18-letter words containing n, o, b, s

saturation bombing — intense area bombing intended to destroy everything in the target area.
second-degree burn — a burned place or area: a burn where fire had ripped through the forest.
selective abortion — the aborting of particular embryos for medical or social reasons
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
shorthand notebook — a notebook used by a shorthand writer
shrubby cinquefoil — a small shrub, Potentilla fruticosa, of the rose family, native to the Northern temperate region, having pinnate leaves and numerous, showy, bright-yellow flowers.
significant symbol — a verbal or nonverbal gesture, as a word or smile, that has acquired a conventionalized meaning.
simone de beauvoir — Simone [see-mawn] /siˈmɔn/ (Show IPA), (Lucie Ernestine Marie Bertrand) 1908–86, French playwright, novelist, and essayist.
sindbad the sailor — (in The Arabian Nights' Entertainments), a wealthy citizen of Baghdad who relates the adventures of his seven wonderful voyages.
slobodan milosevic — Slobodan [sloh-buh-dain] /ˈsloʊ bəˌdɛən/ (Show IPA), 1941–2006, Yugoslav and Serbian politician: president of Serbia 1989–97, president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1997–2000, accused of war crimes 2001.
small pastern bone — the part of the foot of a horse, cow, etc., between the fetlock and the hoof.
social bookmarking — the practice of saving bookmarked Web pages to a public website as a way to share the links with other Internet users: Social bookmarking is a tool that allows you to add tags and comments to your bookmarks.
sodium bicarbonate — a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, in powder or granules, NaHCO 3 , usually prepared by the reaction of soda ash with carbon dioxide or obtained from the intermediate product of the Solvay process by purification: used chiefly in the manufacture of sodium salts, baking powder, and beverages, as a laboratory reagent, as a fire extinguisher, and in medicine as an antacid.
software backplane — (programming, tool) A CASE framework from Atherton.
solomon rabinowitz — Solomon, Aleichem, Sholom.
spin stabilization — a technique by which a bullet, rocket, etc, is made to spin around its longitudinal axis to assist it in maintaining a steady flight path
stand-by generator — an electrical system which operates automatically in case the usual system malfunctions
stationary bicycle — an exercise bike
stick one's bib in — to interfere
stroustrup, bjarne — Bjarne Stroustrup
sub-classification — to arrange in subclasses.
subject complement — a word or a group of words, usually functioning as an adjective or noun, that is used in the predicate following a copula and describes or is identified with the subject of the sentence, as sleepy in The travelers became sleepy.
subordinate clause — a clause that modifies the principal clause or some part of it or that serves a noun function in the principal clause, as when she arrived in the sentence I was there when she arrived or that she has arrived in the sentence I doubt that she has arrived.
subsidiary company — a company whose controlling interest is owned by another company.
symbolist movement — a movement beginning in French and Belgian poetry towards the end of the 19th century with the verse of Mallarmé, Valéry, Verlaine, Rimbaud, Maeterlinck, and others, and seeking to express states of mind rather than objective reality by making use of the power of words and images to suggest as well as denote
take a shine to sb — If you say that someone has taken a shine to another person, you mean that he or she liked them very much at their first meeting.
task control block — (architecture) An MVS control block used to communicate information about tasks within an address space that are connected to an MVS subsystem such as MQSeries for MVS/ESA or CICS.
teleobjective lens — telephoto lens.
television cabinet — a cabinet on which a television set is placed or in which it is encased
the bird has flown — the person in question has fled or escaped
the queen of sheba — a queen of the Sabeans, who visited Solomon (I Kings 10:1–13)
tighten one's belt — a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
to bare one's soul — If you bare your soul, you tell someone your most secret thoughts and feelings.
to be on the rocks — if something such as a marriage or a business is on the rocks, it is experiencing very severe difficulties and looks likely to end very soon
to bear witness to — If a person or thing bears witness to something, they show or say that it exists or happened.
to look one's best — If you look your best, you are looking as smart and attractive as you can.
to put years on sb — if you say that something such as an experience or a way of dressing has put years on someone, you mean that it has made them look or feel much older
to spill the beans — If you spill the beans, you tell someone something that people have been trying to keep secret.
transmission brake — A transmission brake is a brake that operates on the transmission system of a vehicle rather than directly on the wheels.
transporter bridge — a bridge for carrying passengers and vehicles by means of a platform suspended from a trolley.
transubstantiation — the changing of one substance into another.
treaty obligations — obligations or duties that must be carried out by a party as according to a treaty they have entered into
trobriand islander — a native or inhabitant of the Trobriand Islands of Papua New Guinea
turn one's back on — the rear part of the human body, extending from the neck to the lower end of the spine.
under one's breath — the air inhaled and exhaled in respiration.
up to one's elbows — the bend or joint of the human arm between upper arm and forearm.
urban homesteading — homesteading (def 2).
uriniferous tubule — a urine-bearing tubule in a nephron of a kidney.
wardrobe assistant — a person who assists the wardrobe mistress in a theatre
westinghouse brake — a railroad air brake operated by compressed air.

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