14-letter words containing b, i, l, t, h
- 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.
- 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.
- clincher-built — clinker-built (def 2).
- cyberthrillers — Plural form of cyberthriller.
- 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.
- disestablished — Simple past tense and past participle of disestablish.
- disestablishes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disestablish.
- eat humble pie — humility forced upon someone, often under embarrassing conditions; humiliation.
- 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.
- exhaustibility — The property of being exhaustible.
- extinguishable — Able to be extinguished.
- 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.
- fichtelgebirge — a mountain range in E central Germany, near the Czech border. Highest peak, Schneeberg, 3447 feet (1051 meters).
- fifth republic — the republic established in France in 1958, the successor to the Fourth Republic.
- fonthill abbey — a ruined Gothic Revival mansion in Wiltshire: rebuilt (1790–1810) for William Beckford by James Wyatt; the main tower collapsed in 1800 and, after rebuilding, again in 1827
- football pitch — ground where soccer is played
- goliath beetle — any very large tropical scarabaeid beetle of the genus Goliathus, esp G. giganteus of Africa, which may grow to a length of 20 centimetres
- hague tribunal — the court of arbitration for the peaceful settlement of international disputes, established at The Hague by the international peace conference of 1899: its panel of jurists nominates a list of persons from which members of the United Nations International Court of Justice are elected.
- hamilton basso — Hamilton, 1904–64, U.S. journalist and novelist.
- hemimetabolism — incomplete metamorphosis.
- hemimetabolous — incomplete metamorphosis.
- hereditability — heritable.
- hermit warbler — a common wood warbler (Dendroica occidentalis) of W North America, with a yellow-and-black head, a gray back, and white underparts
- heteroflexible — (of a person) predominantly heterosexual but not exclusively so
- hit the bottle — a portable container for holding liquids, characteristically having a neck and mouth and made of glass or plastic.
- holding thumbs — holding the thumb of one hand with the other, in the hope of bringing good luck
- holometabolism — The complete metamorphosis of an insect.
- horizontal bar — on a bar chart
- hospitableness — The quality of being hospitable.
- hospital board — the group of people responsible for the safe and efficient running of a hospital
- hybristophilia — A paraphilia involving attraction to somebody who has committed a crime or outrage.
- hydrobiologist — someone who studies or specializes in hydrobiology
- hyperbatically — in a hyperbatic manner
- hyperexcitable — an excessive reaction to stimuli.
- hyperirritable — extreme irritability.
- hypermetabolic — of, relating to, or affected by metabolism.
- hypometabolism — The physiological state of having an decreased rate of metabolic activity.
- impeachability — The state or condition of being impeachable.
- in a bad light — something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.
- in the balance — a state of equilibrium or equipoise; equal distribution of weight, amount, etc.
- inhabitability — to live or dwell in (a place), as people or animals: Small animals inhabited the woods.
- inheritability — capable of being inherited.
- interchangable — Misspelling of interchangeable.
- into the black — into a profitable condition financially