19-letter words containing b, a, r, h

dry-bulk cargo ship — a ship that carries an unpackaged dry cargo such as coal or grain; bulk carrier
dutchman's-breeches — a plant, Dicentra cucullaria, of the fumitory family, having long clusters of pale-yellow, two-spurred flowers.
east dunbartonshire — a council area of central Scotland to the N of Glasgow: part of Strathclyde region from 1975 until 1996: mainly agricultural and residential. Administrative centre: Kirkintilloch. Pop: 106 970 (2003 est). Area: 172 sq km (66 sq miles)
electro-shock baton — a baton used as a weapon to pass an electric current through part of the body
for all sb is worth — If you do something for all you are worth, you do it with a lot of energy and enthusiasm.
goldbach conjecture — an unproved theorem that every even integer greater than 2 can be written as the sum of two prime numbers.
grasshopper warbler — a Eurasian warbler Locustella naevia
hamiltonian problem — (computability) (Or "Hamilton's problem") A problem in graph theory posed by William Hamilton: given a graph, is there a path through the graph which visits each vertex precisely once (a "Hamiltonian path")? Is there a Hamiltonian path which ends up where it started (a "Hamiltonian cycle" or "Hamiltonian tour")? Hamilton's problem is NP-complete. It has numerous applications, sometimes completely unexpected, in computing.
handlebar moustache — a man's moustache having long, curved ends that resemble the handlebars of a bicycle.
harbinger-of-spring — a North American umbelliferous herb, Erigenia bulbosa, having white flowers that bloom early in the spring.
have a problem with — to be unable to understand or do
heptachlorobiphenyl — (organic compound) Either of twenty-four isomers of the polychlorinated biphenyl containing seven chlorine atoms.
high-bush cranberry — cranberry bush
hildegard of bingen — Hildegard von (Hildegard of Bingen"Sibyl of the Rhine") 1098–1178, German nun, healer, writer, and composer.
honorable discharge — a discharge from military service of a person who has fulfilled obligations efficiently, honorably, and faithfully.
horizontal mobility — movement from one position to another within the same social level, as changing jobs without altering occupational status, or moving between social groups having the same social status.
human rights abuses — acts that contravene human rights
hydrostatic balance — a balance for finding the weight of an object submerged in water in order to determine the upthrust on it and thus determine its relative density
hydroxybenzoic acid — Hydroxybenzoic acid is the active ingredient in a number of drugs, for example, aspirin. Hydroxybenzoic acid is also used as a preservative.
hydroxybutyric acid — ketone body.
hydroxydaunorubicin — Doxorubicin.
hyperbolic cosecant — a hyperbolic function that is the reciprocal of hyperbolic sine
in the catbird seat — If you say that someone is in the catbird seat, you think that their situation is very good.
interchangeableness — Quality of being interchangeable.
job creation scheme — a governmental scheme to increase the number of jobs in an area, organization, etc
junior bantamweight — a boxer weighing up to 115 pounds (51.7 kg), between flyweight and bantamweight.
know better than to — not to be so stupid as to
liberation theology — a 20th-century Christian theology, emphasizing the Biblical and doctrinal theme of liberation from oppression, whether racial, sexual, economic, or political.
lobster-tail helmet — a burgonet fitted with a long, articulated tail of lames for protecting the nape of the neck, worn by cavalry in the 17th century.
mary mcleod bethune — Mary McLeod [muh-kloud] /məˈklaʊd/ (Show IPA), 1875–1955, U.S. educator and civil-rights leader.
naberezhniye chelny — city in E European Russia, on the Kama River: pop. 514,000
neighbourhood watch — a scheme under which members of a community agree together to take responsibility for keeping an eye on each other's property, as a way of preventing crime
neville chamberlain — (Arthur) Neville, 1869–1940, British statesman: prime minister 1937–40.
okeechobee waterway — a waterway in S Florida from the Atlantic Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico. 155 miles (244 km) long.
olive-backed thrush — Swainson's thrush.
on the baker's list — in good health
on-the-job training — apprenticeship, learning by doing
paradichlorobenzene — a white, crystalline, volatile, water-insoluble solid, C 6 H 4 Cl 2 , of the benzene series, having a penetrating odor: used chiefly as a moth repellent.
phenylthiocarbamide — a crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 6 H 5 NHCSNH 2 , that is either tasteless or bitter, depending upon the heredity of the taster, and is used in medical genetics and as a diagnostic.
protease inhibitors — a drug that inhibits the action of protease, especially any of a class of antiviral drugs that prevent the cleavage and replication of HIV proteins.
pseudo-biographical — of or relating to a person's life: He's gathering biographical data for his book on Milton.
redress the balance — to make a fair adjustment; see that justice is done
refreshable display — braille display
removable hard disk — (storage) A type of magnetic disk, or possibly magneto-optical disk which is not permanently attached to the disk drive (not a fixed disk) but which can be taken out and replaced, allowing many disks to be used in the same drive. The term "removable disk" would seem to be applicable to floppy disks but is generally reserved for hard disks in suitable cartridges such as those made by Syquest, Iomega and others. Removable disk packs were common on minicomputers such as the PDP-11 in use in the 1970s except that the drives were the size of washing machines and the disk packs as big as car wheels. Removable disks became popular on microcomputers in the 1990s as a cheap way of expanding disk space, transporting large amounts of data between computers and storing backups. Large, cheap fixed hard disks and USB memory sticks have made removable disks less attractive.
republique malgache — French name of Malagasy Republic.
research laboratory — place for scientific experimentation
rhodesian ridgeback — a large short-haired breed of dog characterized by a ridge of hair growing along the back in the opposite direction to the rest of the coat. It was originally a hunting dog from South Africa
saber-toothed tiger — any of several extinct members of the cat family Felidae from the Oligocene to Pleistocene Epochs, having greatly elongated, saberlike upper canine teeth.
sabre-toothed tiger — any of various extinct Tertiary felines of the genus Smilodon and related genera, with long curved upper canine teeth
sb's spiritual home — your spiritual home is the place where you feel that you belong, usually because your ideas or attitudes are the same as those of the people who live there

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