14-letter words containing b, e, i, n, t, h
- featherbedding — the practice of requiring an employer to hire unnecessary employees, to assign unnecessary work, or to limit production according to a union rule or safety statute: Featherbedding forced the railroads to employ firemen on diesel locomotives.
- featherbrained — Alternative spelling of feather-brained.
- fonthill abbey — a ruined Gothic Revival mansion in Wiltshire: rebuilt (1790–1810) for William Beckford by James Wyatt; the main tower collapsed in 1800 and, after rebuilding, again in 1827
- hague tribunal — the court of arbitration for the peaceful settlement of international disputes, established at The Hague by the international peace conference of 1899: its panel of jurists nominates a list of persons from which members of the United Nations International Court of Justice are elected.
- hanging basket — suspended woven container for plants
- harriet tubman — Harriet (Araminta) 1820?–1913, U.S. abolitionist: escaped slave and leader of the Underground Railroad; served as a Union scout during Civil War.
- heath robinson — (of a mechanical device) absurdly complicated in design and having a simple function
- hebetudinosity — mental dullness; insipidity
- hospitableness — The quality of being hospitable.
- hybrid testing — (testing) A combination of top-down testing with bottom-up testing of prioritised or available components.
- in the balance — a state of equilibrium or equipoise; equal distribution of weight, amount, etc.
- in the bargain — an advantageous purchase, especially one acquired at less than the usual cost: The sale offered bargains galore.
- inhabitiveness — the disposition to remain in one place; the inclination not to leave home
- inheritability — capable of being inherited.
- interbehaviour — interaction between multiple individuals
- interchangable — Misspelling of interchangeable.
- into the black — into a profitable condition financially
- it's no bother — If you say 'it's no bother' after offering to do something for someone, you are emphasizing that you really want to do it and that it will take very little effort.
- john steinbeck — John (Ernst) [urnst] /ɜrnst/ (Show IPA), 1902–68, U.S. novelist: Nobel prize 1962.
- khirbet qumran — an archaeological site in W Jordan, near the NW coast of the Dead Sea: Dead Sea Scrolls found here 1947.
- latin alphabet — the alphabetical script derived from the Greek alphabet through Etruscan, used from about the 6th century b.c. for the writing of Latin, and since adopted, with modifications and additions of letters such as w, by the languages of Western Europe, including English, as well as many other languages.
- left-branching — (of a grammatical construction) characterized by greater structural complexity in the position preceding the head, as the phrase my brother's friend's house; having most of the constituents on the left in a tree diagram (opposed to right-branching).
- little bighorn — a river flowing N from N Wyoming to S Montana into the Bighorn River: General Custer and troops defeated near its juncture by Indians 1876. 80 miles (130 km) long.
- methaemoglobin — a brownish compound of oxygen and hemoglobin, formed in the blood, as by the use of certain drugs.
- nip in the bud — Botany. a small axillary or terminal protuberance on a plant, containing rudimentary foliage (leaf bud) the rudimentary inflorescence (flower bud) or both (mixed bud) an undeveloped or rudimentary stem or branch of a plant.
- nonestablished — without the official support of the government
- noninheritable — Not inheritable.
- nudibranchiate — nudibranch.
- of one's birth — The country, town, or village of your birth is the place where you were born.
- phenobarbitone — a white, crystalline powder, C 1 2 H 1 2 N 2 O 3 , used as a sedative, a hypnotic, and as an antispasmodic in epilepsy.
- point the bone — to wish bad luck (on)
- rehabilitation — to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like.
- shadow cabinet — (in the British Parliament) a group of prominent members of the opposition who are expected to hold positions in the cabinet when their party assumes power.
- shooting brake — station wagon.
- sleeping berth — a bunk for sleeping on on a train or boat
- terebinthinate — of, relating to, or resembling turpentine.
- the betting is — If you say the betting is that something will happen or is true, you are suggesting that it is very likely to happen or to be true.
- the inevitable — something that is unavoidable
- the mabinogion — a collection of Welsh tales based on old Celtic legends and mythology in which magic and the supernatural play a large part
- the-bostonians — a novel (1886) by Henry James.
- the-mabinogion — a collection of medieval Welsh romances that were translated (1838–49) by Lady Charlotte Guest.
- threepenny bit — a twelve-sided British coin of nickel-brass, valued at three old pence, obsolete since 1971
- thrombopoietin — a hormone that induces bone marrow cells to form blood platelets.
- thrust bearing — a bearing designed to absorb thrusts parallel to the axis of revolution.
- turbomachinery — machinery consisting of, incorporating, or constituting a turbine
- whistleblowing — The disclosure to the public or to authorities, usually by an employee, of wrongdoing in a company or government department.
- without number — of too great a quantity to be counted; innumerable
- zygobranchiate — of or relating to zygobranchs or the Zygobranchia genus