16-letter words containing a, b, h, i, d
- horseback riding — activity: riding a horse
- hyaloid membrane — the delicate, pellucid, and nearly structureless membrane enclosing the vitreous humor of the eye.
- hybrid perpetual — a type of cultivated rose bred from varieties having vigorous growth and more or less recurrent bloom.
- hydration number — the number of molecules of water with which an ion can combine in an aqueous solution of given concentration.
- hydrobromic acid — a colorless or faintly yellow corrosive liquid, HBr, an aqueous solution of hydrogen bromide.
- invisible shadow — (in architectural shades and shadows) a three-dimensional space occupied by the shadow projected by a solid and within which a surface is in shadow.
- long-established — having a long history; old
- lord chamberlain — (in Britain) the chief official of the royal household
- machine readable — of or relating to data encoded on an appropriate medium and in a form suitable for processing by computer.
- machine-readable — of or relating to data encoded on an appropriate medium and in a form suitable for processing by computer.
- norwegian buhund — a slightly-built medium-sized dog of a breed with erect pointed ears and a short thick tail carried curled over its back
- on the breadline — impoverished; living at subsistence level
- redbank whiteoak — a city in S Tennessee.
- roundabout chair — corner chair.
- shoot-to-disable — of or relating to shooting by soldiers or police that is intended to disable rather than kill
- sir herbert read — George, 1733–98, American political leader: served in the Continental Congress 1774–77.
- stroboradiograph — a stroboscopic radiograph.
- thalidomide baby — a baby that has physical abnormalities due to the drug thalidomide being taken by the mother while the baby was still a developing fetus
- the red brigades — a group of urban guerrillas, based in Italy, who kidnapped and murdered the former Italian prime minister Aldo Moro (1916–78) in 1978
- the subsidiariat — a collective term for the news sources that would not survive without being subsidized directly (by a government, etc), or indirectly (through sharing a parent company with another more profitable revenue source)
- the war-disabled — those people who have been disabled by war
- tibetan buddhism — the form of Mahayana Buddhism that developed and is practiced primarily in Tibet and some nearby nations: its spiritual leader is the Dalai Lama
- typhoid bacillus — the bacterium Salmonella typhosa, causing typhoid fever.
- uniformed branch — the branch of a police force in which officers wear a uniform
- verbal diarrhoea — a tendency to speak at excessive length
- well-established — permanently founded; settled; firmly set: a well-established business; a well-established habit.
- wheelchair-bound — unable to walk through injury, illness, etc and relying on a wheelchair to move around
- white-haired boy — a favourite; darling