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19-letter words containing w, b, o, s

  • a shadow of a doubt — If you say that something is true without a shadow of a doubt or without a shadow of doubt, you are emphasizing that there is no doubt at all that it is true.
  • 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)
  • asbestos cork award — (humour)   Once, long ago at MIT, there was a flamer so consistently obnoxious that another hacker designed, had made, and distributed posters announcing that said flamer had been nominated for the "asbestos cork award". (Any reader in doubt as to the intended application of the cork should consult the etymology under flame.) Since then, it is agreed that only a select few have risen to the heights of bombast required to earn this dubious dignity - but there is no agreement on *which* few.
  • backward somersault — a somersault performed in a backward direction with the legs leading the rest of the body
  • balsam woolly aphid — any plant louse of the family Aphididae, characterized by a waxy secretion that appears like a jumbled mass of fine, curly, white cottony or woolly threads, as Eriosoma lanigerum (woolly apple aphid or American blight) and Prociphilus tessellatus (woolly alder aphid)
  • be one's own master — If you say that you are your own master, you mean that your decisions are not controlled by other people and you are free to do what you want.
  • be one's own person — a human being, whether an adult or child: The table seats four persons.
  • beat someone hollow — to defeat someone thoroughly and convincingly
  • bend over backwards — to make a special effort, esp in order to please
  • 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 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.
  • booker t washington — Booker T(aliaferro) [boo k-er tol-uh-ver] /ˈbʊk ər ˈtɒl ə vər/ (Show IPA), 1856–1915, U.S. reformer, educator, author, and lecturer.
  • 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.
  • carbon dioxide snow — solid carbon dioxide, used as a refrigerant
  • cardbox for windows — (database)   A database handling program, especially useful for scholars and librarians.
  • cowboys and indians — a children's game in which players imitate the supposed behavior of cowboys and Indians in conflict, as in shooting, chasing, and capturing.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • for all sb is worth — If you do something for all you are worth, you do it with a lot of energy and enthusiasm.
  • for better or worse — If you say that something has happened or been done for better or worse, you mean that you are not sure whether the consequences will be good or bad, but they will have to be accepted because the action cannot be changed.
  • go down the tube(s) — If a business, economy, or institution goes down the tubes or goes down the tube, it fails or collapses completely.
  • goodwill ambassador — an ambassador who shows goodwill to another country, organization, etc, on behalf of his or her own country, organization, etc
  • grasshopper warbler — a Eurasian warbler Locustella naevia
  • 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.
  • lean over backwards — to make a special effort, esp in order to please
  • look sb up and down — If someone looks you up and down, they direct their eyes from your head to your feet, in a rude and superior way and often as though they disapprove of you.
  • 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.
  • siberian wallflower — a North American plant, Erysimum asperum, of the mustard family, having orange-yellow flowers.
  • son-of-a-bitch stew — (in the Old West) a stew often prepared by chuck-wagon cooks for working cowboys, containing tripe and often also the heart, liver, brains, kidney, etc., of a slaughtered steer.
  • 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.
  • throw sth overboard — If you throw something overboard, for example an idea or suggestion, you reject it completely.
  • to be a showstopper — to be very impressive; to be sensational
  • 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.
  • wandering albatross — a large albatross, Diomedea exulans, of southern waters, having the plumage mostly white with dark markings on the upper parts.
  • wassermann antibody — reagin (def 1).
  • websters-dictionary — Informal. a dictionary of the English language, especially American English, such as Dictionary.com.
  • west dunbartonshire — a council area of W central Scotland, on Loch Lomond and the Clyde estuary: corresponds to part of the historical county of Dunbartonshire; part of Strathclyde Region from 1975 to 1996: engineering industries. Administrative centre: Dumbarton. Pop: 92 320 (2003 est). Area: 162 sq km (63 sq miles)
  • work sb/os to death — If you say that someone works another person to death, you are emphasizing that they make them work very hard indeed, especially in a way that seems cruel or unfair.

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