18-letter words containing s, e, o

back to square one — If you are back to square one, you have to start dealing with something from the beginning again because the way you were dealing with it has failed.
bad news/good news — If you say that something is bad news, you mean that it will cause you trouble or problems. If you say that something is good news, you mean that it will be useful or helpful to you.
balanced scorecard — A balanced scorecard is a type of management report which includes both financial and non-financial measures.
barbershop quartet — a group of four singers who perform a style of music sung in four-part harmony
baritone saxophone — the second lowest instrument in the family of saxophones
barium thiosulfate — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, poisonous solid, BaS 2 O 3 ⋅H 2 O, used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives, matches, paints, and varnishes.
barrow's goldeneye — See under goldeneye (def 1).
basal conglomerate — a conglomerate deposited on an erosion surface and constituting the bottom layer of a stratigraphic series.
battleground-state — a state of the U.S. in which the Democratic and Republican candidates both have a good chance of winning and that is considered key to the outcome of a presidential election: the swing states of Ohio and Indiana.
be full of oneself — If you say to someone 'you're full of yourself', you disapprove of them because they appear very pleased with themselves, thinking that they are very clever, special, or important.
be lost in thought — If you are lost in thought, you give all your attention to what you are thinking about and do not notice what is going on around you.
be lost on someone — If advice or a comment is lost on someone, they do not understand it or they pay no attention to it.
be sure of oneself — If you are sure of yourself, you are very confident about your own abilities or opinions.
be the image of sb — If you are the image of someone else, you look very much like them.
beaujolais nouveau — the first Beaujolais wine of the season, usually available for sale within two months after the grapes are harvested.
beefsteak mushroom — an edible bracket fungus, Fistulina hepatica, that grows on trees and can rot the heartwood of living oaks and chestnuts.
before the present — See B.P (def 4).
behavioral science — any of several studies, as sociology, psychology, anthropology, etc., that examine human activities in an attempt to discover recurrent patterns and to formulate rules about social behavior
behaviour patterns — the characteristic ways in which a person or animal acts
benchmark position — a public service job used for comparison with a similar position, such as a position in commerce, for wage settlements
bend someone's ear — to speak at length to an unwilling listener, esp to voice one's troubles
berkeley softworks — (company) The company that wrote Graffiti and a similar scheme for the Commodore 64 (made it very Macintosh-like) and the Commodore 128 (which could multitask).
bessemer converter — a refractory-lined furnace used to convert pig iron into steel by the Bessemer process
best-ball foursome — a match, scored by holes, between two pairs of players, in which the score of the lower scoring member of each pair is taken as their score for the hole.
betsy griscom ross — Betsy Griscom [gris-kuh m] /ˈgrɪs kəm/ (Show IPA), 1752–1836, maker of the first U.S. flag.
beyond one's depth — in water deeper than one is tall
bichromate process — any of several methods of photography in which the light-sensitive medium is alkaline bichromate associated with a colloid such as gum, albumen, or gelatin.
bill of quantities — a document drawn up by a quantity surveyor providing details of the prices, dimensions, etc, of the materials required to build a large structure, such as a factory
biodiversification — the process by which the diversity of plants or animals develops or is increased within a particular region or group of organisms.
bioinstrumentation — the use of instruments, as sensors, to detect and measure certain body functions, as of persons in spaceflight, and transmit the data to a point where it is evaluated
biological parents — the biological mother and father of a child
bird's-foot violet — a North American violet (Viola pedata) having divided leaves and large blue or purple flowers
bird's-nest orchid — a brown parasitic Eurasian orchid, Neottia nidus-avis, whose thick fleshy roots resemble a bird's nest and contain a fungus on which the orchid feeds
birds of a feather — If you refer to two people as birds of a feather, you mean that they have the same interests or are very similar.
bitwise complement — The bitwise complement of a bit field is a bit field of the same length but with each zero changed to a one and vice versa. This is the same as the ones complement of a binary integer.
biz-core stability — (security) Internet security products which secure the business core.
black-necked stork — a large Australian stork, Xenorhyncus asiaticus, having a white plumage, dark green back and tail, and red legs
blanche of castile — ?1188–1252, queen consort (1223–26) of Louis VIII of France, born in Spain. The mother of Louis IX, she acted as regent during his minority (1226–36) and his absence on a crusade (1248–52)
blissful ignorance — unawareness or inexperience of something unpleasant
bloggs family, the — An imaginary family consisting of Fred and Mary Bloggs and their children. Used as a standard example in knowledge representation to show the difference between extensional and intensional objects. For example, every occurrence of "Fred Bloggs" is the same unique person, whereas occurrences of "person" may refer to different people. Members of the Bloggs family have been known to pop up in bizarre places such as the DEC Telephone Directory. Compare Mbogo, Dr. Fred.
board of directors — A company's board of directors is the group of people elected by its shareholders to manage the company.
board of elections — a bipartisan board appointed usually by local authorities and charged with control of elections and voting procedure.
board of examiners — a group of people who officially administer examinations
board of governors — a group of people who oversee the running of a school
boole's inequality — the theorem that the probability of several events occurring is less than or equal to the sum of the probabilities of each event occurring.
bore the pants off — to bore extremely
borosilicate glass — any of a range of heat- and chemical-resistant glasses, such as Pyrex, prepared by fusing together boron(III) oxide, silicon dioxide, and, usually, a metal oxide
bosnia-herzegovina — a country in SE Europe; a constituent republic of Yugoslavia until 1991; in a state of civil war (1992–95); Serbian and Croatian forces were also involved: mostly barren and mountainous, with forests in the east. Languages: Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian (formerly all regarded together as Serbo-Croat). Religion: Muslim, Serbian Orthodox, and Roman Catholic. Currency: marka (pegged to the euro). Capital: Sarajevo. Pop: 3 875 723 (2013 est). Area: 51 129 sq km (19 737 sq miles)
boston baked beans — haricot beans baked with belly pork and molasses
boston brown bread — a dark, sweetened, steamed bread made of cornmeal, rye or wheat flour, etc., and molasses

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