15-letter words containing b, i, c, h, r
- british telecom — the popular name for British Telecommunications Group plc, the dominant fixed line telecommunications and broadband internet provider in the United Kingdom
- broca's aphasia — a type of aphasia caused by a lesion in Broca's area of the brain, characterized by misarticulated speech and lack of grammatical morphemes.
- bronchial tubes — the bronchi or their smaller divisions
- brush discharge — a slightly luminous electrical discharge between points of high charge density when the charge density is insufficient to cause a spark or around sharp points on a highly charged conductor because of ionization of air molecules in their vicinity
- brushback pitch — a fast ball deliberately thrown at or too near a batter's head
- buckinghamshire — a county in SE central England, containing the Vale of Aylesbury and parts of the Chiltern Hills: the geographic and ceremonial county includes Milton Keynes, which became an independent unitary authority in 1997. Administrative centre: Aylesbury. Pop (excluding Milton Keynes): 478 000 (2003 est). Area (excluding Milton Keynes): 1568 sq km (605 sq miles)
- butterfly chair — a lightweight chair consisting of a piece of canvas, leather, etc. slung from a framework of metal bars
- characterizable — Able to be characterized.
- chicken lobster — a young lobster weighing 1 pound (0.4 kg) or less.
- child battering — child abuse in the form of battering
- child-battering — the physical abuse of a child by a parent or guardian, as by beating.
- chiller cabinet — a cupboard or chest in a shop where chilled foods and drinks are displayed and kept cool
- chronobiologist — A person who is involved in chronobiology.
- claustrophobics — Plural form of claustrophobic.
- computer-phobia — a person who distrusts or is intimidated by computers.
- copyright block — a block of four or more U.S. stamps that includes, in the selvage of the sheet, the copyright mark of the U.S. Postal Service.
- council chamber — the room in which council meetings are held
- crude oil berth — A crude oil berth is a place at a port for ships carrying crude oil.
- dartmouth basic — (language) The original BASIC language, designed by John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz at Dartmouth College in 1963. Dartmouth BASIC first ran on a GE 235 [date?] and on an IBM 704 on 1964-05-01. It was designed for quick and easy programming by students and beginners using Dartmouth's experimental time-sharing system. Unlike most later BASIC dialects, Dartmouth BASIC was compiled.
- decipherability — to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note.
- deerfield beach — a town in S Florida.
- dichlorobenzene — any of a group of three insoluble isomeric chemical compounds used in solvents, insecticides, and dyes
- dithiocarbamate — any salt or ester of dithiocarbamic acid, commonly used as fungicides
- dithyrambically — In dithyrambic fashion.
- dorsibranchiate — having branchiae or gills along the back
- duchesse brisee — See under duchesse.
- dysmorphophobic — relating to or affected with dysmorphophobia
- eleutherophobic — afraid of freedom
- fourth republic — the republic established in France in 1945 and replaced by the Fifth Republic in 1958.
- francis bushman — Francis X(avier) 1883–1966, U.S. film actor.
- globe artichoke — artichoke (defs 1, 2).
- haemoglobinuric — relating to the presence of haemoglobin in the urine
- herbal medicine — the use of herbs to treat illness
- hibernicization — the process or act of making Irish
- honeycomb tripe — a part of the inner lining of the stomach of the steer, calf, hog, or sheep, resembling a honeycomb in appearance and considered a table delicacy.
- hoosier cabinet — a tall kitchen cabinet mass-produced during the early part of the 20th century, usually of oak, featuring an enameled work surface, storage bins, a flour sifter, etc.
- humpback bridge — arched bridge
- hybrid computer — a computer system containing both analog and digital hardware.
- hydraulic brake — a brake operated by fluid pressures in cylinders and connecting tubular lines.
- hydrobiological — of or relating to hydrobiology
- hyperbolic sine — one of a group of functions of an angle expressed as a relationship between the distances of a point on a hyperbola to the origin and to the coordinate axes; sinh
- hypercatabolism — an abnormally high metabolic breakdown of a substance or tissue which leads to weight loss and physical deterioration
- in the abstract — When you talk or think about something in the abstract, you talk or think about it in a general way, rather than considering particular things or events.
- ingush republic — a constituent republic of S Russia: part of the Checheno-Ingush Autonomous Republic from 1936 until 1992. Capital: Magas (formerly at Nazran). Pop: 468 900 (2002). Area: 3600 sq km (1390 sq miles)
- interchangeable — (of two things) capable of being put or used in the place of each other: interchangeable symbols.
- interchangeably — (of two things) capable of being put or used in the place of each other: interchangeable symbols.
- judicial branch — the branch of government charged with the interpretation of laws and the administration of justice; the judiciary.
- knight bachelor — bachelor (def 3).
- membership pack — a collection of documents, information leaflets, cards, etc, that is given to members, especially new ones
- merchantability — The state of being merchantable.