17-letter words containing a, b, h, e, n, r
- high-carbon steel — steel containing between 0.5 and 1.5 per cent carbon
- histamine blocker — any of various substances that act at a specific receptor site to block certain actions of histamine.
- hold one's breath — If you say that someone is holding their breath, you mean that they are waiting anxiously or excitedly for something to happen.
- honorable mention — a citation conferred on a contestant, exhibit, etc., having exceptional merit though not winning a top honor or prize.
- hottentot's bread — elephant's-foot.
- hyperbolic secant — a hyperbolic function that is the reciprocal of cosh; sech
- in double harness — in a harness for two animals pulling the same carriage, plow, etc.
- in the background — behind the focus of attention
- inalienable right — right that cannot be taken away
- indecipherability — Quality of being indecipherable.
- interdental brush — a small brush that is used to clean between the teeth
- ivan the terrible — ("Ivan the Terrible") 1530–84, first czar of Russia 1547–84.
- lithium carbonate — a colorless crystalline compound, Li 2 CO 3 , slightly soluble in water: used in ceramic and porcelain glazes, pharmaceuticals, and luminescent paints.
- mesembryanthemums — Plural form of mesembryanthemum.
- monarch butterfly — a large, deep-orange butterfly, Danaus plexippus, having black and white markings, the larvae of which feed on the leaves of milkweed.
- nashville warbler — a North American wood warbler, Vermivora ruficapilla, having a gray head, an olive-green back, and yellow underparts.
- near-earth object — a comet or asteroid pushed by the gravitational attraction of nearby planets into an orbit that allows it to enter the earth's orbit and thereby pose a danger of collision. Abbreviation: NEO.
- neath port talbot — a county borough in S Wales, created from part of West Glamorgan in 1996. Administrative centre: Port Talbot. Pop: 135 300 (2003 est). Area: 439 sq km (169 sq miles)
- nonalcoholic beer — Nonalcoholic beer is beer that does not contain any alcohol.
- north miami beach — a city in SE Florida.
- northeast by east — a point on the compass 11°15′ east of northeast. Abbreviation: NEbE.
- numbering machine — a handheld device for stamping numbers onto objects
- on the barrelhead — upon being presented for sale; at the time of delivery
- opisthobranchiate — (zoology) Of or pertaining to the Opisthobranchiata.
- red and the black — a novel (1832) by Stendhal.
- republic of china — People's Republic of, a country in E Asia. 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Capital: Beijing.
- republic-of-china — People's Republic of, a country in E Asia. 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Capital: Beijing.
- rhode island bent — a European pasture grass, Agrostis tenuis, naturalized in North America, having red flower clusters.
- rub the wrong way — to subject the surface of (a thing or person) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, smoothing, polishing, coating, massaging, or soothing: to rub a table top with wax polish; to rub the entire back area.
- save one's breath — the air inhaled and exhaled in respiration.
- sinbad the sailor — a merchant in The Arabian Nights who makes seven adventurous voyages
- squash vine borer — the larva of a clearwing moth, Melittia satyriniformis, that bores into the stems of squash and related plants.
- substantive right — a right, as life, liberty, or property, recognized for its own sake and as part of the natural legal order of society.
- sunbury-on-thames — a town in SE England, in N Surrey. Pop: 27 415 (2001)
- the black country — the formerly heavily industrialized region of central England, northwest of Birmingham
- the carboniferous — the Carboniferous period or rock system
- to break the bank — If you say that the cost of something will not break the bank, you mean that it will not cost a large sum of money.
- ventura publisher — Corel VENTURA
- war establishment — the full wartime complement of men, equipment, and vehicles of a military unit
- wheatstone bridge — a circuit for measuring an unknown resistance by comparing it with known resistances.