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14-letter words containing b, a, h, s

  • shabby-looking — appearing old and in bad condition
  • shadow cabinet — (in the British Parliament) a group of prominent members of the opposition who are expected to hold positions in the cabinet when their party assumes power.
  • sheepback rock — roche moutonnée.
  • sheva brachoth — the seven blessings said during the marriage service and repeated at the celebration thereafter
  • shock absorber — a device for damping sudden and rapid motion, as the recoil of a spring-mounted object from shock.
  • shooting brake — station wagon.
  • shoulder blade — the scapula.
  • shoulder board — one of a pair of narrow, stiff, cloth patches bearing an insignia of rank and worn on the shoulders by a commissioned officer.
  • siberian husky — one of a Siberian breed of medium-size dogs having a thick, soft coat, raised originally as sled dogs.
  • slash and burn — Slash and burn is a method of farming that involves clearing land by destroying and burning all the trees and plants on it, farming there for a short time, and then moving on to clear a new piece of land.
  • slash-and-burn — of a method of agriculture used in the tropics, in which forest vegetation is felled and burned, the land is cropped for a few years, then the forest is allowed to reinvade.
  • smash-and-grab — A smash-and-grab is a robbery in which a person breaks a shop window, takes the things that are on display there, and runs away with them.
  • snowball fight — game: throwing balls of snow
  • sobriety coach — a person who is employed to help another to refrain from drinking alcohol
  • son of a bitch — a contemptible or thoroughly disagreeable person; scoundrel.
  • south suburban — a city in SE West Bengal, in E India: a suburb of Calcutta.
  • spanish arabic — the Arabic language as used in Spain during the period of Moorish domination and influence, c900–1500. Abbreviation: SpAr.
  • spanish burton — any of several tackles employing a runner in addition to the fall.
  • special branch — The Special Branch is the department of the British police that is concerned with political security and deals with things such as terrorism and visits by foreign leaders.
  • square-bashing — drill on a barrack square
  • squash-blossom — indicating or pertaining to a design or configuration resembling the flower of the squash plant, especially as found in jewelry made by various American Indians.
  • starch blocker — a substance ingested in the belief that it inhibits the body's ability to metabolize starch and thereby promotes weight loss: declared illegal in the U.S. by the FDA.
  • stealth bomber — a type of US military aircraft using advanced technology to render it virtually undetectable to sight, radar, or infrared sensors
  • stretchability — to draw out or extend (oneself, a body, limbs, wings, etc.) to the full length or extent (often followed by out): to stretch oneself out on the ground.
  • subatmospheric — (of a quantity) having a value lower than that of the atmosphere: subatmospheric temperatures.
  • submachine gun — a lightweight automatic or semiautomatic gun, fired from the shoulder or hip.
  • subtherapeutic — indicating a dosage, as of a drug or vitamin, less than the amount required for a therapeutic effect.
  • swimming baths — an indoor swimming pool
  • symmetrophobia — an avoidance of symmetry, esp in Japanese art and Egyptian temples
  • talk about sth — You can say talk about before mentioning a particular expression or situation, when you mean that something is a very striking or clear example of that expression or situation.
  • the all blacks — the international Rugby Union football team of New Zealand
  • the bear state — a name for the state of Arkansas
  • the beatitudes — the pronouncements in the Sermon on the Mount, which begin “Blessed are the poor in spirit”: Matt. 5:3-12
  • the black caps — the international cricket team of New Zealand
  • the black isle — a peninsula in NE Scotland, in Highland council area, between the Cromarty and Moray Firths
  • the ice blacks — the international ice hockey team of New Zealand
  • the joe blakes — the DT's
  • the-bostonians — a novel (1886) by Henry James.
  • thenard's blue — cobalt blue.
  • three-base hit — triple (def 7).
  • thromboplastic — causing or accelerating blood-clot formation.
  • thromboplastin — Biochemistry. a lipoprotein in the blood that converts prothrombin to thrombin.
  • thrust bearing — a bearing designed to absorb thrusts parallel to the axis of revolution.
  • to be the case — If you say that something is the case, you mean that it is true or correct.
  • treasury bench — (in Britain) the front bench to the right of the Speaker in the House of Commons, traditionally reserved for members of the Government
  • undiminishable — unable to be diminished
  • unpurchaseable — not able to be bought or purchased
  • unvanquishable — not able to be vanquished or overcome; unconquerable; undefeatable
  • vasoinhibitory — an agent, as a drug, that inhibits the action of the vasomotor nerves.
  • vegetable dish — a dish designed to serve vegetables from
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