18-letter words containing o, f, b, e, a
- informatory double — a double intended to inform one's partner that one has a strong hand and to urge a bid regardless of the strength of his or her hand.
- isabella of france — 1292–1358, wife (1308–27) of Edward II of England, whom, aided by her lover, Roger de Mortimer, she deposed; mother of Edward III
- knight of the bath — a member of a knightly order founded by George I of England in 1725.
- lambeth conference — a convention of the bishops of the Anglican communion, held about every 10 years at Lambeth Palace to confer but not to define doctrine or to legislate on ecclesiastical matters.
- lawrence of arabia — D(avid) H(erbert) 1885–1930, English novelist.
- make a beeline for — head directly towards
- notifiable disease — any one of a number of infectious diseases of humans and animals, that must be reported to the public health authorities
- oblique-slip fault — a fault on which the movement is along both the strike and the dip of the fault
- put a bold face on — to seem bold or confident about
- rabbit's-foot fern — hare's-foot fern.
- rabbit-foot clover — a plant, Trifolium arvense, having trifoliate leaves with narrow leaflets and fuzzy, cylindrical, grayish-pink flower heads.
- rabbit-proof fence — a fence through which rabbits are unable to pass
- range of stability — the angle to the perpendicular through which a vessel may be heeled without losing the ability to right itself.
- safety-deposit box — a lockable metal box or drawer, especially in a bank vault, used for safely storing valuable papers, jewelry, etc.
- schofield barracks — a town on central Oahu, in central Hawaii.
- scottish blackface — a common breed of hardy mountain sheep having horns and a black face, kept chiefly on the mainland of Scotland
- see the last of sb — not encounter sb anymore
- software backplane — (programming, tool) A CASE framework from Atherton.
- take a bite out of — If something takes a bite out of a sum of money, part of the money is spent or taken away in order to pay for it.
- the back of beyond — a very remote place
- the better part of — a large part of
- 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)
- 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.
- too clever by half — If someone is too clever by half, they are very clever and they show their cleverness in a way that annoys other people.
- what has become of — If you wonder what has become of someone or something, you wonder where they are and what has happened to them.