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13-letter words containing b, e, s, h

  • hyperbolising — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
  • 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).
  • inexhaustible — not exhaustible; incapable of being depleted: an inexhaustible supply.
  • inexhaustibly — not exhaustible; incapable of being depleted: an inexhaustible supply.
  • inhabitancies — Plural form of inhabitancy.
  • 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.
  • john sobieski — John, John III (def 2).
  • knee breeches — trousers worn by men in the past, which came down as far as their knees rather than their ankles
  • lake balkhash — a salt lake in SE Kazakhstan: fed by the Ili River. Area: about 18 000 sq km (7000 sq miles)
  • laughableness — The state or quality of being laughable; ludicrousness.
  • letzeburgesch — a Germanic dialect that is the native language of most of the people of Luxembourg.
  • liberty horse — (in a circus) a riderless horse that performs movements to verbal commands
  • lobster shift — Also called lobster trick. dogwatch (def 2).
  • lubber's hole — (in a top on a mast) an open space through which a sailor may pass instead of climbing out on the futtock shrouds.
  • luxembourgish — Also, Luxembourgish [luhk-suh m-bur-gish] /ˈlʌk səmˌbɜr gɪʃ/ (Show IPA). Letzeburgesch.
  • 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)
  • middlesbrough — a seaport in NE England, on the Tees estuary.
  • miss the boat — a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
  • mother abbess — the female head of a religious house of nuns
  • neighborhoods — Plural form of neighborhood.
  • nonce-bashing — violent attacks against rapists, child molesters, or sexual offenders, esp inside a prison
  • nonmembership — the fact or condition of being a nonmember
  • nonperishable — not subject to rapid deterioration or decay: A supply of nonperishable food was kept for emergencies.
  • nonpunishable — Not punishable; of an act, for which no punishment has been authorized; of a person, beyond the reach of punishment.
  • nonshrinkable — incapable of being shrunk
  • north by east — a point on the compass 11°15′ east of north. Abbreviation: NbE.
  • north by west — a point on the compass 11°15′ west of north. Abbreviation: NbW.
  • off the books — of or relating to a book or books: the book department; a book salesman.
  • off-the-books — not recorded in account books or not reported as taxable income.
  • osborne house — a house near Cowes on the Isle of Wight: the favourite residence of Queen Victoria, who died there; now a convalescent home
  • overembellish — Make (something) too ornate or complicated.
  • paraphrasable — a restatement of a text or passage giving the meaning in another form, as for clearness; rewording.
  • pass the buck — Poker. any object in the pot that reminds the winner of some privilege or obligation when his or her turn to deal next comes.
  • peach blossom — the flower of the peach tree: the state flower of Delaware.
  • pembrokeshire — a historic county in Dyfed, in SW Wales.
  • 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
  • queen's bench — a court, originally the principal court for criminal cases, gradually acquiring a civil jurisdiction concurrent with that of the Court of Common Pleas, and also possessing appellate jurisdiction over the Court of Common Pleas: now a division of the High Court of Justice.
  • 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.
  • refurbishment — to furbish again; renovate; brighten: to refurbish the lobby.
  • replenishable — able to be replenished
  • reprehensible — deserving of reproof, rebuke, or censure; blameworthy.
  • rosebud mouth — a mouth that resembles the unopened flower of a rose in shape
  • roxburghshire — a historic county in SE Scotland.
  • rubbish chute — an inclined channel or vertical passage down which rubbish may be dropped for disposal
  • rushed behind — a situation when the ball passes through the goalposts but was last touched by a defending player, causing the attacking team to win a point
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