15-letter words containing a, r, h
- autoradiography — the technique or process of making autoradiographs.
- autorhythmicity — The quality of being autorhythmic, or generating its own rhythm, as for example the cells of the cardiac muscle do.
- autotrophically — through an autotrophic process
- back-scratching — a reciprocal exchange of favors, aid, or compliments
- baconian theory — the theory attributing the authorship of Shakespeare's plays to Francis Bacon.
- bacterial ghost — a bacterial cell that is emptied and filled artificially with another substance
- bacteriophagous — Pertaining to the predation and consumption of bacterium.
- bad housekeeper — a person who is not an efficient and thrifty domestic manager
- baggage handler — a person who moves baggage onto and off planes at an airport
- ballpeen hammer — a hammer that has one end of its head shaped in a hemisphere for beating metal, etc
- banner headline — A banner headline is a large headline in a newspaper that stretches across the front page.
- barbizon school — a group of French painters of landscapes of the 1840s, including Théodore Rousseau, Daubigny, Diaz, Corot, and Millet
- barcelona chair — an armless, padded leather chair on a steel frame shaped like a curved X: Barcelona is a trademark for this chair
- bargain-hunting — the act of shopping for items sold at cheap, esp discounted, prices
- bargaining chip — In negotiations with other people, a bargaining chip is something that you are prepared to give up in order to obtain what you want.
- barium chloride — a poisonous compound, BaCl2, consisting of flat white crystals that are soluble in water: it is used to treat water, metals, leather, etc.
- barium chromate — a yellow, crystalline compound, BaCrO 4 , used as a pigment (barium yellow)
- barium sulphate — a white insoluble fine dense powder, used as a pigment, as a filler for paper, rubber, etc, and in barium meals. Formula: BaSO4
- barley sandwich — a drink of beer, esp at lunch time
- barothermograph — an automatic instrument for recording pressure and temperature.
- basic anhydride — a compound formed by removing water from a more complex compound: an oxide of a nonmetal (acid anhydride) or a metal (basic anhydride) that forms an acid or a base, respectively, when united with water.
- bathroom scales — scales typically kept in a bathroom for people to weigh themselves
- bathurst island — an island off the coast of N Nunavut, Canada, in the Arctic Archipelago: present south of the North Magnetic Pole nearby. 7609 sq. mi. (19,707 sq. km).
- bathymetrically — In a bathymetric way.
- bathythermogram — a record made by a bathythermograph.
- battery charger — a device that can restore the charge to a battery, usually by means of electricity
- battle hardened — toughened by the experience of battle
- battleship gray — a subdued bluish gray.
- beach goldenrod — a composite plant, Solidago sempervirens, of eastern and southern North America, having a thick stem and large, branched, one-sided terminal clusters of yellow flowers, flourishing on sea beaches or salt marshes.
- beet leafhopper — a small leafhopper (Circulifer tenellus) that transmits a very destructive virus to sugar beets
- before the fact — before the commission of the offence
- before the mast — as an apprentice seaman
- benzal chloride — a colorless, oily liquid, C 7 H 6 Cl 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of benzaldehyde, and in the manufacture of dyes.
- berenice's hair — the constellation Coma Berenices
- beside the mark — not striking the point aimed at
- biblical hebrew — the Hebrew language used in the Old Testament. Abbreviation: BiblHeb.
- bibliographical — a complete or selective list of works compiled upon some common principle, as authorship, subject, place of publication, or printer.
- big bang theory — In astronomy the big bang theory is a theory that suggests that the universe was created as a result of an extremely large explosion.
- biobibliography — a bibliography containing biographical sketches of the authors listed.
- biostratigraphy — the examination of the ages of rock strata by using fossils
- bipartite graph — complete graph
- birch partridge — ruffed grouse
- black horehound — a hairy unpleasant-smelling chiefly Mediterranean plant, Ballota nigra, having clusters of purple flowers: family Lamiaceae (labiates)
- blackberry bush — a bush on which blackberries grow
- blenheim orange — a type of apple tree bearing gold-coloured apples
- board of health — an agency with responsibility for health in state, country, etc
- boarding school — A boarding school is a school which some or all of the pupils live in during the school term. Compare day school.
- bohemia-moravia — a former German protectorate including Bohemia and Moravia, 1939–45.
- bohemian forest — a mountain range between the SW Czech Republic and SE Germany. Highest peak: Arber, 1457 m (4780 ft)
- brachial plexus — a network of nerves in the armpits and neck, innervating the shoulders, arms, and hands.