20-letter words containing a, b, r, h
- straight-cut tobacco — tobacco that is cut in such a way that it will lie flat.
- switchboard operator — a person who operates an installation in a telephone exchange, office, hotel, etc, at which the interconnection of telephone lines is manually controlled
- tetrahydrocannabinol — a compound, C 21 H 30 O 2 , that is the physiologically active component in cannabis preparations (marijuana, hashish, etc.) derived from the Indian hemp plant or produced synthetically. Abbreviation: THC.
- the butterfat cheque — the total annual cash return for operations on a dairy farm
- the canterbury tales — an uncompleted sequence of tales by Chaucer, written for the most part after 1387.
- therapeutic abortion — abortion performed when a woman's pregnancy endangers her health.
- to be a warning shot — to be a warning
- to be at loggerheads — to be in conflict
- to bear the brunt of — To bear the brunt or take the brunt of something unpleasant means to suffer the main part or force of it.
- to bring up the rear — If a person or vehicle is bringing up the rear, they are the last person or vehicle in a moving line of them.
- to catch your breath — If something makes you catch your breath, it makes you take a short breath of air, usually because it shocks you.
- to disturb the peace — If someone is accused of disturbing the peace, they are accused of behaving in a noisy and offensive way in public.
- to have it in for sb — If someone has it in for you, they do not like you and they want to make life difficult for you.
- to scrape the barrel — If you say that someone is scraping the barrel, or scraping the bottom of the barrel, you disapprove of the fact that they are using or doing something of extremely poor quality.
- to waste your breath — If someone says you are wasting your breath, they mean that the person you are talking to will not take any notice and so there is no point saying anything to them.
- toothbrush moustache — a short narrow moustache, resembling the filaments of a toothbrush
- tribromoacetaldehyde — bromal.
- tubing head pressure — The tubing head pressure is the pressure on the tubing, which is measured at the wellhead.
- war of the rebellion — American Civil War.
- wilson cloud chamber — cloud chamber.
- yellow-breasted chat — an American warbler, Icteria virens, having a yellow throat and breast and greenish-brown upper parts and noted for imitating the songs of other species.