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14-letter words containing a, b, i, h

  • gambling house — a building for gambling, especially for a large number of betting games.
  • garden rubbish — organic refuse generated by gardening
  • goliath beetle — any very large tropical scarabaeid beetle of the genus Goliathus, esp G. giganteus of Africa, which may grow to a length of 20 centimetres
  • haberdasheries — Plural form of haberdashery.
  • hague tribunal — the court of arbitration for the peaceful settlement of international disputes, established at The Hague by the international peace conference of 1899: its panel of jurists nominates a list of persons from which members of the United Nations International Court of Justice are elected.
  • haight-ashbury — a district of San Francisco, in the central part of the city: a center for hippies and the drug culture in the 1960s.
  • hair's breadth — A hair's breadth is a very small degree or amount.
  • hair's-breadth — a very small space or distance: We escaped an accident by a hairsbreadth.
  • hamilcar barca — c270–228 b.c, Carthaginian general and statesman (father of Hannibal).
  • hamilton bassoHamilton, 1904–64, U.S. journalist and novelist.
  • hanging basket — suspended woven container for plants
  • harriet tubmanHarriet (Araminta) 1820?–1913, U.S. abolitionist: escaped slave and leader of the Underground Railroad; served as a Union scout during Civil War.
  • hasan al-basri — died 728 ad, Muslim religious thinker
  • hastings banda — Hastings Kamuzu [kah-moo-zoo] /kɑˈmu zu/ (Show IPA), 1906–97, Malawi physician, political leader, and public official: 1st president of Malawi 1966–94.
  • have bought it — to be killed
  • heath robinson — (of a mechanical device) absurdly complicated in design and having a simple function
  • hebrew-aramaic — a mixture of Hebrew and Jewish Aramaic
  • heidelberg jaw — a human lower jaw of early middle Pleistocene age found in 1907 near Heidelberg, Germany.
  • heidelberg man — the primitive human being reconstructed from the Heidelberg jaw.
  • helium balloon — a balloon that is filled with helium and rises up into the air if not held
  • hemimetabolism — incomplete metamorphosis.
  • hemimetabolous — incomplete metamorphosis.
  • hemoglobinuria — the presence of hemoglobin pigment in the urine.
  • hereditability — heritable.
  • hermit warbler — a common wood warbler (Dendroica occidentalis) of W North America, with a yellow-and-black head, a gray back, and white underparts
  • holometabolism — The complete metamorphosis of an insect.
  • horizontal bar — on a bar chart
  • hospitableness — The quality of being hospitable.
  • hospital board — the group of people responsible for the safe and efficient running of a hospital
  • husein ibn-ali — 1856–1931, 1st king of Hejaz 1916–24.
  • hybrid warfare — a military strategy in which conventional warfare is integrated with tactics such as covert operations and cyberattacks
  • hybristophilia — A paraphilia involving attraction to somebody who has committed a crime or outrage.
  • hyperbarically — in a hyperbaric manner
  • hyperbatically — in a hyperbatic manner
  • hyperbolically — having the nature of hyperbole; exaggerated.
  • hyperexcitable — an excessive reaction to stimuli.
  • hyperirritable — extreme irritability.
  • hypermetabolic — of, relating to, or affected by metabolism.
  • hypometabolism — The physiological state of having an decreased rate of metabolic activity.
  • impeachability — The state or condition of being impeachable.
  • imperial beach — a city in SW California, near San Diego.
  • in a bad light — something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.
  • in the balance — a state of equilibrium or equipoise; equal distribution of weight, amount, etc.
  • in the bargain — an advantageous purchase, especially one acquired at less than the usual cost: The sale offered bargains galore.
  • inapproachable — not approachable.
  • indecipherable — not decipherable; illegible.
  • indecipherably — not decipherable; illegible.
  • inhabitability — to live or dwell in (a place), as people or animals: Small animals inhabited the woods.
  • inhabitiveness — the disposition to remain in one place; the inclination not to leave home
  • inheritability — capable of being inherited.
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