14-letter words containing b, i, h, a, r
- rehabilitative — to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like.
- rhombic aerial — a directional travelling-wave aerial, usually horizontal, consisting of two conductors each forming a pair of adjacent sides of a rhombus
- right of abode — If someone is given the right of abode in a particular country, they are legally allowed to live there.
- sakha republic — an administrative division in E Russia, in NE Siberia on the Arctic Ocean: the coldest inhabited region of the world; it has rich mineral resources. Capital: Yakutsk. Pop: 948 100 (2002). Area: 3 103 200 sq km (1 197 760 sq miles)
- sandwich board — two connected posters or signboards that hang in front of and behind a person and usually bear some advertisement, notice, exhortation, or the like.
- scheme library — (library) (SLIB) A portable Scheme library providing compatibiliy and utility functions for all standard Scheme implementations. Version 2c5 supports Bigloo, Chez, ELK, GAMBIT, MacScheme, MITScheme, PocketScheme, RScheme, Scheme->C, Scheme48, SCM, SCSH, T3.1, UMB-Scheme, and VSCM.
- school library — a library within a school where teachers and students have access to books and other resources
- scratchbuilder — a person who scratchbuilds
- shooting brake — station wagon.
- siberian husky — one of a Siberian breed of medium-size dogs having a thick, soft coat, raised originally as sled dogs.
- sobriety coach — a person who is employed to help another to refrain from drinking alcohol
- spanish arabic — the Arabic language as used in Spain during the period of Moorish domination and influence, c900–1500. Abbreviation: SpAr.
- spanish burton — any of several tackles employing a runner in addition to the fall.
- special branch — The Special Branch is the department of the British police that is concerned with political security and deals with things such as terrorism and visits by foreign leaders.
- square-bashing — drill on a barrack square
- stretchability — to draw out or extend (oneself, a body, limbs, wings, etc.) to the full length or extent (often followed by out): to stretch oneself out on the ground.
- subatmospheric — (of a quantity) having a value lower than that of the atmosphere: subatmospheric temperatures.
- subtherapeutic — indicating a dosage, as of a drug or vitamin, less than the amount required for a therapeutic effect.
- symmetrophobia — an avoidance of symmetry, esp in Japanese art and Egyptian temples
- terebinthinate — of, relating to, or resembling turpentine.
- thermolability — the state of being unstable or subject to transformation or destruction when heated
- three-base hit — triple (def 7).
- thromboplastic — causing or accelerating blood-clot formation.
- thromboplastin — Biochemistry. a lipoprotein in the blood that converts prothrombin to thrombin.
- thrust bearing — a bearing designed to absorb thrusts parallel to the axis of revolution.
- trichobacteria — filamentous bacteria
- turbomachinery — machinery consisting of, incorporating, or constituting a turbine
- undecipherable — to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note.
- variable-pitch — (of a propeller) controllable-pitch.
- vasoinhibitory — an agent, as a drug, that inhibits the action of the vasomotor nerves.
- virginia beach — a town in SE Virginia.
- weatherability — the property of a material that permits it to endure or resist exposure to the weather.
- webliographies — Plural form of webliography.
- whirlpool bath — a bath in which the body is immersed in swirling water as therapy or for relaxation.
- with bad grace — elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action: We watched her skate with effortless grace across the ice. Synonyms: attractiveness, charm, gracefulness, comeliness, ease, lissomeness, fluidity. Antonyms: stiffness, ugliness, awkwardness, clumsiness; klutziness.
- zygobranchiate — of or relating to zygobranchs or the Zygobranchia genus