13-letter words containing a, b, o, h
- north by east — a point on the compass 11°15′ east of north. Abbreviation: NbE.
- novo hamburgo — a city in Rio Grande do Sul state, S Brazil.
- ombudsmanship — The position or office of an ombudsman.
- ophidiophobia — Ophiophobia.
- opisthobranch — any gastropod mollusk of the order Opisthobranchia, as the sea slugs, sea butterflies, and sea hares, characterized by a vestigial or absent mantle and shell and two pairs of tentacles.
- optical bench — an apparatus, as a special table or rigid beam, for the precise positioning of light sources, screens, and optical instruments used for optical and photometric studies, having a ruled bar to which these devices can be attached and along which they can be readily adjusted.
- ornithophobia — Fear of birds.
- out of breath — the air inhaled and exhaled in respiration.
- overbreathing — hyperventilation
- overnight bag — a travel bag large enough to hold personal articles and clothing for an overnight trip.
- peach blossom — the flower of the peach tree: the state flower of Delaware.
- peccatophobia — an abnormal fear of sinning.
- phenobarbital — a white, crystalline powder, C 1 2 H 1 2 N 2 O 3 , used as a sedative, a hypnotic, and as an antispasmodic in epilepsy.
- phlebographic — relating to phlebography or the X-ray imaging of a vein that has been injected with a dye that is visible on the image taken
- phony-baloney — nonsense; baloney.
- photocopiable — able or legally permitted to be photocopied
- play hob with — to make trouble for; interfere with and make disordered
- polythene bag — a bag made of polythene, esp one used to store or protect food or household articles
- pomme blanche — breadroot.
- pompano beach — a city in SE Florida.
- potato blight — fungal disease affecting potatoes
- psychobabbler — a person who uses psychobabble
- rabbath ammon — Amman.
- redondo beach — a city in SW California.
- rehabilitator — to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like.
- rock the boat — to move or sway to and fro or from side to side.
- rough as bags — uncouth
- saber-toothed — having long, saberlike upper canine teeth, sometimes extending below the margin of the lower jaw.
- school phobia — a fear of going to or returning to school
- sea buckthorn — a thorny Eurasian shrub, Hippophaë rhamnoides, growing on sea coasts and having silvery leaves and orange fruits: family Elaeagnaceae
- shadow boxing — to make the motions of attack and defense, as in boxing, as a training or conditioning procedure.
- shambolically — in a completely disorganized or chaotic manner
- she-crab soup — a thick, bisquelike soup made with the meat and eggs of the female crab.
- shot-blasting — the cleaning of metal, etc, by a stream of shot
- smoke chamber — an enlarged area between the throat of a fireplace and the chimney flue.
- snowball bush — guelder rose.
- social phobia — a type of anxiety disorder characterized by shyness and heightened self-consciousness in particular social situations
- south arabian — of or relating to the former South Arabia (now South Yemen) or its inhabitants
- south by east — a point on the compass 11°15′ east of south. Abbreviation: SbE.
- spanish broom — a spiny, often leafless shrub, Genista hispanica, of the legume family, native to southern Europe, having clustered, golden-yellow flowers and hairy pods.
- symbolography — the writing of symbolic characters or tracing of symbolic figures
- syphilophobia — the excessive fear of syphilis
- table--d-hote — a meal of preselected courses served at a fixed time and price to the guests at a hotel or restaurant.
- techno-babble — technical jargon relating to computing and other technological subjects
- thanatophobia — an abnormal fear of death.
- the boat race — a rowing event held annually in the spring, in which an eight representing Oxford University rows against one representing Cambridge University on the Thames between Putney and Mortlake
- the gas board — any company supplying gas as a source of domestic and industrial heat
- the heavy mob — a group of heavies or enforcers
- the noble art — boxing
- thermobalance — an analytical balance that measures weight changes when matter is heated