15-letter words containing b, a, s, h, i
- burt l standish — Burt L. pseudonym of Gilbert Patten.
- chief constable — A Chief Constable is the officer who is in charge of the police force in a particular county or area in Britain.
- chinese cabbage — a Chinese plant, Brassica pekinensis, that is related to the cabbage and has crisp edible leaves growing in a loose cylindrical head
- claustrophobics — Plural form of claustrophobic.
- climb the walls — any of various permanent upright constructions having a length much greater than the thickness and presenting a continuous surface except where pierced by doors, windows, etc.: used for shelter, protection, or privacy, or to subdivide interior space, to support floors, roofs, or the like, to retain earth, to fence in an area, etc.
- dartmouth basic — (language) The original BASIC language, designed by John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz at Dartmouth College in 1963. Dartmouth BASIC first ran on a GE 235 [date?] and on an IBM 704 on 1964-05-01. It was designed for quick and easy programming by students and beginners using Dartmouth's experimental time-sharing system. Unlike most later BASIC dialects, Dartmouth BASIC was compiled.
- disestablishing — Present participle of disestablish.
- dishabilitation — the imposition of a legal disqualification
- distinguishable — to mark off as different (often followed by from or by): He was distinguished from the other boys by his height.
- distinguishably — to mark off as different (often followed by from or by): He was distinguished from the other boys by his height.
- dorsibranchiate — having branchiae or gills along the back
- doubting thomas — a person who refuses to believe without proof; skeptic. John 20:24–29.
- dysmorphophobia — an obsessive fear that one's body, or any part of it, is repulsive or may become so
- eustachian tube — part of the ear
- fashionableness — The state of being fashionable; stylishness; elegance.
- fish and brewis — a Newfoundland dish of cooked salt cod and soaked hard bread
- fishing harbour — a place where fishing boats are tied up
- flemish brabant — a province of central Belgium, formed in 1995 from the N part of Brabant province: densely populated and intensively farmed, with large industrial centres. Pop: 1 031 904 (2004 est). Area: 2106 sq km (813 sq miles)
- francis bushman — Francis X(avier) 1883–1966, U.S. film actor.
- harbour station — the part of a port where boats shelter or station
- health benefits — positive effects on health
- hendecasyllabic — having 11 syllables.
- herpes labialis — oral herpes.
- hoosier cabinet — a tall kitchen cabinet mass-produced during the early part of the 20th century, usually of oak, featuring an enameled work surface, storage bins, a flour sifter, etc.
- hypercatabolism — an abnormally high metabolic breakdown of a substance or tissue which leads to weight loss and physical deterioration
- hypermetabolism — Biology, Physiology. the sum of the physical and chemical processes in an organism by which its material substance is produced, maintained, and destroyed, and by which energy is made available. Compare anabolism, catabolism.
- hypnotisability — Alternative spelling of hypnotizability.
- imperial bushel — a unit of dry measure containing 4 pecks, equivalent in the U.S. (and formerly in England) to 2150.42 cubic inches or 35.24 liters (Winchester bushel) and in Great Britain to 2219.36 cubic inches or 36.38 liters (Imperial bushel) Abbreviation: bu., bush.
- imperishability — not subject to decay; indestructible; enduring.
- in the abstract — When you talk or think about something in the abstract, you talk or think about it in a general way, rather than considering particular things or events.
- in the box seat — in the best position
- in-visible hand — (in the economics of Adam Smith) an unseen force or mechanism that guides individuals to unwittingly benefit society through the pursuit of their private interests.
- inapprehensible — That cannot be apprehended; not apprehensible to or graspable by either body or mind.
- infeasible path — dead code
- isolation booth — a soundproof booth located within a television studio, used to prevent the occupant, usually a contestant in a game show, from hearing certain parts of the show.
- label switching — (networking) A routing technique that uses information from existing IP routing protocols to identify IP datagrams with labels and forwards them to a modified switch or router, which then uses the labels to switch the datagrams through the network. Label switching combines the best attributes of data link layer (layer two) switching (as in ATM and Frame Relay) with the best attributes of network layer (layer three) routing (as in IP). Prior to the formation of the MPLS Working Group in 1997, a number of vendors had announced and/or implemented proprietary label switching.
- labyrinthodonts — Plural form of labyrinthodont.
- membership pack — a collection of documents, information leaflets, cards, etc, that is given to members, especially new ones
- mishnaic hebrew — the Hebrew language as used from about a.d. 70 to 500.
- mount suribachi — a volcanic hill in the Volcano Islands, on Iwo Jima: site of a US victory (1945) over the Japanese in World War II
- neighbor states — the states or countries next to another state or country
- non-exhaustible — to drain of strength or energy, wear out, or fatigue greatly, as a person: I have exhausted myself working.
- old-established — established for a long time
- pitch blackness — extreme darkness; lack of light
- pre-established — to establish beforehand.
- probationership — the position of a probationer
- pseudo-bohemian — living a wandering or vagabond life, as a Gypsy.
- psychobiography — a biographical study focusing on psychological factors, as childhood traumas and unconscious motives.
- reuben sandwich — a grilled sandwich of corned beef, Swiss cheese, and sauerkraut on rye bread.
- saint elisabeth — the wife of Zacharias, mother of John the Baptist, and kinswoman of the Virgin Mary. Feast day: Nov 5 or 8