18-letter words containing b, c, h
- irreproachableness — The quality or state of being irreproachable; integrity; innocence.
- jacksonville beach — a city in NE Florida.
- john birch society — an ultraconservative organization, founded in December 1958 by Robert Welch, Jr., chiefly to combat alleged Communist activities in the U.S.
- kirkcudbrightshire — a historic county in SW Scotland.
- lambeth conference — a convention of the bishops of the Anglican communion, held about every 10 years at Lambeth Palace to confer but not to define doctrine or to legislate on ecclesiastical matters.
- leatherback turtle — a sea turtle, Dermochelys coriacea, having the shell embedded in a leathery skin, reaching a length of more than 7 feet (2.1 meter) and a weight of more than 1000 pounds (450 kg): the largest living sea turtle; an endangered species.
- legislative branch — the branch of government having the power to make laws; the legislature.
- limburger (cheese) — a semisoft cheese of whole milk, with a strong odor and flavor, made originally in Limburg, Belgium
- lincoln's birthday — February 12, a legal holiday in some states of the U.S., in honor of the birth of Abraham Lincoln.
- lonely hearts club — a club for people who are trying to find a lover or a friend
- loschmidt's number — the number of molecules in one cubic centimeter of an ideal gas at standard temperature and pressure, equal to 2.687 × 10 19.
- monochlorobiphenyl — (organic compound) Either of three isomers of a chlorinated derivative of biphenyl containing one chlorine atom.
- mozambique channel — a channel in SE Africa, between Mozambique and Madagascar. 950 miles (1530 km) long; 250–550 miles (400–885 km) wide.
- naberezhnye chelny — a port in the Tatar Autonomous Republic, in the Russian Federation in Asia,e of Kazan, on the Kama River.
- natural childbirth — childbirth involving little or no use of drugs or anesthesia and usually involving a program in which the mother is psychologically and physically prepared for the birth process.
- neighborhood watch — a neighborhood surveillance program or group in which residents keep watch over one another's houses, patrol the streets, etc., in an attempt to prevent crime.
- nonachlorobiphenyl — (organic compound) Either of three isomers of the polychlorinated biphenyl containing nine chlorine atoms.
- noninterchangeable — That cannot be interchanged with another.
- octachlorobiphenyl — (organic compound) Either of twelve isomers of the polychlorinated biphenyl containing eight chlorine atoms.
- on the back burner — low priority
- optical brightener — an additive that dyes and brightens fabric or paper
- palm beach gardens — a city in SE Florida, near North Palm Beach.
- play catch-up ball — to adjust one's style of play so as to make up for a lack of points, runs, etc.
- plumber's merchant — a shop or business that sells things needed for the job of installing and repairing pipes, fixtures, etc, for water, drainage, and gas
- price on sb's head — If there is a price on someone 's head, an amount of money has been offered for the capture or killing of that person.
- publishing company — a firm which publishes books
- put the clock back — to regress
- richard p. gabriel — Richard Gabriel
- rubbish collection — the collection of domestic refuse for disposal
- schofield barracks — a town on central Oahu, in central Hawaii.
- scottish blackface — a common breed of hardy mountain sheep having horns and a black face, kept chiefly on the mainland of Scotland
- shrubby cinquefoil — a small shrub, Potentilla fruticosa, of the rose family, native to the Northern temperate region, having pinnate leaves and numerous, showy, bright-yellow flowers.
- so much the better — You can say 'so much the better' or 'all the better' to indicate that it is desirable that a particular thing is used, done, or available.
- stomach sweetbread — sweetbread (def 1).
- sub-saharan africa — the region of Africa to the south of the Sahara desert
- submarine sandwich — a sandwich made with a long cylindrical bread roll
- substitute teacher — educator: replaces sb temporarily
- the back of beyond — a very remote place
- the baptist church — any of various Protestant churches that believe in the baptism of believers
- the black and tans — a specially recruited armed auxiliary police force sent to Ireland in 1921 by the British Government to combat Sinn Féin
- the black mountain — a mountain range in S Wales, in E Carmarthenshire and W Powys. Highest peak: Carmarthen Van, 802 m (2632 ft)
- the general public — the people in a society; people in general
- thermonuclear bomb — hydrogen bomb.
- tick all the boxes — to satisfy all of the apparent requirements for success
- tip of the iceberg — a large floating mass of ice, detached from a glacier and carried out to sea.
- to be caught short — If you are caught short or are taken short, you feel a sudden strong need to urinate, especially when you cannot easily find a toilet.
- to be on the rocks — if something such as a marriage or a business is on the rocks, it is experiencing very severe difficulties and looks likely to end very soon
- to close the books — to balance accounts in order to prepare a statement or report
- to kick the bucket — If you say that someone has kicked the bucket, you mean that they have died.
- too clever by half — If someone is too clever by half, they are very clever and they show their cleverness in a way that annoys other people.