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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
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