13-letter words containing b, e, t, h, i
- right-brained — having the right brain dominant, therefore being more adept at spatial and nonverbal concepts and being more creative and emotional than logical and analytical.
- ring the bell — 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.
- rubbish chute — an inclined channel or vertical passage down which rubbish may be dropped for disposal
- ruth benedict — Ruth (Fulton) 1887–1948, U.S. writer and anthropologist.
- schreibersite — a mineral, iron-nickel phosphide, (Fe, Ni) 3 P, found only in meteorites.
- sensible heat — Sensible heat is heat which is exchanged in an energy generation system, and which only affects the temperature of one or more substances.
- shub-internet — /shuhb in't*r-net/ (MUD, from H. P. Lovecraft's evil fictional deity "Shub-Niggurath", the Black Goat with a Thousand Young) The harsh personification of the Internet, Beast of a Thousand Processes, Eater of Characters, Avatar of Line Noise, and Imp of Call Waiting; the hideous multi-tendriled entity formed of all the manifold connections of the net. A sect of MUDders worships Shub-Internet, sacrificing objects and praying for good connections. To no avail - its purpose is malign and evil, and is the cause of all network slowdown. Often heard as in "Freela casts a tac nuke at Shub-Internet for slowing her down." (A forged response often follows along the lines of: "Shub-Internet gulps down the tac nuke and burps happily.") Also cursed by users of FTP and telnet when the system slows down. The dread name of Shub-Internet is seldom spoken aloud, as it is said that repeating it three times will cause the being to wake, deep within its lair beneath the Pentagon.
- siphon bottle — a bottle for aerated water, fitted with a bent tube through the neck, the water being forced out, when a valve is opened, by the pressure on its surface of the gas accumulating within the bottle.
- sketchability — the suitability for being sketched
- stamen blight — a disease of blackberries, characterized by a gray, powdery mass of spores covering the anthers, caused by a fungus, Hapalosphaeria deformans.
- subeditorship — the position or office of a subeditor
- subepithelial — any animal tissue that covers a surface, or lines a cavity or the like, and that, in addition, performs any of various secretory, transporting, or regulatory functions.
- take the bait — If you take the bait, you react to something that someone has said or done exactly as they intended you to do. The expression rise to the bait is also used, mainly in British English.
- testing bench — a piece of equipment for testing if a machine or device is working properly
- the backfield — the quarterback and running backs in a team
- the beautiful — the quality of beauty
- the big apple — New York City
- the big eight — a former group of eight US universities which have a tradition of excellence in baseball, basketball, and American football.
- the big house — a penitentiary (usually preceded by the).
- the big issue — a weekly magazine, founded to highlight the plight of the homeless, and sold by homeless people
- the big smoke — a large city, esp London
- the caribbean — the states and islands of the Caribbean Sea, including the West Indies, when considered as a geopolitical region
- the invisible — God
- the-big-apple — New York City.
- thereinbefore — before that
- thiabendazole — a drug used as an antifungal treatment and as an anthelmintic
- thinkableness — the state or quality of being conceivable or thinkable
- thiocarbamide — thiourea.
- third baseman — the player whose position is third base.
- thread blight — a fungal disease of woody plants, characterized by thick, threadlike strands of mycelium on the undersides of the leaves and branches.
- thrombokinase — Biochemistry. a lipoprotein in the blood that converts prothrombin to thrombin.
- to begin with — You use to begin with when you are talking about the first stage of a situation, event, or process.
- touchline ban — an official prohibition of a manager or coach from being present on or near the field during a match
- tubing hanger — A tubing hanger is a device which is attached to the top tubing joint and supports the tubing.
- unchastisable — not deserving to be chastised; beyond reproach
- unestablished — not established.
- uninhabitable — to live or dwell in (a place), as people or animals: Small animals inhabited the woods.
- uninhibitedly — in an uninhibited manner
- untarnishable — to dull the luster of (a metallic surface), especially by oxidation; discolor.
- unwhistleable — incapable of being whistled
- up the boohai — thoroughly lost
- visible light — the part of the electromagnetic spectrum that humans perceive
- 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.
- 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.
- 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