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13-letter words containing b, i, r, t, h

  • hybridisation — Alternative form of hybridization.
  • hybridization — to cause to produce hybrids; cross.
  • hydroboration — (chemistry) the production or organoboranes by the addition of diborane to unsaturated organic compounds.
  • hypermobility — An excess amount of elasticity in a bodily joint.
  • hypnobirthing — the use of hypnotic techniques during labour by an expectant mother to reduce the pain and emotional stress of delivery
  • isobathytherm — a line on a chart or diagram of a body of water, connecting depths having the same temperature.
  • isothermobath — a line drawn on a diagram of a vertical section of the ocean connecting all points having equal temperature.
  • kirkcudbright — a historic county in SW Scotland.
  • labyrinthical — Labyrinthine; like or relating to a labyrinth.
  • labyrinthitis — inflammation of the inner ear, or labyrinth, characterized by dizziness, nausea, and visual disturbances.
  • liberty horse — (in a circus) a riderless horse that performs movements to verbal commands
  • lobster shift — Also called lobster trick. dogwatch (def 2).
  • mao inhibitor — any of various substances, as isocarboxazid and phenelzine, that block enzymatic breakdown of certain monoamine neurotransmitters: used to treat severe depression. Abbreviation: MAOI.
  • marbled white — any butterfly of the satyrid genus Melanargia, with panelled black-and-white wings, but technically a brown butterfly; found in grassland
  • matchboarding — a construction of matchboards.
  • mephobarbital — The drug methylphenobarbital.
  • microhabitats — Plural form of microhabitat.
  • multibranched — Having more than one branch.
  • opisthobranch — any gastropod mollusk of the order Opisthobranchia, as the sea slugs, sea butterflies, and sea hares, characterized by a vestigial or absent mantle and shell and two pairs of tentacles.
  • ornithophobia — Fear of birds.
  • overbreathing — hyperventilation
  • overnight bag — a travel bag large enough to hold personal articles and clothing for an overnight trip.
  • path-breaking — very original; ground-breaking
  • perishability — subject to decay, ruin, or destruction: perishable fruits and vegetables.
  • phenobarbital — a white, crystalline powder, C 1 2 H 1 2 N 2 O 3 , used as a sedative, a hypnotic, and as an antispasmodic in epilepsy.
  • pre-establish — to establish, set up, set out, arrange or make secure in advance or previously
  • prohibitively — serving or tending to prohibit or forbid something.
  • reestablished — to found, institute, build, or bring into being on a firm or stable basis: to establish a university; to establish a medical practice.
  • refurbishment — to furbish again; renovate; brighten: to refurbish the lobby.
  • rehabilitated — to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like.
  • rehabilitator — to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like.
  • right bracket — (character)   "]". ASCII character 93. Common names: right square bracket; ITU-T: closing bracket; unbracket. Rare: unsquare; INTERCAL: U turn back. Paired with left bracket.
  • right-brained — having the right brain dominant, therefore being more adept at spatial and nonverbal concepts and being more creative and emotional than logical and analytical.
  • ring the bell — a hollow instrument of cast metal, typically cup-shaped with a flaring mouth, suspended from the vertex and rung by the strokes of a clapper, hammer, or the like.
  • rubbish chute — an inclined channel or vertical passage down which rubbish may be dropped for disposal
  • ruth benedict — Ruth (Fulton) 1887–1948, U.S. writer and anthropologist.
  • schreibersite — a mineral, iron-nickel phosphide, (Fe, Ni) 3 P, found only in meteorites.
  • shark biscuit — a bodyboard
  • shub-internet — /shuhb in't*r-net/ (MUD, from H. P. Lovecraft's evil fictional deity "Shub-Niggurath", the Black Goat with a Thousand Young) The harsh personification of the Internet, Beast of a Thousand Processes, Eater of Characters, Avatar of Line Noise, and Imp of Call Waiting; the hideous multi-tendriled entity formed of all the manifold connections of the net. A sect of MUDders worships Shub-Internet, sacrificing objects and praying for good connections. To no avail - its purpose is malign and evil, and is the cause of all network slowdown. Often heard as in "Freela casts a tac nuke at Shub-Internet for slowing her down." (A forged response often follows along the lines of: "Shub-Internet gulps down the tac nuke and burps happily.") Also cursed by users of FTP and telnet when the system slows down. The dread name of Shub-Internet is seldom spoken aloud, as it is said that repeating it three times will cause the being to wake, deep within its lair beneath the Pentagon.
  • snap-brim hat — a hat brim that can be turned up or down.
  • south arabian — of or relating to the former South Arabia (now South Yemen) or its inhabitants
  • styling brush — a hairbrush used to style or neaten hair
  • subeditorship — the position or office of a subeditor
  • subinhibitory — not completely inhibiting
  • the caribbean — the states and islands of the Caribbean Sea, including the West Indies, when considered as a geopolitical region
  • thereinbefore — before that
  • thiocarbamide — thiourea.
  • third baseman — the player whose position is third base.
  • thread blight — a fungal disease of woody plants, characterized by thick, threadlike strands of mycelium on the undersides of the leaves and branches.
  • thromboclasis — thrombolysis.
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