17-letter words containing b, a, t, h, o, n

hold one's breath — If you say that someone is holding their breath, you mean that they are waiting anxiously or excitedly for something to happen.
hold sb to ransom — If you say that someone is holding you to ransom in British English, or holding you for ransom in American English, you mean that they are using their power to try to force you to do something which you do not want to do.
honorable mention — a citation conferred on a contestant, exhibit, etc., having exceptional merit though not winning a top honor or prize.
hottentot's bread — elephant's-foot.
hubble's constant — the ratio of the recessional velocity of galaxies to their distance from the sun, with current measurements of its value ranging from 50 to 100 km/sec per megaparsec.
hyperbolic secant — a hyperbolic function that is the reciprocal of cosh; sech
in broad daylight — openly, in full public view
in the background — behind the focus of attention
light dawns on sb — If light dawns on you, you begin to understand something after a period of not being able to understand it.
lithium carbonate — a colorless crystalline compound, Li 2 CO 3 , slightly soluble in water: used in ceramic and porcelain glazes, pharmaceuticals, and luminescent paints.
methemoglobinemia — (medicine) A form of toxic anemia characterized by the presence of methemoglobin in the blood.
monarch butterfly — a large, deep-orange butterfly, Danaus plexippus, having black and white markings, the larvae of which feed on the leaves of milkweed.
near-earth object — a comet or asteroid pushed by the gravitational attraction of nearby planets into an orbit that allows it to enter the earth's orbit and thereby pose a danger of collision. Abbreviation: NEO.
neath port talbot — a county borough in S Wales, created from part of West Glamorgan in 1996. Administrative centre: Port Talbot. Pop: 135 300 (2003 est). Area: 439 sq km (169 sq miles)
north miami beach — a city in SE Florida.
northeast by east — a point on the compass 11°15′ east of northeast. Abbreviation: NEbE.
not a happy bunny — deeply dissatisfied or discontented
old south arabian — a group of four closely related Semitic languages, having a writing system and used from about the eighth to the fifth centuries b.c. in the southern part of Arabia.
on one's deathbed — about to die
on the barrelhead — upon being presented for sale; at the time of delivery
on the pig's back — successful; established
opisthobranchiate — (zoology) Of or pertaining to the Opisthobranchiata.
palaeoethnobotany — the study of fossil seeds and grains to further archaeological knowledge, esp of the domestication of cereals
phantom limb pain — a phenomenon characterized by the experience of pain, discomfort, or other sensation in the area of a missing limb or other body part, as a breast.
phonetic alphabet — an alphabet containing a separate character for each distinguishable speech sound.
prohibition party — a U.S. political party organized in 1869, advocating the prohibition of the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages.
rhode island bent — a European pasture grass, Agrostis tenuis, naturalized in North America, having red flower clusters.
rub the wrong way — to subject the surface of (a thing or person) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, smoothing, polishing, coating, massaging, or soothing: to rub a table top with wax polish; to rub the entire back area.
save one's breath — the air inhaled and exhaled in respiration.
shake one's booty — to dance
sinbad the sailor — a merchant in The Arabian Nights who makes seven adventurous voyages
spoonbill catfish — flathead catfish.
sunbury-on-thames — a town in SE England, in N Surrey. Pop: 27 415 (2001)
telephone banking — a facility enabling customers to make use of banking services, such as oral payment instructions, account movements, raising loans, etc, over the telephone rather than by personal visit
the black country — the formerly heavily industrialized region of central England, northwest of Birmingham
the carboniferous — the Carboniferous period or rock system
the whole shebang — The whole shebang is the whole situation or business that you are describing.
to break the bank — If you say that the cost of something will not break the bank, you mean that it will not cost a large sum of money.
welshman's button — an angler's name for a species of caddis fly, Sericostoma personatum
what does sb know — You can use expressions such as What does she know? and What do they know? when you think that someone has no right to comment on a situation because they do not understand it.
wheatstone bridge — a circuit for measuring an unknown resistance by comparing it with known resistances.

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