13-letter words containing b, a, s, r, h
- hubristically — in a presumptuous or arrogant manner
- hunt saboteur — A hunt saboteur is someone who tries to stop a hunt from taking place or being successful because they believe it is cruel to the animal being hunted.
- hybridisation — Alternative form of hybridization.
- hydroaerobics — aerobic exercises performed in water, as in a swimming pool.
- hyperurbanism — a pronunciation or grammatical form or usage produced by a speaker of one dialect according to an analogical rule formed by comparison of the speaker's own usage with that of another, more prestigious, dialect and often applied in an inappropriate context, especially in an effort to avoid sounding countrified, rural, or provincial, as in the pronunciation of the word two (to̅o̅) as (tyo̅o̅).
- ibrahim pasha — 1789–1848, Egyptian general: governor of Syria 1833–40 (son of Mehemet Ali).
- isobathytherm — a line on a chart or diagram of a body of water, connecting depths having the same temperature.
- isothermobath — a line drawn on a diagram of a vertical section of the ocean connecting all points having equal temperature.
- labyrinthitis — inflammation of the inner ear, or labyrinth, characterized by dizziness, nausea, and visual disturbances.
- librarianship — a profession concerned with acquiring and organizing collections of books and related materials in libraries and servicing readers and others with these resources.
- marx brothers — the. a US family of film comedians, esp Arthur Marx, known as Harpo (1888–1964), Herbert Marx, known as Zeppo (1901–79), Julius Marx, known as Groucho (1890–1977), and Leonard Marx, known as Chico (1886–1961). Their films include Animal Crackers (1930), Monkey Business (1931), Horsefeathers (1932), Duck Soup (1933), and A Day at the Races (1937)
- microhabitats — Plural form of microhabitat.
- mother abbess — the female head of a religious house of nuns
- nonperishable — not subject to rapid deterioration or decay: A supply of nonperishable food was kept for emergencies.
- nonshrinkable — incapable of being shrunk
- north by east — a point on the compass 11°15′ east of north. Abbreviation: NbE.
- opisthobranch — any gastropod mollusk of the order Opisthobranchia, as the sea slugs, sea butterflies, and sea hares, characterized by a vestigial or absent mantle and shell and two pairs of tentacles.
- paraphrasable — a restatement of a text or passage giving the meaning in another form, as for clearness; rewording.
- perishability — subject to decay, ruin, or destruction: perishable fruits and vegetables.
- pre-establish — to establish, set up, set out, arrange or make secure in advance or previously
- psychobabbler — a person who uses psychobabble
- queer-bashing — the activity of making vicious and unprovoked verbal or physical assaults upon homosexuals or supposed homosexuals
- rauschenbusch — Walter, 1861–1918, U.S. clergyman and social reformer.
- reestablished — to found, institute, build, or bring into being on a firm or stable basis: to establish a university; to establish a medical practice.
- replenishable — able to be replenished
- rhumb sailing — sea navigation along rhumb lines.
- rough as bags — uncouth
- saber-toothed — having long, saberlike upper canine teeth, sometimes extending below the margin of the lower jaw.
- scabbard fish — any of several marine fishes having a long, compressed, silvery body, especially a cutlassfish, Trichiurus lepturus, of the western Atlantic.
- sea buckthorn — a thorny Eurasian shrub, Hippophaë rhamnoides, growing on sea coasts and having silvery leaves and orange fruits: family Elaeagnaceae
- shark biscuit — a bodyboard
- shatt-al-arab — a river in SE Iraq, formed by the junction of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, flowing SE to the Persian Gulf. 123 miles (198 km) long.
- shaving brush — a short, cylindrical brush with long, soft, bristles, used in lathering the face before shaving.
- she-crab soup — a thick, bisquelike soup made with the meat and eggs of the female crab.
- shield bearer — an attendant who carries the shield or arms of a warrior.
- siberian high — the prevailing high pressure system over Asia in winter.
- slaughterable — (of an animal) ready for slaughter
- smoke chamber — an enlarged area between the throat of a fireplace and the chimney flue.
- snap-brim hat — a hat brim that can be turned up or down.
- south arabian — of or relating to the former South Arabia (now South Yemen) or its inhabitants
- spanish broom — a spiny, often leafless shrub, Genista hispanica, of the legume family, native to southern Europe, having clustered, golden-yellow flowers and hairy pods.
- spark chamber — a device for detecting elementary particles, consisting of a series of charged plates separated by a gas so that the passage of a charged particle causes sparking between adjacent plates.
- state chamber — a room for public ceremonies and celebrations.
- sub-franchise — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
- surbased arch — drop arch (def 2).
- surge chamber — a chamber for absorbing surge from a liquid or gas.
- symbolography — the writing of symbolic characters or tracing of symbolic figures
- that's better — You say 'That's better' in order to express your approval of what someone has said or done, or to praise or encourage them.
- the best part — If you say that something happened for the best part or the better part of a period of time, you mean that it happened for most of that time.
- the gas board — any company supplying gas as a source of domestic and industrial heat