14-letter words containing b, i, r, t, h
- hit the bricks — a block of clay hardened by drying in the sun or burning in a kiln, and used for building, paving, etc.: traditionally, in the U.S., a rectangle 2.25 × 3.75 × 8 inches (5.7 × 9.5 × 20.3 cm), red, brown, or yellow in color.
- horizontal bar — on a bar chart
- hospital board — the group of people responsible for the safe and efficient running of a hospital
- hybrid testing — (testing) A combination of top-down testing with bottom-up testing of prioritised or available components.
- hybristophilia — A paraphilia involving attraction to somebody who has committed a crime or outrage.
- hydrobiologist — someone who studies or specializes in hydrobiology
- hydrophobicity — (chemistry, uncountable) The condition of being hydrophobic.
- hydroxybutyric — Of or pertaining to the hydroxybutyric acids or their derivatives.
- hyperbatically — in a hyperbatic manner
- hyperexcitable — an excessive reaction to stimuli.
- hyperirritable — extreme irritability.
- hypermetabolic — of, relating to, or affected by metabolism.
- in the bargain — an advantageous purchase, especially one acquired at less than the usual cost: The sale offered bargains galore.
- inheritability — capable of being inherited.
- interbehaviour — interaction between multiple individuals
- interchangable — Misspelling of interchangeable.
- it's no bother — If you say 'it's no bother' after offering to do something for someone, you are emphasizing that you really want to do it and that it will take very little effort.
- khirbet qumran — an archaeological site in W Jordan, near the NW coast of the Dead Sea: Dead Sea Scrolls found here 1947.
- labyrinth fish — any of several freshwater fishes of the order Labyrinthi, found in southeastern Asia and Africa, having a labyrinthine structure above each gill chamber enabling them to breathe air while out of water.
- labyrinthodont — any member of several orders of small to large lizardlike terrestrial and freshwater amphibians, some ancestral to land vertebrates, forming the extinct subclass Labyrinthodonta that flourished from the Devonian through the Triassic periods, characterized by a solid, flattened skull and conical teeth.
- lee's birthday — Jan. 19, Robert E. Lee's birthday, a legal holiday in several Southern states
- left-branching — (of a grammatical construction) characterized by greater structural complexity in the position preceding the head, as the phrase my brother's friend's house; having most of the constituents on the left in a tree diagram (opposed to right-branching).
- little bighorn — a river flowing N from N Wyoming to S Montana into the Bighorn River: General Custer and troops defeated near its juncture by Indians 1876. 80 miles (130 km) long.
- methyl bromide — a colorless, poisonous gas, CH 3 Br, used chiefly as a solvent, refrigerant, and fumigant and in organic synthesis.
- military brush — one of a pair of matched hairbrushes having no handles, especially for men and boys.
- miller's thumb — any of several small, freshwater sculpins of the genus Cottus, of Europe and North America.
- miller's-thumb — any of several small, freshwater sculpins of the genus Cottus, of Europe and North America.
- multichambered — comprising or involving several chambers
- multiple birth — a birth at which two or more children are born at the same time
- noninheritable — Not inheritable.
- nudibranchiate — nudibranch.
- of one's birth — The country, town, or village of your birth is the place where you were born.
- opisthobranchs — Plural form of opisthobranch.
- outer hebrides — a group of islands (Inner Hebrides and Outer Hebrides) off the W coast of and belonging to Scotland. About 2900 sq. mi. (7500 sq. km).
- phenobarbitone — 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.
- port elizabeth — a seaport in the SE Cape of Good Hope province, in the S Republic of South Africa.
- preestablished — to establish beforehand.
- prohibitionist — a person who favors or advocates prohibition.
- rehabilitation — to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like.
- rehabilitative — to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like.
- right of abode — If someone is given the right of abode in a particular country, they are legally allowed to live there.
- scratchbuilder — a person who scratchbuilds
- serve sb right — If you say it serves someone right when something unpleasant happens to them, you mean that it is their own fault and you have no sympathy for them.
- shit disturber — a person who enjoys causing controversy or upsetting people
- shooting brake — station wagon.
- sleeping berth — a bunk for sleeping on on a train or boat
- sobriety coach — a person who is employed to help another to refrain from drinking alcohol
- spanish burton — any of several tackles employing a runner in addition to the fall.
- 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.