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14-letter words containing b, o, d, h

  • hold sb's hand — If you ask someone to hold your hand at an event that you are worried about, you ask them to support you by being there with you.
  • holding thumbs — holding the thumb of one hand with the other, in the hope of bringing good luck
  • homeward bound — going home
  • hooded warbler — a wood warbler, Wilsonia citrina, of the U.S., olive-green above, yellow below, and having a black head and throat with a yellow face.
  • hornyhead chub — a small N American fish, Nocomis biguttatus
  • hors de combat — disabled or injured
  • hospital board — the group of people responsible for the safe and efficient running of a hospital
  • hydrobiologist — someone who studies or specializes in hydrobiology
  • hydrophobicity — (chemistry, uncountable) The condition of being hydrophobic.
  • hydroxybenzene — phenol (def 1).
  • hydroxybenzoic — (organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to hydroxybenzoic acid or its derivatives.
  • hydroxybutyric — Of or pertaining to the hydroxybutyric acids or their derivatives.
  • 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.
  • land of beulah — (in Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress) the peaceful land in which the pilgrim awaits the call to the Celestial City.
  • left-hand buoy — a distinctive buoy marking the side of a channel regarded as the left or port side.
  • mandibulohyoid — (anatomy) Pertaining both to the mandibular and the hyoid arch.
  • marble orchard — cemetery.
  • methyl bromide — a colorless, poisonous gas, CH 3 Br, used chiefly as a solvent, refrigerant, and fumigant and in organic synthesis.
  • middlesborough — a city in SE Kentucky.
  • molded breadth — the extreme breadth of the framing of a vessel, excluding the thickness of the plating or planking.
  • mother hubbard — a full, loose gown, usually fitted at the shoulders, worn by women.
  • nabuchodonosor — Nebuchadnezzar (def 1).
  • neighbourhoods — Plural form of neighbourhood.
  • nonestablished — without the official support of the government
  • north branford — a town in S Connecticut.
  • northumberland — a county in NE England. 1943 sq. mi. (5030 sq. km).
  • on the rebound — to bound or spring back from force of impact.
  • 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).
  • over sb's head — If someone does something over another person's head, they do it without asking them or discussing it with them, especially when they should do so because the other person is in a position of authority.
  • paddock-basher — a vehicle suited to driving on rough terrain
  • public holiday — national day off work
  • red chokeberry — See under chokeberry (def 1).
  • right of abode — If someone is given the right of abode in a particular country, they are legally allowed to live there.
  • rob the cradle — a small bed for an infant, usually on rockers.
  • round the bend — to force (an object, especially a long or thin one) from a straight form into a curved or angular one, or from a curved or angular form into some different form: to bend an iron rod into a hoop.
  • 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.
  • second chamber — the parliament of the Netherlands, consisting of an upper chamber (First Chamber) and a lower chamber (Second Chamber)
  • shadow cabinet — (in the British Parliament) a group of prominent members of the opposition who are expected to hold positions in the cabinet when their party assumes power.
  • shoulder blade — the scapula.
  • shoulder board — one of a pair of narrow, stiff, cloth patches bearing an insignia of rank and worn on the shoulders by a commissioned officer.
  • the upper body — the part of the body above the waist
  • theodore bilbo — Theodore Gilmore [gil-mawr,, -mohr] /ˈgɪl mɔr,, -moʊr/ (Show IPA), 1877–1947, U.S. Southern populist politician: senator 1935–47.
  • through bridge — a bridge in which the track is carried by the lower horizontal members
  • to be slouched — to sit, lie or lean in an ungainly way, with one's limbs spread out
  • to draw breath — If you do not have time to draw breath, you do not have time to have a break from what you are doing.
  • troubleshooted — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
  • weatherboarded — Simple past tense and past participle of weatherboard.
  • yorkshire bond — flying bond.
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