13-letter words containing a, b, o, h
- bronze whaler — a shark, Carcharhinus brachyurus, of southern Australian waters, having a bronze-coloured back
- buenas noches — good night
- buffalo chips — the dried dung of buffalo used as fuel, especially by early settlers on the western plains.
- buffalo cloth — a heavyweight woolen fabric constructed in twill weave and having a shaggy pile.
- bulbourethral — of or relating to the rounded mass of tissue surrounding the urethra at the root of the penis.
- butyl alcohol — any of four isomeric alcohols, C4H9OH, obtained from petroleum products: used as solvents and in organic synthesis
- cainotophobia — Alternative form of cainophobia.
- cancerophobia — a morbid dread of being afflicted by cancer
- carbohydrates — foods which contain carbohydrate
- carboxymethyl — (organic chemistry) The univalent radical -CH2-COOH derived from acetic acid.
- carcinophobia — Inordinate dread of contracting cancer.
- catcher's box — box1 (def 16d).
- chalcostibite — a mineral, antimony copper sulfide, CuSbS 2 , occurring in lead-gray crystals.
- chamber opera — an opera requiring few performers and a small orchestra.
- chamber organ — a small compact organ used esp for the authentic performance of preclassical music
- charles abbot — Charles Greeley, 1872–1973, U.S. astrophysicist.
- chemical bond — a mutual attraction between two atoms resulting from a redistribution of their outer electrons
- chiaochou bay — an inlet of the Yellow Sea, in E China, in Shandong province. 20 miles (32 km) long; 15 miles (24 km) wide.
- chock-a-block — A place that is chock-a-block is very full of people, things, or vehicles.
- chocolate bar — a block of chocolate
- chocolate-box — Chocolate-box places or images are very pretty but in a boring or conventional way.
- christmas box — a tip or present given at Christmas, esp to postmen, tradesmen, etc
- chukka (boot) — an ankle-high bootlike shoe, usually with two or three pairs of eyelets
- cinchona bark — the dried bark of any of a cinchona tree, which yields quinine and other medicinal alkaloids
- claustrophobe — a person who suffers from claustrophobia.
- clothesbasket — a basket for holding and carrying laundry.
- cloud chamber — an apparatus for detecting high-energy particles by observing their tracks through a chamber containing a supersaturated vapour. Each particle ionizes molecules along its path and small droplets condense on them to produce a visible track
- coachbuilders — Plural form of coachbuilder.
- coachbuilding — the manufacture of bodies for cars, buses, and coaches
- cocaine habit — an addiction to cocaine
- colomb-bechar — former name of Béchar.
- copyrightable — the exclusive right to make copies, license, and otherwise exploit a literary, musical, or artistic work, whether printed, audio, video, etc.: works granted such right by law on or after January 1, 1978, are protected for the lifetime of the author or creator and for a period of 70 years after his or her death.
- crash blossom — an ambiguously worded headline whose meaning can be interpreted in the wrong way, as “Missing Woman Remains Found.”. See also garden-path.
- cross the bar — to die
- cut both ways — to have both good and bad effects
- cyberchondria — unfounded anxiety concerning the state of one's health brought on by visiting health and medical websites
- cymbocephalic — scaphocephaly.
- date of birth — Your date of birth is the exact date on which you were born, including the year.
- daughterboard — a small circuit board that can be attached to the motherboard of a computer
- daytona beach — a city in NE Florida, on the Atlantic: a resort with a beach of hard white sand, used since 1903 for motor speed trials. Pop: 64 581 (2003 est)
- demothballing — to remove (naval or military equipment) from storage or reserve, usually for active duty; reactivate.
- dishonourable — showing lack of honor or integrity; ignoble; base; disgraceful; shameful: Cheating is dishonorable.
- dishonourably — (British) alternative spelling of dishonorably.
- dispatch boat — a small, fast boat used for delivering dispatches.
- double whammy — twofold misfortune
- double-header — Sports. two games, as of baseball, between the same teams on the same day in immediate succession. two games, as of basketball, between two different pairs of teams on the same day in immediate succession.
- draughtboards — Plural form of draughtboard.
- draughtsboard — The board on which draughts is played, resembling a chessboard but (depending on the game variation) often having a side length of ten squares rather than eight.
- drop the ball — a spherical or approximately spherical body or shape; sphere: He rolled the piece of paper into a ball.
- east by north — a point on the compass 11°15′ north of east. Abbreviation: EbN.