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19-letter words containing w, e, l, b

  • aldridge-brownhills — a town in central England, in Walsall unitary authority, West Midlands: formed by the amalgamation of neighbouring towns in 1966. Pop: 35 525 (2001)
  • at a (or one) blow — by one action
  • backward compatible — backward compatibility
  • backward somersault — a somersault performed in a backward direction with the legs leading the rest of the body
  • barrack-room lawyer — a person who freely offers opinions, esp in legal matters, that he or she is unqualified to give
  • bbc networking club — (body)   A bulletin board run by the British Broadcasting Corporation Education department from April 1994 to 30 Nov 1995.
  • beat someone hollow — to defeat someone thoroughly and convincingly
  • below par/under par — If you feel below par or under par, you feel tired and unable to perform as well as you normally do.
  • black warrior river — a river in N central Alabama, flowing SW past Birmingham to the Tombigbee River. 178 miles (286 km) long.
  • black-tailed godwit — a large wading bird with a very long beak, Limosa limosa, found in W and Central Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australasia
  • blackfellow's bread — the edible portion of a species of pore fungus, Polyporus mylittae, that occurs in Australia.
  • blow one's own horn — If you blow your own horn, you boast about yourself.
  • blow someone's mind — (of a drug, esp LSD) to alter someone's mental state
  • blow the gaffe/gaff — If you blow the gaffe or blow the gaff, you tell someone something that other people wanted you to keep secret.
  • blow the whistle on — to make a clear musical sound, a series of such sounds, or a high-pitched, warbling sound by the forcible expulsion of the breath through a small opening formed by contracting the lips, or through the teeth, with the aid of the tongue.
  • blowing your buffer — (jargon)   Losing your train of thought. A reference to buffer overflow.
  • bode ill (or well) — to be a bad (or good) omen
  • born out of wedlock — born when one's parents are not legally married
  • brazen law of wages — the doctrine or theory that wages tend toward a level sufficient only to maintain a subsistence standard of living.
  • buster brown collar — a medium-sized, starched collar with rounded edges, lying flat on the shoulders, worn by women and girls.
  • connecticut warbler — a North American wood warbler, Oporornis agilis, olive-green above with a gray head and throat and yellow below.
  • crown green bowling — (in Britain) bowls played on a crown green
  • dependable software — software reliability
  • double yellow lines — parallel yellow lines painted down the centre of a roadway to indicate that overtaking is not permitted in either direction
  • fall by the wayside — to cease or fail to continue doing something
  • first world problem — a fairly minor problem, frustrating situation, or complaint associated with a relatively high standard of living, as opposed to the more serious problems associated with poverty: I’m bored with all my electronic gadgets—such a first world problem!
  • flowering raspberry — a shrub, Rubus ordoratus, of eastern North America, having loose clusters of showy purplish or rose-purple flowers and inedible, dry, red fruit.
  • give sb the willies — If someone or something gives you the willies, they make you feel nervous or frightened.
  • grasshopper warbler — a Eurasian warbler Locustella naevia
  • have a problem with — to be unable to understand or do
  • it would be wise to — If someone says to you that it would be wise to do something, they are advising you to do it, because it is the most sensible and reasonable action or decision in a particular situation.
  • jewel in sb's crown — If you refer to an achievement or thing as the jewel in someone's crown, you mean that it is considered to be their greatest achievement or the thing they can be most proud of.
  • label switched path — (networking)   (LSP) The specific path through a network that a datagram follows, based on its MPLS labels.
  • lean over backwards — to make a special effort, esp in order to please
  • lie down on the job — to put forth less than one's best efforts
  • newtown st boswells — a village in SE Scotland, administrative centre of Scottish Borders: agricultural centre. Pop: 1199 (2001)
  • out at (the) elbows — shabby; poverty-stricken
  • own flesh and blood — If you say that someone is your own flesh and blood, you are emphasizing that they are a member of your family.
  • perfoliate bellwort — a slender plant, Uvularia perfoliata, of the lily family, of eastern North America, having pale yellow, bell-shaped flowers.
  • public-interest law — a branch of law that often utilizes class-action suits to protect the interest of a large group or of the public at large, as in matters relating to racial discrimination, air pollution, etc.
  • siberian wallflower — a North American plant, Erysimum asperum, of the mustard family, having orange-yellow flowers.
  • switchblade (knife) — a large jackknife that snaps open when a release button on the handle is pressed
  • throw oneself at sb — If someone throws themselves at you, they make it very obvious that they want to begin a relationship with you, by behaving as though they are sexually attracted to you.
  • to be headline news — to attract a lot of attention from newspapers
  • to blow a raspberry — If you blow a raspberry, you make a sound by putting your tongue out and blowing, in order to insult someone.
  • to blow the whistle — If you blow the whistle on someone, or on something secret or illegal, you tell another person, especially a person in authority, what is happening.
  • to plumb new depths — If you say that something plumbs new depths, you mean that it is worse than all the things of its kind that have existed before, even though some of them have been very bad.
  • traveling-wave tube — an electron tube used in microwave communications systems, having an electron beam directed coaxially through a wire helix to produce amplification.
  • wandering albatross — a large albatross, Diomedea exulans, of southern waters, having the plumage mostly white with dark markings on the upper parts.
  • wearable technology — a small computer or advanced electronic device that is worn or carried on the body: the trendiest wearable technologies.

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