15-letter words containing b, e, s, h
- mishnaic hebrew — the Hebrew language as used from about a.d. 70 to 500.
- moreton bay ash — an Australian eucalyptus tree, E. tessellaris, having drooping branches and grey bark
- most honourable — a courtesy title applied to marquesses and members of the Privy Council and the Order of the Bath
- mourners' bench — a front row of seats at a revival meeting, for those who are to profess penitence
- muslim brothers — an organization founded in Egypt in 1928 by Hasan al-Banna (1906–49), calling for a return to rigid orthodoxy, the overthrow of secular governments, and a restoration of the theocratic state.
- neighbor states — the states or countries next to another state or country
- neighbourliness — Standard spelling of neighborliness.
- night blindness — a condition of the eyes in which vision is normal in daylight but abnormally poor at night or in a dim light; nyctalopia.
- no holds barred — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- non-exhaustible — to drain of strength or energy, wear out, or fatigue greatly, as a person: I have exhausted myself working.
- north bay shore — a city on S Long Island, in SE New York.
- novokuibyshevsk — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, SW of Kuibyshev.
- old-established — established for a long time
- one for his nob — the call made with this jack, scoring one point
- one of the boys — If a man is described as one of the boys, he is accepted by a group of male friends who do things that are thought of as typically masculine.
- outside the box — a container, case, or receptacle, usually rectangular, of wood, metal, cardboard, etc., and often with a lid or removable cover.
- overthrust belt — an elongate area in which thick rock layers have been pushed over one another by compressional forces within the earth's crust.
- peachblow glass — an American art glass made in various pale colors and sometimes having an underlayer of milk glass.
- phlebosclerosis — sclerosis, or hardening, of the walls of veins.
- phosphor bronze — a bronze, composed of about 80 percent copper, 10 percent tin, 9 percent antimony, and 1 percent phosphorus, having great hardness and resistance to corrosion.
- pitch blackness — extreme darkness; lack of light
- polyphloesboean — noisy
- pre-established — to establish beforehand.
- probationership — the position of a probationer
- pseudo-bohemian — living a wandering or vagabond life, as a Gypsy.
- put sb to death — If someone is put to death, they are executed.
- put sb to shame — If someone puts you to shame, they make you feel ashamed because they do something much better than you do.
- refreshment bar — a bar or stall that offers a variety of drinks for sale
- reuben sandwich — a grilled sandwich of corned beef, Swiss cheese, and sauerkraut on rye bread.
- riding breeches — calf-length trousers of whipcord or other durable fabric, flaring at the sides of the thighs and fitting snugly at and below the knees, worn with riding boots for horseback riding, hunting, etc.
- rough bluegrass — a grass, Poa trivialis, native to Eurasia and naturalized in North America, where it is used in mixtures for lawns and pasturage.
- rub elbows with — the bend or joint of the human arm between upper arm and forearm.
- saint elisabeth — the wife of Zacharias, mother of John the Baptist, and kinswoman of the Virgin Mary. Feast day: Nov 5 or 8
- saint elizabeth — the wife of Zacharias, mother of John the Baptist, and kinswoman of the Virgin Mary. Feast day: Nov 5 or 8
- see the back of — to be rid of
- self-abhorrence — a feeling of extreme repugnance or aversion; utter loathing; abomination.
- self-banishment — to expel from or relegate to a country or place by authoritative decree; condemn to exile: He was banished to Devil's Island.
- self-exhibition — an exhibiting, showing, or presenting to view.
- set by the ears — to cause disagreement or commotion
- she'll be right — that's all right; not to worry
- shopping basket — a metal or plastic container with one or two handles, used to carry shopping in a shop
- short of breath — If you are short of breath, you find it difficult to breathe properly, for example because you are ill. You can also say that someone suffers from shortness of breath.
- show to a table — When you show a customer to a table in a restaurant, you take them to the table where you want them to sit and help them sit down.
- sink a borehole — To sink a borehole means to drill a deep hole in the ground.
- six of the best — six strokes with a cane on the buttocks or hand
- soft-shell crab — a crab, especially the blue crab, that has recently molted and therefore has a soft, edible shell.
- southern blight — a disease of peanuts, tomatoes, and other plants, caused by a fungus, Sclerotium rolfsii, affecting the roots and resulting in rapid wilting.
- spanish bayonet — any of certain plants belonging to the genus Yucca, of the agave family, having narrow, spine-tipped leaves and a cluster of white flowers.
- spill the beans — the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- spin the bottle — a game in which someone spins a bottle and receives a kiss from the person at whom the bottle points on coming to rest.