16-letter words containing o, b, s, l, e
- sebaceous glands — any of the cutaneous glands that secrete oily matter for lubricating hair and skin.
- self-abandonment — absence or lack of personal restraint.
- self-approbation — approval; commendation.
- self-elaboration — an act or instance of elaborating.
- self-lubrication — the process of becoming lubricated without external factors
- self-observation — an act or instance of noticing or perceiving.
- self-subjugation — the act, fact, or process of subjugating, or bringing under control; enslavement: The subjugation of the American Indians happened across the country.
- sensible horizon — the line or circle that forms the apparent boundary between earth and sky.
- shoot one's bolt — a movable bar or rod that when slid into a socket fastens a door, gate, etc.
- shoot-to-disable — of or relating to shooting by soldiers or police that is intended to disable rather than kill
- showy crab apple — a large Japanese bush or tree, Malus floribunda, of the rose family, having red fruit and rose-colored flowers that fade to white.
- slap on the back — to congratulate
- slave labor camp — labor camp (def 1).
- slow metabolizer — A slow metabolizer is someone whose body is slow to break down, absorb, or use a particular substance.
- slubberdegullion — a slovenly or worthless person
- soapberry family — the plant family Sapindaceae, characterized by chiefly tropical trees, shrubs, or herbaceous vines having compound leaves, clustered flowers, and berrylike, fleshy, or capsular fruit, and including the balloon vine, golden rain tree, litchi, and soapberry.
- sodium bisulfate — a colorless crystalline compound, NaHSO 4 , soluble in water: used in dyeing, in the manufacture of cement, paper, soap, and an acid-type cleaner.
- sodium bisulfite — Sodium bisulfite is a crystalline compound used as an antioxidant and stabilizing agent.
- software library — a collection of programs that are used to develop software
- sole beneficiary — the only beneficiary
- south sea bubble — the financial crash that occurred in 1720 after the South Sea Company had taken over the national debt in return for a monopoly of trade with the South Seas, causing feverish speculation in their stocks
- southerly buster — a sudden violent cold wind on the SE coast of Australia causing a rapid drop in temperature
- spectacled cobra — Indian cobra.
- spectrobolometer — an instrument consisting of a spectroscope and a bolometer, for determining the distribution of radiant energy in a spectrum.
- stockbroker belt — The stockbroker belt is an area outside a city, especially London, where rich people who travel to work in the city live.
- stone-cold sober — If someone is stone-cold sober, they are not drunk at all.
- strawberry blond — reddish blond.
- sulfocarbanilide — thiocarbanilide.
- tablets of stone — Stone is used in expressions such as set in stone and tablets of stone to suggest that an idea or rule is firm and fixed, and cannot be changed.
- tell one's beads — a small, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc.
- the black forest — a hilly wooded region of SW Germany, in Baden-Württemberg: a popular resort area
- the boys in blue — The police are sometimes referred to as the boys in blue.
- the eastern bloc — (formerly) the Soviet bloc
- the unobservable — something that cannot be observed
- thrilled to bits — If someone is thrilled, they are extremely pleased about something.
- thrombophlebitis — the presence of a thrombus in a vein accompanied by inflammation of the vessel wall.
- to be off limits — If an area or a place is off limits, you are not allowed to go there.
- to come to blows — If two people or groups come to blows, they start fighting.
- unaccomplishable — to bring to its goal or conclusion; carry out; perform; finish: to accomplish one's mission.
- uncomprehensible — capable of being comprehended or understood; intelligible.
- under bare poles — (of a sailing vessel) with no sails set
- under one's belt — a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- unimpressionable — easily impressed or influenced; susceptible: an impressionable youngster.
- unpublished work — a literary work that has not been reproduced for sale or publicly distributed.
- unreasonableness — not reasonable or rational; acting at variance with or contrary to reason; not guided by reason or sound judgment; irrational: an unreasonable person.
- up to the elbows — deeply engaged (in work, etc.)
- vegetable oyster — salsify.
- vegetable sponge — loofah (def 2).
- vestibule school — a school in an industrial establishment where new employees are given specific training in the jobs they are to perform.
- wellington boots — a leather boot with the front part of the top extending above the knee.