14-letter words containing w, b, o
- carpet bowling — a form of bowls played indoors on a strip of carpet, at the centre of which lies an obstacle round which the bowl has to pass
- crow blackbird — any of several North American grackles, especially purple grackles of the genus Quiscalus.
- cubital furrow — (in certain insects) a crease, between the cubital and anal veins, along which the wing folds.
- disembowelling — (chiefly, British) present participle of disembowel.
- disembowelment — to remove the bowels or entrails from; eviscerate.
- do a slow burn — If someone does a slow burn, their angry feelings grow slowly but steadily.
- double wedding — a wedding in which two couples marry
- down the tubes — a hollow, usually cylindrical body of metal, glass, rubber, or other material, used especially for conveying or containing liquids or gases.
- draw a bead on — 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.
- draw-out table — draw table.
- draw-top table — a table that can be extended by sliding one or more additional leaves into place
- eyebrow pencil — make-up for eyebrows
- flowering crab — any of several species and varieties of crab apple trees with small fruits and abundant spring flowers ranging from white to reddish purple
- forward buying — the purchase of merchandise in quantities exceeding demand
- garden webworm — the larva of any of several moths, as Hyphantria cunea (fall webworm) or Loxostege similalis (garden webworm) which spins a web over the foliage on which it feeds.
- george hw bush — Barbara (Barbara Pierce) born 1925, U.S. First Lady 1989–93 (wife of George H. W. Bush).
- global warming — an increase in the earth's average atmospheric temperature that causes corresponding changes in climate and that may result from the greenhouse effect.
- go to bed with — a piece of furniture upon which or within which a person sleeps, rests, or stays when not well.
- golden warbler — yellow warbler.
- golfer's elbow — a painful inflammation of the muscles on the inside of the forearm caused by exertion in playing golf
- grow the beard — (of a TV series) to gain credibility or improve in quality during the course of a series following a specified development
- homeward bound — going home
- honeycomb work — stalactite work.
- hooded warbler — a wood warbler, Wilsonia citrina, of the U.S., olive-green above, yellow below, and having a black head and throat with a yellow face.
- how about that — delight, surprise
- know backwards — to understand completely
- knowledge base — (artificial intelligence) A collection of knowledge expressed using some formal knowledge representation language. A knowledge base forms part of a knowledge-based system (KBS).
- lake winnebago — a lake in E Wisconsin, fed and drained by the Fox river: the largest lake in the state. Area: 557 sq km (215 sq miles)
- lower sideband — the frequency band below the carrier frequency, within which fall the spectral components produced by modulation of a carrier wave
- lower the boom — Nautical. any of various more or less horizontal spars or poles for extending the feet of sails, especially fore-and-aft sails, for handling cargo, suspending mooring lines alongside a vessel, pushing a vessel away from wharves, etc.
- man about town — a socially active, sophisticated man who frequents fashionable nightclubs, theaters, restaurants, etc.; playboy; boulevardier.
- man-about-town — a socially active, sophisticated man who frequents fashionable nightclubs, theaters, restaurants, etc.; playboy; boulevardier.
- melton mowbray — a town in central England, in Leicestershire: pork pies and Stilton cheese. Pop: 25 554 (2001)
- microbreweries — Plural form of microbrewery.
- network number — network address
- news broadcast — TV, radio: current affairs item
- norbert wiener — Norbert, 1894–1964, U.S. mathematician: pioneer in cybernetics.
- norway lobster — a European lobster, Nephrops norvegicus, fished for food
- on the wallaby — (of a person) wandering about looking for work
- opening bowler — a player who makes the first bowl in cricket
- overbejewelled — wearing an excessive amount of jewellery, or excessively decorated
- possible world — (in modal logic) a semantic device formalizing the notion of what the world might have been like. A statement is necessarily true if and only if it is true in every possible world
- rainbow bridge — a natural stone bridge in S Utah: a national monument. 290 feet (88 meters) high; 275 feet (84 meters) span.
- rainbow cactus — an erect stiff cactus, Echinocereus pectinatus rigidissimus, of Arizona and Mexico, having a cylindrical body, numerous interlocking spines, and pink flowers.
- rainbow darter — a stout darter, Etheostoma caeruleum, inhabiting the Great Lakes and Mississippi River drainages, the spawning male of which has the sides marked with oblique blue bars with red interspaces.
- rainbow runner — a streamlined, cigar-shaped swift jack, Elagatis bipinnulata, of warm seas, having a blue back, light-colored abdomen, and blue-bordered yellow stripes on its sides: a food and game fish.
- rainbow series — (publication) Any of several series of technical manuals distinguished by cover colour. The original rainbow series was the NCSC security manuals (see Orange Book, crayola books); the term has also been commonly applied to the PostScript reference set (see Red Book, Green Book, Blue Book, White Book). Which books are meant by ""the" rainbow series" unqualified is thus dependent on one's local technical culture.
- rainbow wrasse — a brightly coloured Mediterranean fish ( Coris julis) of the Labridae family
- rainbow-collar — being or of an employee who combines work or experience on the assembly line with more technical or administrative duties; having both blue-collar and white-collar duties or experience.
- raise eyebrows — cause surprise