14-letter words containing b, a, t, h, u
- have bought it — to be killed
- hemimetabolous — incomplete metamorphosis.
- holometabolous — undergoing complete metamorphosis.
- how about that — delight, surprise
- interbehaviour — interaction between multiple individuals
- khirbet qumran — an archaeological site in W Jordan, near the NW coast of the Dead Sea: Dead Sea Scrolls found here 1947.
- left-hand buoy — a distinctive buoy marking the side of a channel regarded as the left or port side.
- master butcher — a butcher who is fully qualified to practise his trade and to train others in it
- military brush — one of a pair of matched hairbrushes having no handles, especially for men and boys.
- mother hubbard — a full, loose gown, usually fitted at the shoulders, worn by women.
- multichambered — comprising or involving several chambers
- northumberland — a county in NE England. 1943 sq. mi. (5030 sq. km).
- nudibranchiate — nudibranch.
- or thereabouts — You add or thereabouts after a number or date to indicate that it is approximate.
- phenylbutazone — a potent substance, C 1 9 H 2 0 N 2 O 2 , used to reduce pain and inflammation in rheumatic diseases and gout, and used in veterinary medicine for musculoskeletal disorders.
- scratchbuilder — a person who scratchbuilds
- south suburban — a city in SE West Bengal, in E India: a suburb of Calcutta.
- spanish burton — any of several tackles employing a runner in addition to the fall.
- subatmospheric — (of a quantity) having a value lower than that of the atmosphere: subatmospheric temperatures.
- subtherapeutic — indicating a dosage, as of a drug or vitamin, less than the amount required for a therapeutic effect.
- talk about sth — You can say talk about before mentioning a particular expression or situation, when you mean that something is a very striking or clear example of that expression or situation.
- telegraph buoy — a buoy placed over an underwater telegraph cable.
- the beatitudes — the pronouncements in the Sermon on the Mount, which begin “Blessed are the poor in spirit”: Matt. 5:3-12
- the blue angel — a legendary German expressionist film of 1930, the first major German sound film, starring Marlene Dietrich
- the honourable — a title of respect placed before a name: employed before the names of various officials in the English-speaking world, as a courtesy title in Britain for the children of viscounts and barons and the younger sons of earls, and in Parliament by one member speaking of another
- the unknowable — the ultimate reality that underlies all phenomena but cannot be known
- the upper back — the part of the back between the shoulders
- thenard's blue — cobalt blue.
- thorough brace — either of two strong braces or bands of leather supporting the body of a coach or other vehicle and connecting the front and back springs.
- three-way bulb — a light bulb that can be switched to three successive degrees of illumination.
- thrust bearing — a bearing designed to absorb thrusts parallel to the axis of revolution.
- touch football — an informal variety of football in which the touching, usually with both hands, of a ball-carrier by a member of the opposing team results in a down.
- treasury bench — (in Britain) the front bench to the right of the Speaker in the House of Commons, traditionally reserved for members of the Government
- turbomachinery — machinery consisting of, incorporating, or constituting a turbine
- unmerchantable — (of goods) not suitable for trading
- untouchability — the quality or condition of being an untouchable, ascribed in the Vedic tradition to persons of low caste or to persons excluded from the caste system.
- weather bureau — the former name of the U.S. National Weather Service.
- wild buckwheat — umbrella plant (def 3).