17-letter words containing a, l, t, h, e, b
- hubble's constant — the ratio of the recessional velocity of galaxies to their distance from the sun, with current measurements of its value ranging from 50 to 100 km/sec per megaparsec.
- hyperbolic secant — a hyperbolic function that is the reciprocal of cosh; sech
- hyperexcitability — an excessive reaction to stimuli.
- hyperirritability — extreme irritability.
- inalienable right — right that cannot be taken away
- indecipherability — Quality of being indecipherable.
- indistinguishable — not distinguishable.
- inexhaustibleness — The quality of being inexhaustible.
- interdental brush — a small brush that is used to clean between the teeth
- ivan the terrible — ("Ivan the Terrible") 1530–84, first czar of Russia 1547–84.
- lithium carbonate — a colorless crystalline compound, Li 2 CO 3 , slightly soluble in water: used in ceramic and porcelain glazes, pharmaceuticals, and luminescent paints.
- metabolic pathway — biochemistry: sequence of reactions within a cell or organism
- methemoglobinemia — (medicine) A form of toxic anemia characterized by the presence of methemoglobin in the blood.
- monarch butterfly — a large, deep-orange butterfly, Danaus plexippus, having black and white markings, the larvae of which feed on the leaves of milkweed.
- neath port talbot — a county borough in S Wales, created from part of West Glamorgan in 1996. Administrative centre: Port Talbot. Pop: 135 300 (2003 est). Area: 439 sq km (169 sq miles)
- on the barrelhead — upon being presented for sale; at the time of delivery
- out at the elbows — the bend or joint of the human arm between upper arm and forearm.
- palaeoethnobotany — the study of fossil seeds and grains to further archaeological knowledge, esp of the domestication of cereals
- paleobiochemistry — the study of biochemical processes that occurred in fossil life forms.
- peach bark beetle — a bark beetle, Phloeotribus liminaris, that feeds on and nests in peach and other drupaceous trees.
- pebbleweave cloth — an irregularly textured material made from twisted yarn
- phonetic alphabet — an alphabet containing a separate character for each distinguishable speech sound.
- pocket battleship — a small heavily armed and armored warship serving as a battleship because of limitations imposed by treaty.
- red and the black — a novel (1832) by Stendhal.
- rhode island bent — a European pasture grass, Agrostis tenuis, naturalized in North America, having red flower clusters.
- saved by the bell — a hollow instrument of cast metal, typically cup-shaped with a flaring mouth, suspended from the vertex and rung by the strokes of a clapper, hammer, or the like.
- say the unsayable — to express an opinion thought to be too controversial to mention
- scrape the barrel — to be forced to use one's last and weakest resource
- sinbad the sailor — a merchant in The Arabian Nights who makes seven adventurous voyages
- star of bethlehem — the star that is supposed to have appeared above Bethlehem at the birth of Christ
- star-of-bethlehem — any of several plants belonging to the genus Ornithogalum, of the lily family, having grasslike leaves and clusters of white flowers.
- telephone banking — a facility enabling customers to make use of banking services, such as oral payment instructions, account movements, raising loans, etc, over the telephone rather than by personal visit
- thabana-ntlenyana — a mountain in Lesotho: the highest peak of the Drakensberg Mountains. Height: 3482 m (11 425 ft)
- the black country — the formerly heavily industrialized region of central England, northwest of Birmingham
- the establishment — a group or class of people having institutional authority within a society, esp those who control the civil service, the government, the armed forces, and the Church: usually identified with a conservative outlook
- the last sb heard — You can use expressions such as the last I heard and the last she heard to introduce a piece of information that is the most recent that you have on a particular subject.
- the tabloid press — (considered as a whole) newspapers with pages about 30 cm (12 inches) by 40 cm (16 inches), usually characterized by an emphasis on photographs and a concise and often sensational style
- the twelve tables — the earliest code of Roman civil, criminal, and religious law, promulgated in 451–450 bc
- the whole shebang — The whole shebang is the whole situation or business that you are describing.
- the-invisible-man — a novel (1897) by H.G. Wells.
- thread-legged bug — any of certain insects of the family Reduviidae, characterized by an elongated, slender body and long frail legs, the front pair of which are raptorial.
- tibetan highlands — Tibet, Plateau of.
- to beat the clock — If you beat the clock, you finish doing something or succeed in doing something before the time allowed for doing it has ended.
- to eat humble pie — If you eat humble pie, you speak or behave in a way which tells people that you admit you were wrong about something.
- undistinguishable — to mark off as different (often followed by from or by): He was distinguished from the other boys by his height.
- ventura publisher — Corel VENTURA
- war establishment — the full wartime complement of men, equipment, and vehicles of a military unit
- welshman's button — an angler's name for a species of caddis fly, Sericostoma personatum