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16-letter words containing b, o, c, h, e

  • come from behind — sport: win from a disadvantaged position
  • comparable worth — the doctrine that a woman's and man's pay should be equal when their work requires equal training, skills, and responsibilities.
  • corned beef hash — a dish consisting of corned beef chopped and mixed together with mashed potatoes and various other ingredients, then fried
  • crossbow archery — the sport of shooting with a crossbow
  • dehydroascorbate — (organic compound) Any salt or ester of dehydroascorbic acid.
  • dichlorobiphenyl — (organic compound) Either of twelve isomers of the polychlorinated biphenyl containing two chlorine atoms.
  • diethyl carbinol — a colorless, liquid isomer of amyl alcohol, (CH3CH2)2CHOH, used in drugs and as a solvent
  • dimethylcarbinol — isopropyl alcohol.
  • double-clutching — (of a bird) to produce a second clutch of eggs after the first has been removed, usually for hatching in an incubator.
  • exhibition match — a sports match which is not part of a competition but instead serves the function of demonstrating the skills of the players
  • false beechdrops — either of two parasitic or saprophytic plants of the genus Monotropa, especially the tawny or reddish M. hypopithys (false beechdrops) of eastern North America.
  • forbush decrease — the sudden decrease in the intensity of cosmic rays after an increase in solar activity.
  • growth substance — any substance, produced naturally by a plant or manufactured commercially, that, in very low concentrations, affects plant growth; a plant hormone
  • hayes-compatible — (communications)   A description of a modem which understands the same set of commands as one made by Hayes.
  • horseback riding — activity: riding a horse
  • hot-cathode tube — thermionic tube.
  • hubble telescope — a telescope launched into orbit around the earth in 1990 to provide information about the universe in the visible, infrared, and ultraviolet ranges
  • humboldt current — a cold Pacific Ocean current flowing N along the coasts of Chile and Peru.
  • huntington beach — a city in SW California, SE of Los Angeles.
  • incomprehensible — impossible to understand or comprehend; unintelligible.
  • incomprehensibly — impossible to understand or comprehend; unintelligible.
  • jacques bonhomme — the contemptuous title given by the nobles to the peasants in the revolt of the Jacquerie in 1358 and adopted by the peasants in subsequent revolts.
  • jude the obscure — a novel (1895) by Thomas Hardy.
  • labtech notebook — (tool, product)   Commercial data aquisition software.
  • lord chamberlain — (in Britain) the chief official of the royal household
  • man on horseback — a military leader who presents himself as the savior of the country during a period of crisis and either assumes or threatens to assume dictatorial powers.
  • modersohn-becker — Paula [pou-lah] /ˈpaʊ lɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1907, German painter.
  • mönchen-gladbach — city in WC Germany, in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia: pop. 266,000
  • non-alphabetical — in the order of the letters of the alphabet: alphabetical arrangement.
  • non-carbohydrate — any of a class of organic compounds that are polyhydroxy aldehydes or polyhydroxy ketones, or change to such substances on simple chemical transformations, as hydrolysis, oxidation, or reduction, and that form the supporting tissues of plants and are important food for animals and people.
  • north palm beach — a town in E Florida.
  • on the back foot — at a disadvantage; outmanoeuvred or outclassed by an opponent
  • peach tree borer — the larva of any of several clearwing moths, as Sanninoidea exitiosa, that bore into the wood of the peach and other drupaceous trees.
  • projection booth — a soundproof compartment in a theater where a motion-picture projector is housed and from which the picture is projected on the screen.
  • public ownership — ownership by the state; nationalization
  • rainbow seaperch — an embiotocid fish, Hypsurus caryi, living off the Pacific coast of North America, having red, orange, and blue stripes on the body.
  • reaction chamber — the chamber in a rocket engine in which the reaction or combustion of fuel occurs
  • right about face — Military. a command, given to a soldier or soldiers at attention, to turn the body about toward the right so as to face in the opposite direction. the act of so turning in a prescribed military manner.
  • round lake beach — a town in NE Illinois.
  • run the blockade — to go past or through a blockade
  • scotch blackface — one of a Scottish breed of mountain sheep having a black face and growing long, coarse wool.
  • scottish borders — a council area in SE Scotland, on the English border: created in 1996, it has the same boundaries as the former Borders Region: it is mainly hilly, with agriculture (esp sheep farming) the chief economic activity. Administrative centre: Newtown St Boswells. Pop: 108 280 (2003 est). Area: 4734 sq km (1827 sq miles)
  • showy crab apple — a large Japanese bush or tree, Malus floribunda, of the rose family, having red fruit and rose-colored flowers that fade to white.
  • slap on the back — to congratulate
  • steamboat gothic — a florid architectural style suggesting the gingerbread-decorated construction of river boats of the Victorian period.
  • teachable moment — a specific occurrence, situation, or experience that can be used to teach people about something more general: Her death created a teachable moment about prescription drug abuse.
  • the black forest — a hilly wooded region of SW Germany, in Baden-Württemberg: a popular resort area
  • the body politic — the people of a nation or the nation itself considered as a political entity; the state
  • the eastern bloc — (formerly) the Soviet bloc
  • the subconscious — subconscious mental activity
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