20-letter words containing b, h, o, r, i

grievous bodily harm — law: serious injury
herringbone bridging — Carpentry. cross bridging.
hildegard von bingen — Hildegard von (Hildegard of Bingen"Sibyl of the Rhine") 1098–1178, German nun, healer, writer, and composer.
human parvovirus b19 — Pathology. a mild infection, most often seen in children or young adults, caused by a small virus ((the human parvovirus B19)) and marked by a blotchy rash on the cheeks, arms, and legs.
hungarian bromegrass — a pasture grass, Bromus inermis, native to Europe, having smooth blades.
hyperbolic cotangent — a hyperbolic function that is the ratio of cosh to sinh, being the reciprocal of tanh; coth
incomprehensibleness — The state of being incomprehensible.
j robert oppenheimer — J(ulius) Robert, 1904–67, U.S. nuclear physicist.
liberty of the press — freedom of the press.
member of the public — a member of the general population
membranous labyrinth — an intricate combination of paths or passages in which it is difficult to find one's way or to reach the exit. Synonyms: maze, network, web.
meta-dichlorobenzene — a colorless liquid, C 6 H 4 Cl 2 , soluble in alcohol and ether: used as a fumigant and insecticide.
neighbourhood warden — a person employed by a local authority to patrol residential areas and deal with antisocial behaviour
northern leaf blight — a disease of corn caused by the fungus Exsherohilum turcicum, characterized by elongate tan-gray elliptical spots with subsequent blighting and necrosis of leaves.
off-the-job training — training which is carried out away from your normal place of work
on o's best behavior — If someone is on their best behavior, they are trying very hard to behave well.
on the drawing board — in the planning stage
para-dichlorobenzene — a white, crystalline, volatile, water-insoluble solid, C 6 H 4 Cl 2 , of the benzene series, having a penetrating odor: used chiefly as a moth repellent.
physical double star — two stars that appear as one if not viewed through a telescope with adequate magnification, such as two stars that are separated by a great distance but are nearly in line with each other and an observer (optical double star) or those that are relatively close together and comprise a single physical system (physical double star)
potassium bichromate — an orange-red, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous powder, K 2 Cr 2 O 7 , used chiefly in dyeing, photography, and as a laboratory reagent.
prime number theorem — the theorem that the number of prime numbers less than or equal to a given number is approximately equal to the given number divided by its natural logarithm.
proactive inhibition — the tendency for earlier memories to interfere with the retrieval of material learned later
prohibited substance — a substance, such as a drug, etc, that is banned or forbidden by law or other authority
ring of the nibelung — Richard Wagner's tetralogy of music dramas: Das Rheingold (completed 1869), Die Walküre (completed 1870), Siegfried (completed 1876), and Götterdämmerung (completed 1876): the cycle was first performed at Bayreuth, 1876.
roller-blind shutter — curtain shutter.
royal british legion — an organization founded in 1921 to provide services and assistance for former members of the armed forces
rub sb's nose in sth — To rub someone's nose in something that they do not want to think about, such as a failing or a mistake they have made, means to remind them repeatedly about it.
semiautobiographical — pertaining to or being a fictionalized account of an author's own life.
set the ball rolling — to open or initiate (an action, discussion, movement, etc)
short back and sides — If a man has a short back and sides, his hair is cut very short at the back and sides with slightly thicker, longer hair on the top of the head.
spherical aberration — variation in focal length of a lens or mirror from center to edge, due to its spherical shape.
step into the breach — If you step into the breach, you do a job or task which someone else was supposed to do or has done in the past, because they are suddenly unable to do it.
straight-cut tobacco — tobacco that is cut in such a way that it will lie flat.
switchboard operator — a person who operates an installation in a telephone exchange, office, hotel, etc, at which the interconnection of telephone lines is manually controlled
telephone subscriber — a person who subscribes to a telephone service
tetrahydrocannabinol — a compound, C 21 H 30 O 2 , that is the physiologically active component in cannabis preparations (marijuana, hashish, etc.) derived from the Indian hemp plant or produced synthetically. Abbreviation: THC.
the toronto blessing — a variety of emotional reactions such as laughing, weeping, and fainting, experienced by participants in a form of charismatic Christian worship
therapeutic abortion — abortion performed when a woman's pregnancy endangers her health.
to be a warning shot — to be a warning
to bring up the rear — If a person or vehicle is bringing up the rear, they are the last person or vehicle in a moving line of them.
to cross the rubicon — If you say that someone has crossed the Rubicon, you mean that they have reached a point where they cannot change a decision or course of action.
to disturb the peace — If someone is accused of disturbing the peace, they are accused of behaving in a noisy and offensive way in public.
to give sb their due — You can say 'to give him his due', or 'giving him his due' when you are admitting that there are some good things about someone, even though there are things that you do not like about them.
to have it in for sb — If someone has it in for you, they do not like you and they want to make life difficult for you.
to tighten your belt — If you have to tighten your belt, you have to spend less money and manage without things because you have less money than you used to have.
tribromoacetaldehyde — bromal.
war of the rebellion — American Civil War.
white people problem — a fairly minor problem, complaint, etc., associated with a relatively high standard of living; a first world problem.
wilson cloud chamber — cloud chamber.

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