14-letter words containing b, a, n, t, h
- bremsstrahlung — the radiation produced when an electrically charged particle, esp an electron, is slowed down by the electric field of an atomic nucleus or an atomic ion
- british guiana — Guyana
- broken-hearted — Someone who is broken-hearted is very sad and upset because they have had a serious disappointment.
- bronchial tube — Your bronchial tubes are the two tubes which connect your windpipe to your lungs.
- bronchiectasis — chronic dilation of the bronchi or bronchial tubes, which often become infected
- bronchodilator — any drug or other agent that causes dilation of the bronchial tubes by relaxing bronchial muscle: used, esp in the form of aerosol sprays, for the relief of asthma
- bronchospastic — of or relating to bronchospasms
- brother-in-law — Someone's brother-in-law is the brother of their husband or wife, or the man who is married to their sister.
- brown thrasher — a common large songbird, Toxostoma rufum, of the eastern U.S., having reddish-brown plumage.
- browntail moth — kind of moth
- buckwheat note — shape note.
- budget heading — a heading in a budget under which an expenditure is listed
- burschenschaft — a students' fraternity, originally one concerned with Christian ideals, patriotism, etc
- bush carpenter — a rough-and-ready unskilled workman
- by a long shot — People sometimes use the expression by a long shot to emphasize the opinion they are giving.
- by the vanload — in very large quantities
- cable's length — a unit of length in nautical use that has various values, including 100 fathoms (600 feet)
- can't help but — to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
- charitableness — (uncountable) The quality of being charitable.
- charlottenburg — a district of Berlin (of West Berlin until 1990), formerly an independent city. Pop: 315 473 (2005 est)
- chartered bank — a privately owned bank that has been incorporated by Parliament to operate in the commercial banking system
- chicken breast — pigeon breast
- chimney breast — A chimney breast is the part of a wall in a room which is built out round a chimney.
- christiansburg — a town in SW Virginia.
- de haut en bas — with haughtiness; condescendingly
- death benefits — Death benefits are the amount of money that an insurance policy will pay upon the death of the person whose life is being insured.
- deathbed scene — a depiction in art or literature of events that take place at somebody's deathbed
- dehabilitation — (sociology) The process of social estrangement and progressive loosening of social bonds between an individual and his family and society as a result of long-term residence in an institution.
- dunbartonshire — a historical county of W Scotland: became part of Strathclyde region in 1975; administered since 1996 by the council areas of East Dunbartonshire and West Dunbartonshire
- establishments — Plural form of establishment.
- ethnobotanical — Of or pertaining to ethnobotany.
- ethnobotanists — Plural form of ethnobotanist.
- extinguishable — Able to be extinguished.
- fashionability — observant of or conforming to the fashion; stylish: a fashionable young woman.
- featherbedding — the practice of requiring an employer to hire unnecessary employees, to assign unnecessary work, or to limit production according to a union rule or safety statute: Featherbedding forced the railroads to employ firemen on diesel locomotives.
- featherbrained — Alternative spelling of feather-brained.
- fonthill abbey — a ruined Gothic Revival mansion in Wiltshire: rebuilt (1790–1810) for William Beckford by James Wyatt; the main tower collapsed in 1800 and, after rebuilding, again in 1827
- globe amaranth — a plant, Gomphrena globosa, native to the Old World tropics, having dense heads of variously colored flowers that retain their color when cut.
- hague tribunal — the court of arbitration for the peaceful settlement of international disputes, established at The Hague by the international peace conference of 1899: its panel of jurists nominates a list of persons from which members of the United Nations International Court of Justice are elected.
- hamilton basso — Hamilton, 1904–64, U.S. journalist and novelist.
- hand's-breadth — handbreadth
- handbrake turn — a turn sharply reversing the direction of a vehicle by speedily applying the handbrake while turning the steering wheel
- hanging basket — suspended woven container for plants
- harriet tubman — Harriet (Araminta) 1820?–1913, U.S. abolitionist: escaped slave and leader of the Underground Railroad; served as a Union scout during Civil War.
- hastings banda — Hastings Kamuzu [kah-moo-zoo] /kɑˈmu zu/ (Show IPA), 1906–97, Malawi physician, political leader, and public official: 1st president of Malawi 1966–94.
- have sth on sb — If someone has something on you, they have evidence that you have done something wrong or bad. If they have nothing on you, they cannot prove that you have done anything wrong or bad.
- heath robinson — (of a mechanical device) absurdly complicated in design and having a simple function
- horizontal bar — on a bar chart
- hospitableness — The quality of being hospitable.
- in a bad light — something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.