14-letter words containing b, h, i
- chemical abuse — the habitual use of a mood-altering drug, alcoholic beverage, etc.
- chicken breast — pigeon breast
- childbed fever — puerperal fever.
- chimney breast — A chimney breast is the part of a wall in a room which is built out round a chimney.
- chinese banana — a large southern Chinese plant, Musa acuminata, of the banana family, having blue-green leaves, yellowish-white flowers with reddish-brown bracts, and fragrant, edible, curved fruit from 4 to 5 inches (10 to 13 cm) long, often borne in clusters of 200.
- chopping block — a thick wooden board used for chopping vegetables, meat etc on
- chopping board — A chopping board is a wooden or plastic board that you chop meat and vegetables on.
- christiansburg — a town in SW Virginia.
- christmas bush — any of various trees or shrubs flowering at Christmas and used for decoration
- christmas club — a savings account in a bank in which regular deposits are made, usually throughout one year, as to provide funds for Christmas shopping.
- christmasberry — toyon.
- chronobiologic — relating to chronobiology
- church visible — the entire body of Christian believers on earth.
- claustrophobia — Someone who suffers from claustrophobia feels very uncomfortable or anxious when they are in small or enclosed places.
- claustrophobic — You describe a place or situation as claustrophobic when it makes you feel uncomfortable and unhappy because you are enclosed or restricted.
- climb the wall — If you say that you are climbing the walls, you are emphasizing that you feel very frustrated, nervous, or anxious.
- climbing perch — any of a genus (Anabas) of freshwater gouramies of Southeast Asia and Africa that can live out of water briefly and travel short distances over land
- clincher-built — clinker-built (def 2).
- comprehendible — comprehensible
- comprehensible — Something that is comprehensible can be understood.
- comprehensibly — capable of being comprehended or understood; intelligible.
- computerphobia — the fear or dislike of computers
- computerphobic — a computerphobe
- cuban sandwich — a hero sandwich, especially with ham, pork, cheese, and pickles, often grilled.
- cyberchondriac — A hypochondriac who researches his/her potential medical condition on the Internet.
- cyberthrillers — Plural form of cyberthriller.
- czech republic — a country in central Europe; formed part of Czechoslovakia until 1993; mostly wooded, with lowlands surrounding the River Morava, rising to the Bohemian plateau in the W and to highlands in the N; joined the EU in 2004. Language: Czech. Religion: Christian majority. Currency: koruna. Capital Prague. Pop: 10 162 921 (2013 est). Area: 78 864 sq km (30 450 sq miles)
- death benefits — Death benefits are the amount of money that an insurance policy will pay upon the death of the person whose life is being insured.
- dehabilitation — (sociology) The process of social estrangement and progressive loosening of social bonds between an individual and his family and society as a result of long-term residence in an institution.
- discharge tube — gas tube.
- disestablished — Simple past tense and past participle of disestablish.
- disestablishes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disestablish.
- dunbartonshire — a historical county of W Scotland: became part of Strathclyde region in 1975; administered since 1996 by the council areas of East Dunbartonshire and West Dunbartonshire
- eat humble pie — humility forced upon someone, often under embarrassing conditions; humiliation.
- embellishingly — in an embellishing manner
- embellishments — A decorative detail or feature added to something to make it more attractive.
- erythroblastic — Relating to erythroblasts.
- establishments — Plural form of establishment.
- ethnobotanical — Of or pertaining to ethnobotany.
- ethnobotanists — Plural form of ethnobotanist.
- euphorbiaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Euphorbiaceae, a family of plants typically having capsular fruits: includes the spurges, the castor oil and cassava plants, cascarilla, and poinsettia
- exercise bench — (in a gymnasium) a low table, which may be inclined, used for various exercises
- exhaustibility — The property of being exhaustible.
- exhibitionists — Plural form of exhibitionist.
- extinguishable — Able to be extinguished.
- extra-base hit — any hit greater than a single; double, triple, or home run
- family butcher — a butcher's shop that belongs to a family, and in which family members work
- fashionability — observant of or conforming to the fashion; stylish: a fashionable young woman.
- 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.