18-letter words containing o, b, d, t
- sodium tetraborate — borax1 .
- solubility product — the maximum number of undissociated ions, of an electrolyte in a saturated solution, capable at a given temperature of remaining in equilibrium with the undissolved phase of the solution.
- stand-by generator — an electrical system which operates automatically in case the usual system malfunctions
- stomach sweetbread — sweetbread (def 1).
- 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.
- supraorbital ridge — browridge.
- the back of beyond — a very remote place
- the bird has flown — the person in question has fled or escaped
- three-body problem — the problem of calculating the motions of three bodies in space moving under the influence of only their mutual gravitational attraction.
- to be above ground — to be alive
- to be on the radar — to be noticed or important
- to be said for sth — If you say there is a lot to be said for something, you mean you think it has a lot of good qualities or aspects.
- to be tickled pink — If you are tickled pink, you are extremely pleased about something.
- 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.
- to sweep the board — If someone sweeps the board in a competition or election, they win nearly everything that it is possible to win.
- transporter bridge — a bridge for carrying passengers and vehicles by means of a platform suspended from a trolley.
- trobriand islander — a native or inhabitant of the Trobriand Islands of Papua New Guinea
- under one's breath — the air inhaled and exhaled in respiration.
- under the jackboot — If a country or group of people is under the jackboot, they are suffering because the government is cruel and undemocratic.
- urban homesteading — homesteading (def 2).
- wardrobe assistant — a person who assists the wardrobe mistress in a theatre
- widemouth blindcat — any of several catfishes, as Satan eurystomus (widemouth blindcat) of Texas, that inhabit underground streams and have undeveloped eyes and unpigmented skin.
- woe betide someone — misfortune will befall someone
- wood-burning stove — cooker: fueled by wood