13-letter words containing b, e, s, h
- unembellished — to beautify by or as if by ornamentation; ornament; adorn.
- unestablished — not established.
- unfashionable — observant of or conforming to the fashion; stylish: a fashionable young woman.
- unpublishable — not capable of being made available in print for distribution and sale
- unscratchable — to break, mar, or mark the surface of by rubbing, scraping, or tearing with something sharp or rough: to scratch one's hand on a nail.
- unsmotherable — unquenchable
- unstaunchable — incapable of being stopped
- unstretchable — to draw out or extend (oneself, a body, limbs, wings, etc.) to the full length or extent (often followed by out): to stretch oneself out on the ground.
- untarnishable — to dull the luster of (a metallic surface), especially by oxidation; discolor.
- unwhistleable — incapable of being whistled
- vannevar bush — (person) Dr. Vannevar Bush, 1890-1974. The man who invented hypertext, which he called memex, in the 1930s. Bush did his undergraduate work at Tufts College, where he later taught. His masters thesis (1913) included the invention of the Profile Tracer, used in surveying work to measure distances over uneven ground. In 1919, he joined MIT's Department of Electrical Engineering, where he stayed for twenty-five years. In 1932, he was appointed vice-president and dean. At this time, Bush worked on optical and photocomposition devices, as well as a machine for rapid selection from banks of microfilm. Further positions followed: president of the Carnegie Institute in Washington, DC (1939); chair of National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (1939); director of Office of Scientific Research and Development. This last role was as presidential science advisor, which made him personally responsible for the 6,000 scientists involved in the war effort. During World War II, Bush worked on radar antenna profiles and the calculation of artillery firing tables. He proposed the development of an analogue computer, which later became the Rockefeller Differential Analyser. Bush is the pivotal figure in hypertext research. His ground-breaking 1945 paper, "As We May Think," speculated on how a machine might be created to assist human reasoning, and introduced the idea of an easily accessible, individually configurable storehouse of knowledge. This machine, which he dubbed "memex," in various ways anticipated hypermedia and the World Wide Web by nearly half a century.
- visible light — the part of the electromagnetic spectrum that humans perceive
- weatherboards — Plural form of weatherboard.
- web publisher — a person or company that uploads, creates, or edits content on Web pages; one who maintains or manages a website.
- webbe shebeli — Webi Shebeli.
- webbe-shibeli — a river in E Africa, flowing SE from central Ethiopia to the Juba River, in the Somali Republic. About 700 miles (1125 km) long.
- weights bench — a piece of equipment for use by someone who is weight-training
- west bromwich — a city in West Midlands, in central England, near Birmingham.
- west by north — a point on the compass 11°15prime; north of west. Abbreviation: WbN.
- west by south — a point on the compass 11°15prime; south of west. Abbreviation: WbS.
- whistleblower — a person who informs on another or makes public disclosure of corruption or wrongdoing.
- whitefish bay — a city in SE Wisconsin, N of Milwaukee.
- whole numbers — Also called counting number. one of the positive integers or zero; any of the numbers (0, 1, 2, 3, …).
- windsor bench — a bench similar in construction to a Windsor chair.
- wishbone boom — a boom on a sailboard having two arms that are joined at the mast and at the foot of the sail. The windsurfer holds onto it for support and to steer the sailboard
- witches' brew — a potent magical concoction supposedly prepared by witches.
- with bells on — a hollow instrument of cast metal, typically cup-shaped with a flaring mouth, suspended from the vertex and rung by the strokes of a clapper, hammer, or the like.
- with the best — as ably as the most able