclone.
  • twiddle one's thumbs — to turn about or play with lightly or idly, especially with the fingers; twirl.
  • webbing clothes moth — a small brown moth, Tineola biselliella, the larva of which feeds on woolens and spins a web when feeding.
  • webster's dictionary — Informal. a dictionary of the English language, especially American English, such as Dictionary.com.
  • wilson cloud chamber — cloud chamber.
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