16-letter words containing b, h, u, t, o
- photograph album — bound book for photos
- prometheus bound — a tragedy (c457 b.c.) by Aeschylus.
- put in mothballs — to postpone work on (a project, activity, etc)
- right about face — Military. a command, given to a soldier or soldiers at attention, to turn the body about toward the right so as to face in the opposite direction. the act of so turning in a prescribed military manner.
- right honourable — (in Britain and certain Commonwealth countries) a title of respect for a Privy Councillor or an appeal-court judge
- rough and tumble — characterized by violent, random, disorderly action and struggles: a rough-and-tumble fight; He led an adventuresome, rough-and-tumble life.
- rough-and-tumble — characterized by violent, random, disorderly action and struggles: a rough-and-tumble fight; He led an adventuresome, rough-and-tumble life.
- roundabout chair — corner chair.
- run the blockade — to go past or through a blockade
- south burlington — a town in NW Vermont.
- south sea bubble — the financial crash that occurred in 1720 after the South Sea Company had taken over the national debt in return for a monopoly of trade with the South Seas, causing feverish speculation in their stocks
- southerly buster — a sudden violent cold wind on the SE coast of Australia causing a rapid drop in temperature
- southern baptist — a member of the Southern Baptist Convention, founded in Augusta, Georgia, in 1845, that is strictly Calvinistic and active in religious publishing and education.
- subtropical high — one of several highs, as the Azores and Pacific highs, that prevail over the oceans at latitudes of about 30 degrees N and S. Also called subtropical anticyclone. Compare high (def 37).
- take the trouble — If you take the trouble to do something, you do something which requires a small amount of additional effort.
- telephone number — digits dialled to reach sb by phone
- the boys in blue — The police are sometimes referred to as the boys in blue.
- the next but one — the one after the next
- the subconscious — subconscious mental activity
- the unobservable — something that cannot be observed
- thumb one's nose — the short, thick, inner digit of the human hand, next to the forefinger.
- to be out of sth — if you are out of something, you no longer have any of it
- to bite the dust — If you say that something has bitten the dust, you are emphasizing that it no longer exists or that it has failed.
- to cut both ways — If you say that something cuts both ways, you mean that it can have two opposite effects, or can have both good and bad effects.
- to pass the buck — If you pass the buck, you refuse to accept responsibility for something, and say that someone else is responsible.
- typhoid bacillus — the bacterium Salmonella typhosa, causing typhoid fever.
- up to the elbows — deeply engaged (in work, etc.)
- vestibule school — a school in an industrial establishment where new employees are given specific training in the jobs they are to perform.
- write home about — a house, apartment, or other shelter that is the usual residence of a person, family, or household.
- your better half — If you talk about your better half or your other half you mean your wife, your husband, or the person of the opposite sex that you live with.