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17-letter words containing b, o, s, n, i

  • non-subordination — the act of placing in a lower rank or position: The refusal to allow women to be educated was part of society's subordination of women to men.
  • number seven iron — pitcher2 (def 3).
  • objectionableness — The quality of being objectionable.
  • observation tower — lookout, observation point
  • old contemptibles — the British expeditionary force to France in 1914
  • old south arabian — a group of four closely related Semitic languages, having a writing system and used from about the eighth to the fifth centuries b.c. in the southern part of Arabia.
  • on the debit side — the debit side of a situation is the aspect of it which is less positive, pleasant, or useful than its other aspects
  • on the pig's back — successful; established
  • opisthobranchiate — (zoology) Of or pertaining to the Opisthobranchiata.
  • order of business — a task assigned or to be dealt with: Our first order of business is to reduce expenses.
  • otto von bismarck — Otto von [ot-oh von;; German aw-toh fuh n] /ˈɒt oʊ vɒn;; German ˈɔ toʊ fən/ (Show IPA), 1815–98, German statesman: first chancellor of modern German Empire 1871–90.
  • passive obedience — unquestioning obedience to authority
  • percussion bullet — a bullet that is exploded by percussion
  • piece of business — business (def 10).
  • plains of abraham — a high plain adjoining the city of Quebec, Canada: battlefield where the English under Wolfe defeated the French under Montcalm in 1759.
  • precision bombing — aerial bombing in which bombs are dropped, as accurately as possible, on a specific, usually small, target.
  • public television — a type of noncommercial, usually educational, television programming funded by the government, grants, viewers, and corporations. Compare educational television.
  • put the kibosh on — nonsense.
  • rack one's brains — to strain in mental effort, esp to remember something or to find the solution to a problem
  • redistributionist — a person who believes in, advocates, or supports income redistribution.
  • rhinoceros beetle — any of several scarabaeid beetles, especially of the genus Dynastes, which comprises the largest beetles, characterized by one or more horns on the head and prothorax.
  • rhode island bent — a European pasture grass, Agrostis tenuis, naturalized in North America, having red flower clusters.
  • roseate spoonbill — a tropical New World spoonbill, Ajaia ajaja, having rose-colored plumage and a bare head.
  • rybinsk reservoir — a vast water reservoir in W central Russia on the River Volga and its tributaries Sheksna and Mologa, formed by Rybinsk Hydroelectric Station dam
  • sable island pony — a variety of wild pony found on Sable Island, Nova Scotia
  • saint bonaventure — Saint ("the Seraphic Doctor") 1221–74, Italian scholastic theologian.
  • san francisco bay — a bay in W California: the harbor of San Francisco; connected with the Pacific by the Golden Gate strait. 50 miles (80 km) long; 3–12 miles (5–19 km) wide.
  • sanctions-busting — the deliberate disregarding of sanctions that are in force against a state, organization, etc
  • sandro botticelli — Sandro [san-droh,, sahn-;; Italian sahn-draw] /ˈsæn droʊ,, ˈsɑn-;; Italian ˈsɑn drɔ/ (Show IPA), (Alessandro di Mariano dei Filipepi) 1444?–1510, Italian painter.
  • secondary rainbow — a faint rainbow formed by light rays that undergo two internal reflections in drops of rain, appearing above the primary rainbow and having its colors in the opposite order.
  • self-incompatible — not capable of self-pollination.
  • shopping bag lady — bag lady (def 1).
  • shopping-bag lady — bag lady (def 1).
  • sinbad the sailor — a merchant in The Arabian Nights who makes seven adventurous voyages
  • sleeping problems — difficulties in getting to sleep or in staying asleep
  • special constable — a person recruited for temporary or occasional police duties, esp in time of emergency
  • split keyboarding — the act or practice of editing data from one terminal on another terminal
  • spoonbill catfish — flathead catfish.
  • squash vine borer — the larva of a clearwing moth, Melittia satyriniformis, that bores into the stems of squash and related plants.
  • steamboat springs — a town in NW Colorado: ski resort.
  • subclavian groove — either of two grooves in the first rib, one for the main artery (subclavian artery) and the other for the main vein (subclavian vein) of the arm
  • subordinated debt — a debt that an unsecured creditor can only claim, in the event of a liquidation, after the claims of secured creditors have been paid
  • subscription rate — the price charged for a subscription
  • surrender to bail — to present oneself at court at the appointed time after having been on bail
  • suspension bridge — a bridge having a deck suspended from cables anchored at their extremities and usually raised on towers.
  • symbolic language — a specialized language dependent upon the use of symbols for communication and created for the purpose of achieving greater exactitude, as in symbolic logic or mathematics.
  • synchronous orbit — an orbit in which the orbital period of a satellite is identical to the spin period of the central body
  • synovial membrane — anatomy: connective tissue
  • synthetic biology — the application of computer science techniques to create artificial biological systems
  • take some beating — to be difficult to improve upon
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